The Central Election Committee confirmed the results of AYY’s third Representative Council elections at its meeting on 8 Nov 2013. The confirmed election results are available at ayy.fi/vaalit/tulokset/.

No errors were found in the recount, but the candidates who received zero (0) votes were removed from the composition of the actual and deputy members of the Representative Council and are separately listed at the end of the confirmed election results. Each of these candidates who did not receive votes were from different electoral coalitions and therefore their removal from the result list does not otherwise change the composition of the Representative Council or the order between the candidates.

Further information:
Secretary of Central Election Committee Johanna Pietiläinen, johanna.pietilainen@ayy.fi, 050 520 9434

Aalto University Student Union
Release
6 Nov 2013

For immediate release

The voting in the third Representative Council elections of Aalto University Student Union ended on Wednesday, 6 Nov. The turnout was 27.3%, which is a decline of 3.7 percentage points from 2011. A total of 4,039 eligible voters used their right to vote. The elections were conducted entirely electronically for the first time.

The electoral coalition Pro Arte celebrated election victory, when five of its candidates were elected to the Representative Council, which is three more than in the previous elections. Pro Arte also included the vote-puller of the elections Verna Kuntsi, who gathered 68 votes for herself. Pro Arte was part of the electoral alliance A+A, which received a total of 8 seats in the Representative Council.

This year, 320 candidates were nominated in AYY’s elections. The elections had four electoral alliances, which included a total of 16 electoral coalition.

The Representative Council of 45 members is the highest decision-making body in the Student Union. The new Representative Council will meet for the first time in November, when it elects the chairperson for itself and appoints the former of the next year’s Board, among other things.

Preliminary election results can be found at: /vaalit/tulokset/. The Central Election Committee will confirm the results at its meeting on Friday, 8 Nov 2013.

According to preliminary election results, the distribution of seats in the Representative Council is as follows (change from 2011)

Electoral Alliance Avainrengas: 7 seats
Force Majeure 1 (-)
iThink 3 (-2)
Sinivihreät 3 (-)

Electoral Alliance Jämerä Ratas: 28 seats

Fakta 3 (-)
Konergia 6 (+1)
Luova 5 (-)
Nuori Akti 1 (-)
Polytekarna 3 (-)
Prosessiteekkarit 5 (+2)
Sateenkaari 2 (-)
Voltti 3 (-1)

Electoral Alliance A + A: 8 seats

Aalto Party 3 (did not participate in 2011)
ProArte 5 (+3)

Electoral Alliance Oikeat: 2 seats

Keskeiset 0 (did not participate in 2011)
Oikea Aalto 2 (+2)
Piraatit 0 (-)
Further information:

Secretary of the Central Election Committee Johanna Pietiläinen, johanna.pietilainen@ayy.fi, 050 520 9434
Chairperson of the Central Election Committee Antti Karkola, antti.karkola@ayy.fi, 040 567 2864

Release, 4 Nov 2013
For immediate release

The advance voting of AYY’s Representative Council elections ended yesterday, Sunday, 3 Nov at 11.59pm. 2,819 voters cast their vote in advance, which is 19.1% of the eligible voters.

You can still vote in the Representative Council elections between Tuesday, 5 Nov, 00:01am – Wednesday, 6 Nov, 6pm.

Entitled to vote are all AYY’s members who have paid the Student Union’s membership fee by Friday, 11 Oct 2013. Voting takes place through the electronic voting system. The electoral system can be found at: http://vaalit.ayy.fi

Authentication in the electronic electoral system is done using Aalto University’s username and password. If your Aalto user name does not work for some reason, please contact the University’s IT Service Desk by email at servicedesk@aalto.fi or by phone +358 50 513 2000.

Preliminary election results will be published on Wednesday evening on 6 Nov. You can wait for the results in AYY’s and KY’s election night party at Yläkertsi at KY Building (Pohjoinen rautatiekatu 21b) from 7pm onwards.

Further information:

Secretary of the Central Election Committee Johanna Pietiläinen, johanna.pietilainen@ayy.fi or 050 5209 434

Release
28 Oct 2013
For immediate release

Master of Social Sciences Milla Ovaska is a new specialist for international affairs at Aalto University Student Union. The specialist for international affairs is responsible for representing interests of international students and their integration into the academic community, as well as promoting internationalisation on campus. In addition, the specialist is responsible for the coordination of volunteer activities in the international sector. Ms Ovaska began in her duty on 21 Oct 2013.

Ms Ovaska graduated from the University of Tampere in the summer of 2013, majoring in international politics. Her minor subjects included development cooperation studies, international law, intercultural communications and languages. Ms Ovaska has gained work experience in the financial sector of the Embassy of Finland in Beijing, as AIESEC’s project worker in Peru and in a number of elected offices in the Finnish organisational field. In the student movement, Ms Ovaska has acted as a student representative in administration in the Student Union of the University of Tampere and as a tutor for international students throughout her studies.

”It is great to have new blood in the international sector! I look forward to our cooperation with issues related to students’ integration and the internationalisation of the Finnish students” comments Mariko Landström, AYY Board Member in charge of international affairs. ”Aalto University is one of the most international schools in Finland in terms of its strategy and students, and therefore AYY has an important role in creating an open, international university community and supporting the integration of international students. I am excited to start in my new position!” Ms Ovaska says.

Aalto Univeristy Student Union AYY is an advocacy and service organisation for approximately 15,000 Aalto University students. More than 13 per cent of Aalto students have an international background. AYY represents the interests of its members particularly in educational and social issues.

Further information:

Secretary General Janne Koskenniemi, janne.koskenniemi(at)ayy.fi, 050 520 9415
Specialist for International Affairs Milla Ovaska, international(at)ayy.fi, 050 520 9446.

Aalto University Student Union
Release
27 Sept 2013

For immediate release

This year, there are 323 candidates in the elections of Aalto University Student Union. In the elections, there are four electoral alliances including 16 electoral coalitions. . AYY’s Representative Council elections will be organised for the third time between 23 Oct–6 Nov 2013. In the elections, the Representative Council of 45 members will be elected for the next two-year term. The Representative Council is the highest decision-making body in the Student Union.

The largest single alliance in the elections is Jämerä Ratas, which gathers together a total of 186 candidates. The largest single electoral coalition is Konergia, which has 41 persons in its candidate list. The electoral coalition Keskeiset makes a comeback in AYY’s Representative Council elections with five candidates and Aalto Party with 26 candidates participates as a completely new electoral coalition. This time, Aalto International Coalition, which promoted the interests of international students in the previous elections, does not participate in the elections at all.

In AYY’s second elections in November 2011, there were 343 candidates. The candidates formed 19 electoral coalitions and four electoral alliances, which included 17 electoral coalitions. Three candidates did not belong to any electoral alliance.

Aalto University Student Union AYY is a service and advocacy organisation for approximately 15,000 Aalto University students. AYY acts as the advocate of its members in academic and social affairs, in particular. The Representative Council is AYY’s highest decision-making body, which elects the Student Union Board and decides on the budget, among other things.

Further information:
Chair of the Central Election Committee Antti Karkola, antti.karkola@ayy.fi
Secretary of the Central Election Committee, Johanna Pietiläinen, johanna.pietilainen@ayy.fi, 050 5209 434

The combinations of the candidate lists in their entirety are available at: 

ayy.fi/vaalit/ehdokkaat

Candidate numbers in each alliance and coalition 2013

Electoral alliance: Avainrengas 68 (in 2011: 135)
Force Majeure 7 (in 2011: 7)
iThink 28 (in 2011: 43)
Sinivihreät 33 (in 2011: 44)

Electoral alliance: Jämerä Ratas 186 (in 2011 electoral alliance Jämerä 54 and electoral alliance Ratas 109)

Fakta 28 (in 2011: 22)
Konergia 41 (in 2011: 36)
Luova 18 (in 2011: 13)
Nuori Akti 16 (in 2011: 17)
Polytekarna 12 (in 2011: 14)
Prosessiteekkarit 27 (in 2011: 18)
Sateenkaari 17 (in 2011: 20)
Voltti 27 (in 2011: 23)

Electoral alliance: A + A 37

Aalto Party 26 (did not participate in 2011)
ProArte 11 (in 2011: 7)

Electoral alliance: Oikeat 32

Keskeiset 5 (did not participate in 2011)
Oikea Aalto 22 (in 2011: 12)
Piraatit 5 (in 2011: 4)