User:Alextheconservative/OU elections in the 2021-2 Academic Year

Electoral system

The method for electing positions is determined by Standing Order D4 of the Rules, Standing Orders, and Special Schedules of the Oxford Union Society. 11 positions were elected for Secretary's Committee, 5 positions were elected for Standing Committee, and 1 position was elected for each of the Officer positions. For the Officer positions, the option to "re-open nominations" is available for voters alongside validly nominated candidates. The election uses a form of single transferable vote for all positions, with a randomised ballot order.

Counts work as follows:

1. The quota is calculated using the following formula, where v is the number of valid votes and s is the number of positions to be filled, rounded down to 2 decimal places: v/s + 1 + 0.01
2. Each ballot paper is given a value of 1, and first preferences are distributed
3. If one or more candidates are over quota, the candidate with the most votes is declared elected (only 1 candidate may be elected in each round) and their surplus is redistributed (see below)
4. If no candidates meet quota, the candidate with the lowest number of votes is eliminated and their votes are redistributed (see below)
5. If no candidates meet quota, but the elimination of a candidate would lead to the number of remaining candidates plus elected candidates being equal to the number of positions to be filled (for example, if 3 candidates are left for Standing Committee (none meeting quota), and 4 other candidates have already been declared elected), then all candidates save the one with the lowest number of votes are declared elected

Transferring:

1. If a candidate is over quota, the surplus is calculated using the following formula: Votes received by the Elected Candidate - Quota
2. Each ballot is then transferred at the value given by the following formula, rounded down to 3 decimal places: Current vote value × Surplus/Total value of votes received by the candidate
3. If a candidate is eliminated, their votes are redistributed at their current value

Important note

The "party" parameter in these templates is used for colleges - unfortunately, no method exists to change it to college. Names are as listed on ballot papers.

Michaelmas Term 2021

The Returning Officer for this election was Lachlann Hinley (St John's College).

President-Elect

MT21 election for President-Elect

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	University	Michael-Akolade Ayodeji	52.0	486
	Lincoln	Ambika Sehgal	43.5	406
	N/A	Re-open nominations	4.5	42
Valid: 934   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 467.01   Turnout: 1,038

Librarian-Elect

MT21 election for Librarian-Elect

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	New	Charlie Mackintosh	52.9	460
	Balliol	Dan Pauls	42.0	365
	N/A	Re-open nominations	5.2	45
Valid: 870   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 435.01   Turnout: 1,039

Treasurer-Elect

MT21 election for Treasurer-Elect

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Merton	Naman Gupta	49.2	434	449
	Keble	Theo Sergiou	43.2	381	389
	N/A	Re-open nominations	7.6	67
Valid: 882   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 441.01   Turnout: 1,037

Secretary

MT21 election for Secretary

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Christ Church	Anjali Ramanathan	58.7	502
	St Anne's	Laura Smith	35.4	303
	N/A	Re-open nominations	5.8	50
Valid: 855   Spoilt: 185   Quota: 427.51   Turnout: 1,040

Standing Committee

MT21 election for Standing Committee

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Hertford	Alex Fish	23.8	209
	Mansfield	Larissa Koerber	14.9	131	142.615	163.635
	Magdalen	Daniel Dipper	15.1	133	145.625	158.635	162.332
	Mansfield	Joshua Chima	12.3	108	117.595	128.110	134.346	144.527
	St Hugh's	Jacobus Petersen	11.5	101	115.140	130.665	134.109	136.795
	Merton	Simon van Teutem	13.3	117	122.555	124.555	128.495	131.583
	New	Lucy Banks	9.0	79	88.090
Valid: 878   Spoilt: 161   Quota: 146.34   Turnout: 1,039

Secretary's Committee

MT21 election for Secretary's Committee

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Linacre	Justin Hayto	7.8	74	74	74	74	74
	Hertford	Jenny Grehan-Bradley	7.7	73	73	73	74	74
	Keble	Emma Zinkin	7.2	68	69	69	71	73
	St Peter's	Victor Lamotte	6.4	61	61	61	62	63
	Balliol	Alex Garcia	6.2	59	60	62	62	63
	Wadham	Jana Everett	5.8	55	55	55	55	55
	Christ Church	Lukas Seifert	5.2	49	49	49	50	50
	St John's	Disha Hegde	4.9	47	47	47	48	48
	Magdalen	Matthew Dick	4.0	38	39	45	45	45
	Magdalen	Anvee Bhutani	3.9	37	37	39	42	42
	New	Nicole Reid	3.8	36	36	37	37	41
	St Cross	Vinay Raniga	5.3	50	50	50	51	52
	Lincoln	Eva Stuart	5.0	48	48	48	48	48
	Regent's Park	Israr Khan	3.5	33	34	34	35	35
	Worcester	Amelia Potocka	3.4	32	32	32	32	33
	University	Nidhi Madhani	3.4	32	32	32	32	33
	St Edmund Hall	Imaan Saeed	3.2	30	30	30	31	31
	Trinity	Leo Buckley	2.9	28	28	29	31	32
	Pembroke	Alec Lau	2.8	27	28	28	28	28
	Merton	Roshni Amitha	2.0	19	19	19	19	19
	Magdalen	Cartell Cheema	1.9	18	18	18	18
	Trinity	Tallulah Brady	1.9	18	18	18
	Magdalen	Ciaron Tobin	1.4	13	13
	Pembroke	John Karanasios	0.6	6
Valid: 951   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 79.26   Turnout: 1,039