SDM has emerged victorious from yet another KSU election, beating Pulse by just a handful of votes. This year’s election produced an impressive turnout of 3812 votes, a record 30.5% of the student population.
SDM won 1668 block votes, 43.8% of the total. Pulse lagged behind with 36.7%, amounting to 1400 block votes. 709 votes were mixed and the remaining 35 were invalid.
If you don’t know anything about the voting and how it went down, then you are in the right place to get all the right information. We have made this article to show people the results of the election. As you could see from the title SDM won KSU Election. Just like with any other election or voting, there were some issues, but overall it all went really nice and smooth. All the issues were minor, and people were able to deal with them quite fast without making any further problems. The results came in quite fast.
The last polling stations closed at 8 pm and sorting commenced shortly after 11:30 pm, but as early as 1:15 am the electoral commission had already released a rough estimate of the result saying that it was going to be extremely close. Approximately 40% of the votes were estimated for each party, with the remaining 20% being mixed. In fact, the parties competed for neck-and-neck right up until the very end. Counting came to a close at around 3:30 am and the results were announced soon after.
The electoral commission has yet to make available the official figures for the individual candidates. However, it has been confirmed that all of SDM’s candidates have been elected. SDM will be holding a press conference at 5 pm this afternoon at Gateway.
Speaking just after the result was announced, President-elect Mario Cachia thanked everyone for voting and contributing to the record turnout. “Well done to both sides,” he said. Newly-elected finance officer Felicity Rayner expressed her satisfaction at the whole campaign. “It was a great campaign; we worked hard for our victory. Pulse were good opponents, they put up a real fight,” she added.
An ecstatic Zoe Farrugia, newly-elected culture and entertainment coordinator, said: “I can’t believe it, it was so close! I’m speechless…I’d like to thank everyone who voted.” Thomas Bugeja, the newly-elected secretary general, seemed more composed, admitting that SDM was prepared for the worst. “The turnout was satisfying, and it shows that we are on the way to fighting student apathy,” he said. “We have a long year of work ahead of us – it was a very close result which means that some things will have to change,” he concluded.
Official Results released:
Votes cast: 3812
PULSE block votes: 1400
SDM block votes: 1668
Mixed votes: 709
Invalid votes: 42
Votes per candidate:
President
John Demicoli -1615
Mario Cachia – 1958
Vice president
Ishmael Psaila – 1627
Andrew Aquilina – 1951
Secretary General
Christina Ciappara – 1646
Thomas Bugeja – 1932
Financial Officer
Chantelle Micallef – 1643
Felicity Rayner – 1923
Public Relations Officer
Ryan Pace – 1641
Andrea Attard – 1881
International Officer
Ryan Farrugia – 1607
Albert Camilleri – 1984
International Coordinator
Chris Borg – 1633
Timmy Borg Olivier – 1923
Culture and Entertainment Officer
Yanika Agius – 1629
Zoe Farrugia – 1936
Culture and Entertainment Coordinator
Ryan Cauchi – 1636
Ryan Grech – 1946
Education Coordinator
Thea Bugeja – 1639
Naomi Said – 1936
Social Policy Coordinator
Isabelle Sammut – 1628
Warren Sammut – 1943
