User:Alextheconservative/OU elections in the 2020-1 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.

Trinity Term 2021

The Returning Officer for this election was Jamie Bowden (Brasenose College). The transfers for this election are only available to 2 decimal places.

President-Elect

TT21 election for President-Elect

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	St Hugh's	Molly Mantle	53.4	402
	Christ Church	Viren Shetty	38.2	288
	N/A	Re-open nominations	8.4	63
Valid: 753   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 376.51   Turnout: 819

Librarian-Elect

TT21 election for Librarian-Elect

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	University	Rachel Ojo	48.5	350	363
	St Hilda's	William Feasey	43.7	315	320
	N/A	Re-open nominations	7.8	56
Valid: 721   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 360.51   Turnout: 819

Treasurer-Elect

TT21 election for Treasurer-Elect

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Lady Margaret Hall	Ahmad Nawaz	51.5	350
	Christ Church	Eu Ro Wang	35.4	241
	N/A	Re-open nominations	13.1	89
Valid: 680   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 340.01   Turnout: 819

Secretary

TT21 election for Secretary

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Pembroke	Ananya Chowdhury	51.9	347
	Keble	Ayesha Khan	39.9	267
	N/A	Re-open nominations	8.2	55
Valid: 669   Spoilt: 150   Quota: 334.51   Turnout: 819

Standing Committee

TT21 election for Standing Committee

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	New College	Charlie Mackintosh	15.9	98	98	100	107
	Lincoln	Ambika Sehgal	12.8	79	79	81	84	86.21	95.20
	St Hugh's	Manuel Fieber	13.4	83	84	85	86	86.49	88.30	88.62	88.97
	Keble	Theo Sergiou	10.8	67	70	71	75	75.41	78.97	79.30	86.30	87.73
	Merton	Naman Gupta	8.4	52	55	56	58	58.41	66.81	66.99	83.37	85.01	86.15
	Magdalen	Anvee Bhutani	8.4	52	53	58	67	67.74	69.46	69.90	74.90	76.76	77.84
	Wadham	Freddie zu Wied	9.1	56	57	61	64	64.16	66.32	66.50
	Merton	Declan Nelson	7.6	47	48	50	52	52.74
	St John's	Dara Sanwal	5.8	36	36	40
	St John's	Alfred Dry	5.2	32	32
	St Anne's	Laura Smith	2.6	16
Valid: 618   Spoilt: 201   Quota: 103.01   Turnout: 819

Secretary's Committee

TT21 election for Secretary's Committee

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
	Christ Church	Jen Jackson	9.6	59
	St Catherine's	Chi Okafor	7.8	48	48.00	48.00	49.00	49.00	49.00	49.00	49.00
	Keble	Maddy Colbourn	6.7	41	41.13	41.14	41.14	41.15	42.16	42.17	42.17	42.20	44.23	46.42	46.42
	Mansfield	Joshua Chima	5.2	32	32.40	32.42	32.43	32.46	34.47	40.50	40.50	40.57	41.66	44.16	44.43	44.75	44.97	45.00
	Magdalen	James Bromfield	6.2	38	38.13	38.14	38.14	38.15	38.16	38.17	38.17	38.19	38.21	38.27	40.27	40.32	41.34	41.34	41.46	41.61	43.13
	New	Lucy Banks	5.5	34	34.40	34.42	34.43	34.46	34.47	34.50	34.50	34.59	34.70	35.01	35.01	35.26	36.41	38.41	38.81	40.53	41.53
	St Peter's	Jacobus Petersen	4.9	30	30.27	30.28	30.28	30.31	30.32	30.33	32.33	32.38	32.44	32.61	32.61	32.74	34.79	35.79	36.03	38.28	40.28	40.64
	Pembroke	Ahmed Abdul-Majeed	4.2	26	26.00	27.00	27.00	27.00	27.00	28.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	31.00	33.00	33.07	33.33	35.33	35.97	36.99	38.06	39.17	39.55
	Hertford	Alex Fish	4.2	26	26.00	26.00	26.00	26.00	26.00	26.00	27.00	27.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.01	32.11	33.11	33.21	36.50	39.26	39.73	39.97
	St Edmund Hall	Matt Jarvis	3.6	22	22.67	22.69	23.71	23.77	24.95	24.99	24.99	25.14	26.29	26.70	26.70	27.04	32.14	34.36	35.06	36.75	38.26	39.17	39.56
	St John's	Matt Barrett	5.4	33	33.27	33.28	34.28	34.31	34.32	34.33	34.33	34.38	34.42	34.55	34.55	34.65	34.68	34.68	34.80	36.04	37.37	37.80	38.02	38.76	38.76
	Magdalen	Luca Geary	4.5	28	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	30.00	35.00	35.04	35.12	36.12	36.21	36.28	36.49
	Jesus	Alex Miller	4.2	26	26.27	26.28	26.28	26.31	26.32	26.33	26.33	26.38	26.44	26.61	28.16	28.44	28.70	29.04	29.66	33.21
	Queen's	Zara Watson	4.2	26	26.13	26.14	26.14	26.15	27.16	27.17	27.17	27.19	27.21	27.27	28.27	28.37	28.61	28.61	28.97
	Corpus Christi	František Ježek	3.1	19	19.67	19.69	19.71	19.77	20.79	20.83	20.83	20.95	22.08	25.43	27.70	28.06	28.36
	Worcester	George Cook	3.9	24	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	25.00	25.01	25.02	25.06	25.06	25.14
	Regent's Park	Santiago Bedoya-Pardo	2.8	17	17.13	17.14	17.14	19.15	20.16	21.17	22.17	22.19	23.21	23.55
	Christ Church	Nina Skrzypczak	2.4	15	15.67	15.69	16.71	16.77	16.79	16.83	16.83	16.94	20.27
	Christ Church	Bartek Trzos	2.6	16	16.27	16.28	16.43	16.46	16.47	16.50	16.50	16.57
	St Anne's	Jake Milikan	1.9	12	12.00	12.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
	St Catherine's	Rocco Lofinmakin-Dutta	2.1	13	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
	Balliol	Fionn McFadden	1.6	10	10.13	10.14	10.14	10.15
	Trinity	Andrew-Hiroaki Okukura	1.6	10	10.00	10.00	10.00
	Somerville	Luca Morgante	1.1	7	7.13	7.14
	Hertford	Andrew Smailes	0.6	4	4.00
Valid: 616   Spoilt: 203   Quota: 54.3   Turnout: 819

Michaelmas Term 2020

The Returning Officer for this election was Lachlann Hinley (St John's College). This election was conducted online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

President-Elect

MT20 election for President-Elect

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	St Edmund Hall	Adam Roble	52.5	646
	Brasenose	Geneva Roy	44.1	543
	N/A	Re-open nominations	3.3	41
Valid: 1,230   Spoilt: 0   Quota: 615.01   Turnout: 1,230

Librarian-Elect

MT20 election for Librarian-Elect

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	St Hugh's	Molly Mantle	61.0	705
	Trinity	Frankie Wright	32.6	377
	N/A	Re-open nominations	6.3	73
Valid: 1,155   Spoilt: 0   Quota: 577.51   Turnout: 1,155

Treasurer-Elect

MT20 election for Treasurer-Elect

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Christ Church	Viren Shetty	59.4	678
	Jesus	Josh Wallace	35.1	401
	N/A	Re-open nominations	5.5	63
Valid: 1,142   Spoilt: 0   Quota: 571.01   Turnout: 1,142

Secretary

MT20 election for Secretary

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Magdalen	Adi Kesaia Toganivalu	53.7	613
	Worcester	Aurora Guerrini	39.4	450
	N/A	Re-open nominations	6.8	78
Valid: 1,141   Spoilt: 0   Quota: 570.51   Turnout: 1,141

Standing Committee

MT20 election for Standing Committee

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	University	Michael-Akolade Ayodeji	18.0	199
	St Hugh's	Aditya Dabral	10.5	116
	Christ Church	Kamran Ali	9.4	104
	Hertford	Thea Drinkall	9.3	103
	Merton	Benedict Yorston	8.0	89
	Christ Church	Parth Gosalia	7.3	81
	Pembroke	Joe Lawler	7.1	79
	St Peter's	Serene Singh	7.1	79
	St John's	Juan Davila	6.1	67
	St Peter's	Trinity Ashley	5.7	63
	Jesus	Reuben Cooper	5.2	58
	Magdalen	Otto Barrow	4.2	46
	Merton	Alexander Gan	2.0	22
Valid: 1,106   Spoilt: 0   Quota: 138.26   Turnout: 1,106