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Elections

 

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The Governance and Policy Unit is responsible for the organisation and administration of all University elections for Council, the Academic Board and other University-level committees. In addition, the Unit is responsible for providing advice on matters relating to University elections, including their conduct, organisation and administration.
       
       
 

Student Elections

Outcome of Ballot
Outcome of Nominations

Higher Education and TAFE Student Elections Outcome of Ballot - 2010 Positions

One Higher Education Student on Council
Nominee Number of Votes Number of votes after final distribution of preferences
Withdrawn Candidate 74  
Withdrawn Candidate 35  
Rishan Peshala Danthasinghe 12  
Mayank Parekh - Elected 129 201
Fiona Nguyen 17  
Stephanie Jumbo 45  
Shirin Jambhulkar 10  
Timothy Yates 41  
Elizabeth Walsh 130 173
Helen O'Brien 4  
Paul Marsicovetere 4  
Natalie Yi Ting Lau 25  
Hugh Mortensen 83  
Anubhav Anand 6  
     
Informal 73  
     
One TAFE Student on Council
Nominee Number of Votes  
Brennan Zygraich 3  
Noha Shami 4  
Aleisha Smith - Elected 17 26
Abhimanyu Singh 4  
Dean Eizenberg 2  
Devashish Dutta Baruah 17  
Calum Weidner 7  
Sk Adbul Mukit 2  
Luigi Panozzo 2  
Inam Farooq 22 24
Thanh Tung Nguyen 5  
William Hoare 4  
Mohammad Rizwan Majeed 4  
     
Informal 21  
     
Two Higher Education Students on the Academic Board - First Position
Nominee Number of Votes Number of votes after final distribution of preferences
Kenadja Da Silva 130 184
Dominik Bullwein 23  
Varun Tandon 62  
Rishan Peshala Danthasinghe 26  
Helen O'Brien 30  
Unni Sreekantan Nair - Elected 179 209
Christian Tagle 60  
Paul Marsicovetere 10  
James Molesworth 48  
     
Informal 65  
     
Two Higher Education Students on the Academic Board - Second Position
Nominee Number of Votes Number of votes after final distribution of preferences
Kenadja Da Silva - Elected 130 165
Dominik Bullwein 23  
Varun Tandon 62  
Rishan Peshala Danthasinghe 26  
Helen O'Brien 30  
Unni Sreekantan Nair 179  
Christian Tagle 60 122
Paul Marsicovetere 10  
James Molesworth 48  
     
Informal 65  
     
     
One Undergraduate Student on the Academic Board
Nominee Number of Votes  
Conrad Corry 57  
Kiara Warwick - Elected 62 101
Fiona Nguyen 37  
Natalie Yi Ting Lau 73 97
Stephanie Jumbo 35  
Kate Louise Eccarius 9  
     
Informal 28  
     
One Postgraduate (Coursework) Student on the Academic Board
Nominee Number of Votes  
Mayank Parekh - Elected 118 130
Simon Terpstra 17  
Innavil Arcot Sambanthamoorthy 91 99
Withdrawn Candidate 76  
Abhishek Sanadhya 25  
     
Informal 40  
     
One International Student on the Academic Board
Nominee Number of Votes  
Meit Mayankkumar Shah - Elected 136 146
Amit Pattnaik 136 144
Chiragbhai Pathan 22  
Anubhav Anand 21  
Simon Nichodemus 31  
Aditya Virkar 17  
     
Informal 49  
     
Two TAFE Students on the Board of TAFE Studies - First Position
Nominee Number of Votes  
Calum Weidner 8  
Aleisha Smith - Withdrawn 10 24
Kshirja Singh Aryan 5  
William Hoare 6  
Devashish Dutta Baruah 15  
Charlene Magdeline Fernandes 2  
Inam Farooq - Elected 25 27
Noha Shami 0  
Dean Eizenberg 1  
Luigi Panozzo 3  
Abhimanyu Singh 3  
Brennan Zygraich 2  
Dante Tagle 16  
     
Informal 19  
     
Two TAFE Students on the Board of TAFE Studies - Second Position
Nominee Number of Votes  
Calum Weidner 8  
Aleisha Smith - Withdrawn 10 20
Kshirja Singh Aryan 5  
William Hoare 6  
Devashish Dutta Baruah 15  
Charlene Magdeline Fernandes 2  
Inam Farooq 25  
Noha Shami 0  
Dean Eizenberg 1  
Luigi Panozzo 3  
Abhimanyu Singh 3  
Brennan Zygraich 2  
Dante Tagle - Elected 16 19
     
Informal 19  
     
One Undergraduate Student on Faculty Academic Committee - Business & Enterprise
Nominee Number of Votes  
Matthew Rose 12  
Jessica Mense - Elected 33  
     
Informal 8  
     
One Postgraduate Student on Faculty Academic Committee - Business & Enterprise
Nominee Number of Votes  
Wei Li Wong - Elected 69 73
Rakhee S Nair 46 49
Lily Lilin Liu 17  
Dominik Bullwein 14  
     
Informal 17  
     

One International Student on Faculty Academic Committee - Business & Enterprise

Nominee Number of Votes Number of votes after final distribution of preferences
Natalie Yi Ting Lau 19  
Innavil Arcot Sambanthamoorthy 43  
Tom Kuiper - Elected 85  
Agnes Lehner 19  
     
Informal 16  
     
One Undergraduate Student on Faculty Academic Committee - Enigneering & Industrial Sciences
Nominee Number of Votes  
Rohan Cannon - Elected 25 27
Fiona Nguyen 21 23
Jason Abramowski 7  
     
Informal 4  
     
One International Student on Faculty Academic Committee - Enigneering & Industrial Sciences
Nominee Number of Votes  
Anubhav Anand - Elected 41  
Adoracion Pegalajar Jurado 4  
Rishan Peshala Danthasinghe 8  
     
Informal 6  
     
One Undergraduate Student on Faculty Academic Committee - Information & Communication Technologies
Nominee Number of Votes  
Paul Marsicovetere 12 14
Ahilen Gankadharan 6  
James Searle - Elected 15 16
     
Informal 3  
     
One Postgraduate Student on Faculty Academic Committee - Information & Communication Technologies
Nominee Number of Votes  
Md Mehzabul Nahid - Elected 60  
Muhammad Touseef Mazhar 25  
Ronak Satish Kumar Arora 17  
     
Informal 16  
     
One International Student on Faculty Academic Committee - Information & Communication Technologies
Nominee Number of Votes  
Unni Sreekantan Nair - Elected 53  
Sumit Kumar Sharma 26  
Dineshka Udayanga Seneviratne 11  
     
Informal 21  
     
One Undergraduate Student on Faculty Academic Committee - Life & Social Sciences
Nominee Number of Votes  
Veronica Meredith 13  
Hugh Mortensen - Elected 25 26
Stephanie Jumbo 22 24
     
Informal 4  
     
One Postgraduate Student on Faculty Academic Committee - Life & Social Sciences
Nominee Number of Votes  
Aditya Virkar 17 17
Angela Mayes 5  
Sudeep Choksi - Elected 19 19
     
Informal 5  
     
One International Student on Faculty Academic Committee - Life & Social Sciences
Nominee Number of Votes  
Chiragbhai Pathan - Elected 20 21
Sathees Krishnamenon 8  
Meit Mayankkumar Shah 13  
Sumeet Subhedar 15 17
     
Informal 11  
     
One Undergraduate Student on Faculty Academic Committee - Higher Education Lilydale
Nominee Number of Votes  
Bianca Comfort 6  
David Mather - Elected 45  
Amanda Yeomans 14  
Snowlin Dazs 7  
     
Informal 3  
     
     
One Undergraduate Student on Swinburne Student Amenities Association Board
Nominee Number of Votes Number of votes after final distribution of preferences

Fiona Nguyen

46  
Rishan Peshala Danthasinghe 30  
Jason Patel - Elected 64 90
Stephanie Jumbo 46  
Kate Louise Eccarius 5  
James Searle 63 78
     
Informal 30  
     
One Postgraduate Student on Swinburne Student Amenities Association Board
Nominee Number of Votes Number of votes after final distribution of preferences

Shirin Jambhulkar

16  
Rakhee S Nair 96 107
Withdrawn Candidate 33  
Carol-Anne Croker 14  
Abhishek Sanadhya 19  
Amit Pattnaik - Elected 108 116
Agnes Lehner 20  
     
Informal 36  
     
One International Student on Swinburne Student Amenities Association Board
Nominee Number of Votes  
Meit Mayankkumar Shah 113 129
Withdrawn Candidate 63  
Varun Tandon - Elected 145 168
Lily Lilin Liu 51  
Natalie Yi Ting Lau 34  
Devashish Dutta Baruah 17  
Aditya Virkar 24  
     
Informal 65  
     
One TAFE Student on Swinburne Student Amenities Association Board
Nominee Number of Votes  
Dean Eizenberg 11  
Calum Weidner 12 18
Sk Adbul Mukit 5  
Noha Shami 3  
Abhimanyu Singh 8  
Kshirja Singh Aryan 3  
Aleisha Smith - Elected 12 21
Brennan Zygraich 0  
Mohammad Rizwan Majeed 9  
Luigi Panozzo 8  
Charlene Magdeline Fernandes 12  
     
Informal 27  
     

 

Higher Education & TAFE Student Elections Outcome of Nominations

At the close of nominations the following students had agreed to accept nomination for a position in the categories as listed below. As these students were the only nominees in the chosen categories they are declared elected to the position from 1 January until 31 December 2010.

Academic Board  
Postgraduate (research) Student Wei Xie
   
Faculty Academic Committees  
   
Faculty of Design  
Undergraduate Student Kate Louise Eccarius
Postgraduate Student Kierah Richards
   
Faculty of Engineering & Industrial Sciences  
Postgraduate Student Muhammad Agus Kariem
   
Faculty of Higher Education Lilydale  
Postgraduate Student Carol-Anne Croker
International Student Yifan Chen