Election dates and times

Nominations open: 9am on Monday 19 September 2022

Nominations close: 12pm (midday) on Tuesday 27 September 2022

Election candidates announced: Monday 3 October 2022

Voting opens: 9am on Monday 10 October 2022

Voting closes: 12pm (midday) on Monday 17 October 2022

Election results announced: Thursday 20 October 2022

Election results

Following are the results of the Swinburne statutory elections held in 2022 for 2023 office bearers.

For the contested electorates, a ballot was conducted online, concluding at 12pm on Monday 17 October 2022.

Where the number of valid nominations did not exceed the number of vacancies, candidates were elected unopposed. This is indicated by an asterisk (*) alongside the candidate's name.

Where vacancies exist due to insufficient candidates, the Election Regulation (Part 4. S13. Insufficient candidates) applies.

Note that while the Student Experience Framework project team explored and co-designed the Swinburne Student Voice model with students (August to October 2022), the Vocational and School Student Consultative Committee positions were not included in the 2022 election process.

Academic Senate
Elected positions
Elected by and from 
Level requirements
Term 
Elected Candidates
One
Swinburne academics
All levels 
1 January 2023 – 31 December 2024
Sivachandran Chandrasekaran*
One
School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship 
Academic D or E
1 January 2023 – 31 December 2024
No nominations received
One 
School of Design and Architecture
Academic D or E 
1 January 2023 – 31 December 2024
Gianni Renda*
One
School of Engineering
Academic D or E
1 January 2023 – 31 December 2024
No nominations received
One
Vocational Education departments 
Senior Educator level or equivalent
1 January 2023 – 31 December 2024
No nominations received
University Council
Elected positions Elected by and from Level requirements
Term 
Elected Candidates
One
Students
All levels 
1 January 2023 – 31 December 2023

Uzair Bin Tahir

Academic Senate
Elected positions
Elected by and from
Level requirements
Term 
Elected Candidates
One
Students
AQF level 1 to 6 (Certificate to Advanced Diploma/Associate Degree) 
1 January 2023 – 31 December 2023

Daniel Nicholson*

One
Students 
AQF level 7 to 9 (Bachelor to Master Degree) 1 January 2023 – 31 December 2023

Aaryan Pujara

One 
Students
Higher degree by research students
1 January 2023 – 31 December 2023
Allana Charlyne Santiago*
Swinburne Student Life
Elected positions
Elected by and from
Level requirements
Term 
Elected Candidates
One
Students
Vocational Education and Training (VET) students
1 January 2023 – 31 December 2024

Sue Sinha*

Poll results

Following are the poll results of the Swinburne statutory elections held in 2022 for 2023 office bearers.

Report date: Monday 17 October 12:05 AEDT.

Council - Student Representative
  • Poll ID: 176449
  • As at Poll close: Monday 17 October 2022 12:00 AEDT
  • Number of voters: 1403
  • Group size: 40397
  • Percentage voted: 3.47
  • Vote counting method: V1 FPTP (first-past-the-post)
  • Ranked by votes
Rank
Candidate ID
Candidate
Votes
%
1
16160641 Uzair Bin Tahir 495

35.28

2 16160638 Muhammad Ali 200 14.26
3 16160672 Arafat Mizan 183 13.04
4 16160632 Brianne Smith 93 6.63
5 16160667 Michelle Ko (they/her) 84 5.99
6 16160630 Tess Robb 84 5.99
7 16160654 M R Ibnul Hossain Rafi 64 4.56
8 16160659 Ojaswi Keshao Sarve 48 3.42
9 16160612 Medha Malla 37 2.64
10 16160666 Angus Bareš 36 2.57
11 16160650 Mitchell Reynolds 34 2.42
12 16160663 Erfan Mangani 29 2.07
13 16160674 Petros Ntoumanis 16 1.14

Total votes: 1403

Academic Senate - AQF 7 to 9 (Bachelor to Master Degree) student
  • Poll ID: 176451
  • As at Poll close: Monday 17 October 2022 12:00 AEDT
  • Number of voters: 1104
  • Group size: 27310
  • Percentage voted: 4.04
  • Vote counting method: V1 FPTP (first-past-the-post)
  • Ranked by votes
Rank
Candidate ID
Candidate
Votes
%
1
16160699 Aaryan Pujara 425

38.50

2 16160707 Quan Trinh 220 19.93
3 16160679 Tess Robb 111 10.05
4 16160706 Medha Malla 104 9.42
5 16160680 Dani Smith 101 9.15
6 16160708 Michelle Ko (they/her) 93 8.42
7 16160712 Petros Ntoumanis 50 4.53

Total votes: 1104

Results generated by BigPulse Online Voting.

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