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PRESIDENT

Candidate

Primary VotePercentSwingTwo-CandidateSwing









Lottie Jenkins ✔
(Together)

1,95451.62%+9.85%1N/A3N/A3

Daniel Motika
(Community)

1,54440.79%-11.19%N/A3N/A3

Harrison Kemp
(Progress)

2877.58%+1.34%2



GENERAL SECRETARY









Candidate

Primary VotePercentSwingTwo-CandidateSwing

Khush Shah ✔
(Together)
 		1,80648.74%+4.66%153.42%+10.01%1

Corbin Afanasyev
(Community)

1,64044.26%-11.65%46.58%-10.01%1

Percival Taylor
(Progress)

2596.99%+6.99%4



CARTWHEEL COMPETITON

Cartwheeler

CartwheelsPercentSwingQuota
(111.7 Cartwheels)		Place Winner

Lara ✔
(Independents for Southbank)

14944.48%N/A1.3First

Leyla ✔
(Independents for Southbank)

10130.15%N/A0.9Second

Samuel ✔
(Community)

50
14.93%N/A​0.4
Third

Elle
(Together)

288.36%N/A0.3

Lushy
(Together)

51.49%N/A0.0

Mystery Southbank Cartwheeler
(Socialist Action)

10.30%N/A0.0

John
(Progress)

10.30%N/A0.0

Total

335

3


EDUCATION (ACADEMIC AFFAIRS)










Candidate(s)

Primary VotePercentSwingTwo-CandidateSwing

Pranay Maheta &

Rachael Fysh ✔
(Together)
​		1,83049.57%+7.61%153.42%+10.93%1

Satvik Gulati &

Yashesvi Verma
(Community)
​		1,61143.63%-14.41%46.58%-10.93%1

Nikolai Zarubin
(Progress)
​		2516.80%+6.80%4



EDUCATION (PUBLIC AFFAIRS)

Candidate(s)

Primary VotePercentSwingTwo-CandidateSwing

Minh Ha &
Toby Putland ✔
(Together)
​		1,74147.96%+1.14%151.21%+5.15%1

Aidan Hawe
(Socialist Action)5
​		1,68546.42%-6.76%648.79%-5.15%6

Rui Cao
(Independent)
​		2045.62%NEW


WELFARE

Candidate(s)

Primary VotePercentSwingTwo-CandidateSwing

Mysha Siddiqui &
Yun Yi Chan ✔
(Together)
​		1,81849.74%+6.85%152.51%+10.24%1

Holly Kalns &
Martyn Cherian
(Community)​
​		1,63744.79%-12.31%​47.49%-10.24%​

Jamie Edwards
(Progress)
​		2005.74%+5.74%4


CREATIVE ARTS









Candidate(s)

Primary VotePercentSwingTwo-CandidateSwing

Mahar Arora &
Noelle Liang ✔
(Together)
​		1,38239.98%-0.83%152.75%N/A7

Jinrui (Jimmy) Guo &
Prishita Shethia
(Community)​
​		1,45241.38%-18.41%​47.25%N/A7

Felicity Bayne
(Independent Artists
Co-operative)
​		67519.24%NEW


William Main
(Progress)
​
1235.47%+5.47%4


ACTIVITIES









Candidate(s)

Primary VotePercentSwingThree-Candidate8Swing

Nathan Van Langenberg &
Yanyan Zhang ✔
(Together)
​		1,71948.02%+4.06%151.59%+9.88%​1

Shifa Ikram
(Community)​
​		1,42542.51%-13.53%41.78%-9.58%​

Lewis Regan
(Progress​​)
​		2086.21%+6.21%46.63%N/A9

Others
(Independent)
​
2286.37%N/A


ENVIRONMENT









Candidate(s)

Primary VotePercentSwingTwo-CandidateSwing


Amaya Castro Williams ✔

(Socialist Action)5,10
​
​
1,63344.78%+44.78%1050.81%N/A11

David Dieperink &
Millie Mountford
(Together​)​
​		1,40538.52%-8.72%149.19%N/A11

Eren Olmez & Shahana Seyar
(Independent Students
for Sustainability)
​
609
16.70%NEW


MEDIA

Candidate(s)

Primary VotePercentSwingTwo-CandidateSwing


Lachlan Caroll,
​Saria Ratnam,
Taylah Xuerab &
Thomas Weir-Alarcon ✔
(Independent Media)​
​
​
UNCONTESTEDN/A​N/A​N/A10N/A10​

CLUBS & SOCIETIES

Candidate(s)

Primary VotePercentSwingTwo-CandidateSwing

Leon Nguyen van Tri
& Meiqi Liu ✔
(Together)
​		1,70447.32%-17.34%1,1053.72%N/A7

Alexander Hams
(Community)​
​		1,520
42.21%+42.21446.28%N/A7

John McClure
(Progress​)
​		1985.50%+5.50%4
​​

Rui Cao
(Independent)
​
179
4.97%NEW


WOMEN'S

Candidate(s)

Primary VotePercentSwingTwo-CandidateSwing

Keerthi Ruddraramker
& Melo Nicholson ✔
(Together)
​		81547.22%+22.88%152.79%N/A7

Naya Ikram &
Yuqi Ma
(Community)​
​		749
43.40%-8.30%47.21%N/A7,12

Elizabeth Sheezel
(Progress​)
​		995.74%+5.74%4
​​

Lia Handa
(Independent)
​
63
3.65%NEW


QUEER

Candidate(s)

Primary VotePercentSwingTwo-Candidate​Swing

Mabel Shelley &
Ronglin Hou ✔
(Together)
​		71461.23%+16.00%1N/A​N/A​

Nandi Rathore &
Vibha Amit
(Community)
​		452
38.77%-16.00%N/A​N/A​

DISABILITIES

Candidate(s)

Primary VotePercentSwingTwo-Candidate​Swing

Angela Ranasinghe
& Julia Gunther ✔
(Together)
​		292
57.89%+39.13%1N/A​N/A​

Aahna Kamboj
& Clarissa Soth
(Community)
​		216
42.11%-21.80%N/A​N/A​

PEOPLE OF COLOUR

Candidate(s)

Primary VotePercentSwingTwo-Candidate​Swing

Lushy Chinganya &
Yasmin Saab ✔
(Together)
​		679
56.73%+33.85%1N/A​N/A​

Leon Lu &
Muntaha Amreeb
(Community)
​		518
43.27%-5.84%N/A​N/A​

INDIGENOUS

Candidate

Primary VotePercentSwingTwo-Candidate​Swing

Clare Trainor ✔
(Community)
​
19
57.58%N/A13N/A​N/A​

Cate Fardon
(Together)
​		14
42.42%N/A13N/A​N/A​

STUDENT COUNCIL









Ticket

Primary VotePercentSwingQuota
(184.9 votes)		Seats (Total)

Together ✔

1,14738.78%+7.54%16.29 (+4)

Community

99633.67%-6.79%5.48 (-3)

Socialist Action

49516.73%N/A42.73 (+3)

Independent Media

1856.25%+3.07%1.01 (-)

Progress

662.23%-0.77%20.360 (-)

Better

501.69%NEW0.270 (-)

Other

190.64%N/A
1 (-3)

Total

2,958

16.022


  1. As Activate
  2. As Rebuild
  3. No 2CP count was conducted as a candidate won a majority of first preferences
  4. Did not contest in 2025
  5. Listed on the ballot as the Community candidate
  6. From Community
  7. Won on first preferences in 2025
  8. No 2CP count was conducted as Together won on primary votes before Progress was eliminated from the count
  9. Independent Ezra Bangun made the 3CP count in 2025, with 6.93% of the vote
  10. No major ticket contested in 2025
  11. Activate won with 47.25% of the primary vote in 2025
  12. Community won with 51.70% of the primary vote in 2025
  13. No candidate contested in 2025

Updates
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Wednesday
STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTED
Isabella McRae McLeod (Together), Kashyap Sreekumar (Community), Reema Ababneh (Socialist Action), Jake Proctor (Together), Vinnie Yan (Community), Anjali Manoj (Socialist Action), Yifan (Roger) Cao (Together), Ryunosuke Himeda (Community), Pablo Paskos (Together), Radman Amel Monirian (Community), Shirley Tang (Together), Tasmiya Haque (Together), Mansi Sharma (Community) and Yasmeen Atiej (Socialist Action) have been elected to Student Council.

●
NUS DELEGATION ELECTED
Melo Nicholson (Together), Daniel Motika (Community), Aidan Hawe (Socialist Action), Toby Putland (Together), Corbin Afanasyev (Community), Jake Proctor (Together), Holly Kalns (Community) have been elected to the University of Melbourne NUS delegation.

●
ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE ELECTED
Edward Iager (Together), Niam Airey (Community), Frank Ngo (Together), Rachel Tran (Together), Aarika Sharma (Community), Eliza Grace (Together) and Shani Dhariwal (Community) have been elected to the Activities Committee.

●
CREATIVE ARTS COMMITTEE ELECTED
Pablo Paskos (Together), Mehrak Mizan (Community), Emma Guthrie (Independent Artists Co-operative), Ansh Jindal (Together), Freya Hosking (Together), Manya Agrawal (Community) and Pooja Srinivasan (Community) have been elected to the Creative Arts Committee.

●
EDUCATION COMMITTEE ELECTED
Joey Vun (Together), Ryo Oguchi (Community), Bambarawana Liyanagamage Nesandi Naadithya (Socialist Action), Benjamin Freeburn-Riebeling (Together), M Warid Abdullah (Community), Linda LI (Together) and Jiya Dhama (Community) have been elected to the Education Committee.

●
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE ELECTED
Flynn Slater (Together), Lola Bowers (Community), Bella Beiraghi (Socialist Action), Ariana Gu (Together), Samuel Licciardino (Community), Oliver Baitch (Together) and Shahana Seyar (Independent Students for Sustainability) have been elected to the Environment Committee.

●
WELFARE COMMITTEE ELECTED
Max Zhang (Together), Aidan O’Reilly (Community), Ling Hao (Together), Harold Avinesh (Community), Aulia Sarah Andraina (Together), Angela Clark (Community) and Du Wang (Together) have been elected to the Welfare Committee.

●
DISABILITIES COMMITTEE ELECTED
Lachie Templeman-Hughes (Together), Dharm Saraswat (Community), Kenway Sheridan (Together), Frances Varghese (Together), Isabella Li (Community), Alex Gwynn (Together) and Nyssa Gupta (Community) have been elected to the Disabilities Committee.

●
POC COMMITTEE ELECTED
Tasmiya Haque (Together), Muhammad Fardeen (Community), Tjipo Morgan (Together), Qichen Wang (Community), Hayley Kendi Njagi (Together), Wenhan Ju (Community) and Salia Nimley (Together) have been elected to the People of Colour Committee.

●
QUEER COMMITTEE ELECTED
Jay Huang (Together), Aryan Lalit Kalpande (Community), Willow Kecskes-Judd (Together), Kathryn McInerney Sotomayor (Community), Ted Kelly (Together), Natalie Ryan (Together) and Beatrix Hiep (Together) have been elected to the Queer Committee.

●
WOMEN'S COMMITTEE ELECTED
Qing (Alissa) Chen (Together), Niamh Clarke (Community), Keiyona Shankar (Together), Phoebe Adams (Community), Zahra Batoory (Together), Yagmur Eda Yildiz (Community) and Erling Xu (Together) have been elected to the Women's Committee.

●
BURNLEY STUDENTS COMMITTEE ELECTED
Nina Middleton (independent) and Rory Crofts (independent) have been elected to the Burnley Students Committee. Five vacancies remain, as only two nominations were received.

●
SOUTHBANK STUDENTS COMMITTEE ELECTED
Hadyn Collier (Independents for Southbank), Kathryn McInerney Sotomayor (Community), Juniper Salt (Independents for Southbank), Mackenzie Hawkins (Independents for Southbank), Miranda Zabel (Independents for Southbank), Natasha McBain (Independents for Southbank) and Tirion Luff-White (Independents for Southbank) have been elected to the Southbank Students Committee.


●
7:07 PM
NUS CANDIDATES ELECTED
Melo Nicholson (Together), Daniel Motika (Community) and Aidan Hawe (Socialist Action) received votes over the quota for NUS Delegate.





●
7:05 PM
GRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE ON COUNCIL ELECTED
Kanishka Saini (Community) has been elected as the Graduate Representative on Student Council.

●
7:00 PM
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON COUNCIL ELECTED
Yichen Yang (Community) has been elected as the International Representative on Student Council with 546 primary votes.

●
7:03 PM
STUDENT COUNCIL CANDIDATES ELECTED
Isabella McRae McLeod (Together), Kashyap Sreekumar (Community) and Reema Ababneh (Socialist Action) received votes over the quota for Student Council.





●
7:00 PM
SOUTHBANK REPRESENTATIVE ON STUDENTS' COUNCIL ELECTED
Matteo Rafael Bonson has been elected as Southbank Council Representative with 112 primary votes.

●
7:00 PM
SOUTHBANK COMMITTEE CANDIDATES ELECTED
Hadyn Collier (Independents for Southbank) and Kathryn McInerney Sotomayor (Community) received votes over the quota for Southbank Committee.

●
6:50 PM
POC OBS ELECTED
Lushy Chinganya and Yasmin Saab (Together) have been elected as People of Colour OBs with 518 primary votes.





●
6:56 PM
WELFARE COMMITTEE CANDIDATES ELECTED
Max Zhang (Together) and Aidan O'Reilly (Community) received votes over the quota for Welfare Committee.

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6:56 PM
EDUCATION COMMITTEE CANDIDATES ELECTED
Joey Vun (Together), Ryo Oguchi (Community) and Bambarawana Liyanagamage Nesandi Naadithya (Socialist Action) received votes over the quota for Education Committee.

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6:55 PM
CREATIVE ARTS COMMITTEE CANDIDATES ELECTED
Pablo Paskos (Together), Mehrak Mizan (Community) and Emma Guthrie (Independent Artists Co-operative) received votes over the quota for Creative Arts Committee.

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6:49 PM
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE CANDIDATES ELECTED
Flynn Slater (Together), Lola Bowers (Community) and Bella Beiraghi (Socialist Action) received votes over the quota for Environment Committee.





●
6:50 PM
INDIGENOUS OB ELECTED
Claire Trainor (Community) has been elected as Indigenous OB with 19 primary votes.

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6:49 PM
DISABILITIES COMMITTEE CANDIDATES ELECTED
Lachie Templeman-Hughes (Together) and Dharm Saraswat (Community) received votes over the quota for Disabilities Committee.

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6:47 PM
DISABILITIES REPRESENTATIVE ON COUNCIL ELECTED
Lachie Templeman Hughes (Together) has been elected as the Disabilities Representative on Student Council with 277 primary votes.

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6:47 PM
DISABILITIES OBS ELECTED
Angela Ranasinghe and Julia Gunther (Together) have been elected as Disabilities OBs with 297 primary votes.

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6:41 PM
QUEER COMMITTEE CANDIDATES ELECTED
Jay Huang (Together) and Aryan Lalit Kalpande (Community) received votes over the quota for Queer Committee.

●
6:47 PM
QUEER REPRESENTATIVE ON COUNCIL ELECTED
Natalie Ryan (Together) has been elected as the Queer Representative on Student Council with 634 primary votes.

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6:41 PM
QUEER OBS ELECTED
Mabel Shelley and Ronglin Hou (Together) have been elected as Queer OBs with 714 primary votes.

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6:41 PM
WOMEN'S OBS ELECTED
Keerthi Ruddraramker and Melo Nicholson (Together) have been elected as Women's OBs with 815 primary votes.

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6:41 PM
CLUBS & SOCIETIES OBS ELECTED
Leon Nguyen van Tri and Meiqi Liu (Together) have been elected as Clubs & Societies OBs with 1704 primary votes.

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6:40 PM
ENVIRONMENT OB ELECTED
Amaya Castro Williams (Community, Socialist Action) has been elected as Environment OB with 1633 primary votes.

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6:38 PM
ACTIVITIES OBS ELECTED
Nathan Van Langenberg and Yanyan Zhang (Together) have been elected as Activities OBs with 1863 primary votes.

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6:35 PM
CREATIVE ARTS OBS ELECTED
Manhar Arora and Noelle Liang (Together) have been elected as Creative Arts OBs with 1382 primary votes.

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6:35 PM
WELFARE OBS ELECTED
Mysha Siddiqui and Yun Yi Chan (Together) have been elected as Welfare OBs with 1818 primary votes.

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6:35 PM
ACADEMIC (PUBLIC AFFAIRS) OBS ELECTED
Minh Ha and Toby Putland (Together) have been elected as Academic (Public Affairs) OBs with 1741 primary votes.

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6:35 PM
ACADEMIC (EDUCATION) OBS ELECTED
Pranay Maheta and Rachel Fysh (Together) have been elected as Academic (Education) OBs with 1830 primary votes.

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6:31 PM
GENERAL SECRETARY ELECTED
Khush Shah (Together) has been elected as General Secretary with 1873 primary votes.

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6:31 PM
PRESIDENT ELECTED
Lottie Jenkins (Together) has been elected as President with 1954 primary votes.

●
6:30 PM
Final vote count revealed
4,573 votes were cast in the election.                                                                                                                                                                



	

	
	


        

	    
	    

	

	
	

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