Siddhanth Satish defeats David Jardine in the RSU presidential election
Siddhanth Satish and the Adapt slate have decisively won the 2021 RSU elections, securing all except five positions on the RSU. Adapt won all executive positions.
Satish defeated David Jardine, the presidential candidate of the For the Students slate, by a vote of 1,017 to 653.
The 1,670 votes cast in the presidential race represents an 83 per cent increase in votes from 2020 election, which saw a total of 911 votes cast.
The closest races were for the Faculty of Arts positions, some of the only seats won by the For the Students slate. While Sarah Ahmed secured her spot decisively with 130 votes, Sharif Van Uum won with only 80 votes, nine votes ahead of Hafsa Ghasemzaei and 11 ahead of Areej Khalid, the two Adapt candidates.
Below is a complete list of the election results, as well as a list of how many votes were cast for each candidate.
President
Siddhanth Satish [Adapt] 1,017
David Jardine [For the Students] 653
Vice-President Education
Tarmanjit Mann [Adapt] 982
Alexandra Nash [For the Students] 630
Vice-President Equity
Maleha Yasmin [Adapt] 996
Zanele Chisholm [For the Students] 611
Vice-President Operations
Vaishali Vinayak [Adapt] 957
Jenna Jiang [For the Students] 644
Vice-President Student Life & Events
Akibul Hoque [Adapt] 985
Ashan Mahendran [For the Students] 669
Faculty of Arts (2 seats)
Sarah Ahmed [For the Students] 130
Sharif Van Uum [For the Students] 80
Hafsa Ghasemzaei [Adapt] 71
Areej Khalid [Adapt] 69
Faculty of Communication and Design (3 seats)
Mercedes Gaztambide [For the Students] 222
Sonia Bragança [For the Students] 200
Olivia McLeod [For the Students] 197
Bilqis Meer [Adapt] 129
Priyanshi Mistry [Adapt] 123
Essha Khan [Adapt] 118
Faculty of Community Services (3 seats)
Sabrina Ahmed [Adapt] 163
Parneet Brah [Adapt] 165
Joel Kuriakose [Adapt] 150
Daniel Barkin [For the Students] 84
Dusty Luck [For the Students] 79
Oren Jungreis [For the Students] 68
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science (3 seats)
Muhammad Maaz Rashid [Adapt] 185
Umar Abdullah [Adapt] 169
Salar Syed [Adapt] 160
Cassidy Rose [For the Students] 114
Michaela Joseph [For the Students] 109
Kelvin Hoang [For the Students] 88
Faculty of Science (2 seats)
Ravital Kofman [Adapt]
Shawn Peari [Adapt]
Ted Rogers School of Management (4 seats)
Husnain Khalid [Adapt] 381
Hilla Yaniv [Adapt] 333
Darsh Gajera [Adapt] 328
Silver Idele [Adapt] 324
Zainab Shah [For the Students] 125
Eliana McKenzie [For the Students] 99
International Representative
Ayat Vizvi [Adapt]
