Unofficial results for the 2015 Carleton University Students’ Association (CUSA) elections are in.
The votes were recounted manually by the CUSA elections team. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Samantha Somerville said it was one of the closest races she has seen in her time at Carleton.
Of the 25,584 eligible voters, 6,811 voted, a voter turnout of 26.6 per cent.
The results for executive candidates are as follows:
President:
Fahd Alhattab, Your Carleton (2,664 votes)
Ahmadou Gitteh, Change CUSA (2,455 votes)
Dan Crich, ACT Now Carleton (1,374 votes)
Abstentions (318 votes)
Vice-president (finance):
Craig Handy, Your Carleton (2,972 votes)
Gurinder Singh, Change CUSA (2,529 votes)
Abdulla Alromaihi, ACT Now Carleton (907 votes)
Abstentions (403 votes)
Vice-president (student life):
Sean Smith, Change CUSA (2,695 votes)
John Mesman, Your Carleton (2,653 votes)
Shonalie Raha, ACT Now Carleton (1,065 votes)
Abstentions (398 votes)
Vice-president (student services):
Frena Hailekiros, Your Carleton (2,727 votes)
Sadia Wamunya, Change CUSA (2,548 votes)
Chany Singh, ACT Now Carleton (1,072 votes)
Abstentions (464 votes)
Vice-president (student issues):
Maddie Adams, Your Carleton (2,932 votes)
Ashley Courchene, Change CUSA (2,455 votes)
Roy Sengupta, ACT Now Carleton (998 votes)
Abstentions (426 votes)
Vice-president (internal):
Sofia Dala, Your Carleton (2,856 votes)
Rasha Choudhury, Change CUSA (2,394 votes)
David MacMillan, ACT Now Carleton (1,175 votes)
Abstentions (386 votes)