SUS Elections 2008

After an exciting pre-election week involving candidates battling it out like vocal gladiators to win their voting campaigns, the Students Union Society elections for the 2008-2009 session took place finally on the 3rd of September. As always, junior members’ interest, particularly first years’ who were taking part in an electoral process for the very first time, was extremely high. Adnan Nayeem Asmi, 3rd Year B.A Programme won the election for the post of President of the SUS by a margin of 122 votes against Maryam Fatima of 3rd Year B.A (Hons) English. This year’s election had more than its usual share of controversies which saw the elections being postponed twice and eventually happening nearly two weeks later than schedule. These included cancellation of Maryam Fatima’s candidature due to insufficient attendance and later restoration of the same.

The final results for the Presidential election were as follows:
    Total Votes: 827
    Invalid Votes: 41
    Total Valid Votes: 786
    Adnan Nayeem Asmi: 454 (57.8%)
    Maryam Fatima: 332 (42.2%)


Student Unions in the past have promised to make the SUS more than just a T-shirt distributing, Harmony organizing body, and so does this year’s union. Let’s see what happens in what promises to be an exciting year for the SUS.