Voting in the 2023 GSA General Election closed at 10:00 AM (MST) on Thursday, 2 March 2023. The Chief Returning Officer of the GSA has released the official results of this election.
As outlined in GSA Bylaw and Policy, “the candidate(s) with the highest number(s) of votes will be successful, in accord with the number of positions available” (Section I.POL.12.5.b).
2023 GSA General Election Official Results
GSA President
Elected: Bishoi Aziz
| Bishoi Aziz | 449 |
| None of the Candidates | 162 |
GSA VP Academic
Elected: Rija Kamran
| Rija Kamran | 303 |
| Aizle Bernardo | 114 |
| Divya Maisuaiya | 61* |
| None of the Candidates | 102 |
GSA VP External
Elected: Hamid Hassani
| Hamid Hassani | 296 |
| Saad Arsan Iqbal | 235 |
| None of the Candidates | 125 |
GSA VP Student Life
Elected: Tiffany Kung
| Tiffany Kung | 278 |
| Hadi Mokarizadeh | 253 |
| None of the Candidates | 109 |
GSA VP Student Services
Elected: Haseeb
| Haseeb | 197 |
| Peyman Aghdasi | 149 |
| Maya Shinde | 133 |
| Pruthak Patel | 101* |
| None of the Candidates | 91 |
GSA Councillors-at-Large (10 positions)
Elected:
- Eric Beaudry
- Arseniy Belosokhov
- Haroun Elyasir
- Shubham Goswami
- Harsh
- Sandeep Kumar
- Laura Manerus
- Rob McWeeny
- Rajdeepsinh Solanki
- Goldy T.R.
| Eric Beaudry | 359 |
| None of the Candidates | 139 |
| Arseniy Belosokhov | 325 |
| None of the Candidates | 177 |
| Haroun Elyasir | 336 |
| None of the Candidates | 143 |
| Shubham Goswami | 307 |
| None of the Candidates | 175 |
| Harsh | 302 |
| None of the Candidates | 191 |
| Sandeep Kumar | 337 |
| None of the Candidates | 160 |
| Laura Manerus | 351 |
| None of the Candidates | 138 |
| Rob McWeeny | 296 |
| None of the Candidates | 175 |
| Rajdeepsinh Solank | 338 |
| None of the Candidates | 156 |
| Gold TR | 306 |
| None of the Candidates | 178 |
Voter Turnout: 8.74%
| Total Eligible to Vote | 9134 |
| Total Eligible Ballots | 798 |
2023 GSA Associate Vice-President Labour Election Official Results
GSA Associate VP Labour
Elected: Muneeb Masood Raja
| Muneeb Masood Raja | 106 |
| Sonalika Patel | 81* |
| None of the Candidates | 43 |
Voter Turnout: 10.8%
| Total Eligible to Vote | 3910 |
| Total Eligible Ballots | 423 |
* As the result of alleged breaches against the candidate, various penalties were issued by the CRO, resulting in a deduction in total received votes, rounded to the nearest whole vote. Please see the CRO Decisions for the 2023 GSA General Election and Election of the Associate Vice-President Labour for details, on the Elections and Referenda page.
Please direct any questions to the GSA Chief Returning Officer at: gsa.elections@ualberta.ca