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Undergraduates elected 10 representatives to the Undergraduate Council after voting closed for midterm elections Friday.
In total, 447 students voted in competitive elections, which took place from Feb. 9 to Feb. 12, according to data provided by Election Commission chair Matthew C. Estes ’18. Thirty-five students originally declared candidacy for office.
The most competitive election took place for the lone freshman seat up for re-election in Oak Yard, where 13 students declared candidacy. Nicholas D. Boucher ’19, who garnered 39 first preference votes, won that seat. Oak Yard also saw the largest voter turnout, with 129 students submitting ballots.
Of the 10 students elected to the UC this cycle, six are sophomores.
Two seats were up for election in Dunster House, but only one will be filled, after Mika S. Esquivel ’18 ran uncontested for her seat. The only other uncontested seat was in Dudley House, where Laila M. Smith ’17 was elected.
Two of the UC’s 2015 Executive Board members ran for re-election—former Student Life Committee chair Oliver W. Kim ’16 of Leverett House, and former Treasurer Meghamsh Kanuparthy ’16 of Kirkland House. Kim won his bid for re-election, while Kanuparthy lost to Laura S. Chang ’18 and Parth C. Thakker ’18.
The full list of newly elected representatives is as follows:
Cabot House
Christopher B. Cruz ’17
Dudley House
Laila M. Smith ’17
Dunster House
Mika S. Esquivel ’18
Eliot House
Stephen H. Cho ’18
Kirkland House
Laura S. Chang ’18
Parth C. Thakker ’18
Leverett House
Oliver W. Kim ’16
Mather House
Yehong Zhu ’18
Oak Yard
Nicholas D. Boucher ’19
Pforzheimer House
Neel Mehta ’18
—Staff writer Brian P. Yu can be reached at brian.yu@thecrimson.com. Follow him on Twitter @brianyu28.
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