In what appears to be a landslide victory, the self-proclaimed “most approachable” person on campus is now in charge.

The unofficial results are in, and Pagalavan Thavarajah has been elected the new president of your Scarborough Campus Students’ Union.

Thavarajah defeated presidential hopeful Atef Latif by the significant margin of 553-167 votes, according to the unofficial results sent to The Underground on Feb. 19 by residing SCSU President John Aruldason.

Carl Bagot was elected VP Academics by a thin 52 votes, although 237 students marked abstain on their ballots.

Abdalla Al-Baalawy edged out Juila Varshavska 441-334 for VP External, while Zahra Murji cruised to victory with 429 votes for VP Students & Equity.

This was the only category with more than two candidates.

Unfortunately, voter turnout was much lower than expected. There was a large drop-off in numbers even in comparison to the results we saw for last year’s election.

When we look at the plight of  people across the world, fighting daily for democracy and free election, it is disappointing to see such an apparent lack of interest displayed by the student body at Scarborough campus.

While the results are yet to be ratified and are therefore not yet official, the remainder of the results, as reported by the SCSU, are as follows.

President & CEO

Pagalavan Thavarajah: 553
Atef Latif: 167 
Abstain: 146
Spoiled: 12 

VP Academics 

Carl Bagot: 335
Varraki: 283
Abstain: 237 
Spoiled 23

VP External 

Abdalla Al-Baalawy: 441
Juila Varshavska: 334
Abstain: 81
Spoiled: 14

VP Students & Equity

Zahra Murji: 429
Sulaimaan Abdus-Samad: 168
Maryam Shah: 131
Ron Dayaram: 38
Abstain: 100 
Spoiled: 9