A Re-Open Nominations (RON) win opens the position to be re contested in a by-election.
This result means that the positions of President, Campaigns and Engagement Officer, and Welfare Officer will now be decided by by-election in week 12. In the only contested race, Martha Ni Riada beat both RON and Darragh Kane O’Toole to the position of Education Officer.
This follows a social media campaign spearheaded by the anonymous UCD Confessions page on Instagram, which called for a RON vote in all races to express dissatisfaction with the lack of candidates. In posts explaining their reasons for a RON vote, the page made several misleading or untrue statements to their 18.6 thousand followers, including an assertion that UCDSU had "promised microwaves in every building".
In the non-sabbatical elections, Robin Jowett won the position of Law College officer with 98 votes, beating Aisling Maloney, who finished with 62 votes. The race for Science College officer was won by uncontested candidate Ryan Corley with 207 votes. None of the other positions had valid candidates, meaning that all college officer positions save for Law and Science, and the position of Irish Language Officer, will be decided by a by-election.
President:
RON: 887
Molly Greenough: 824
Welfare:
RON: 862
Míde Nic Fhionnlaoich: 826
Ents:
RON: 846
Ciara Moroney: 840
Education:
The quota for this race was 873.
1st count:
RON: 630
Martha Ní Riada: 690
Darragh Kane O’Toole: 424
Darragh Kane O’Toole was eliminated after the first count
2nd count:
RON: 642
Martha Ní Riada: 749
Campaigns and Engagement:
RON: 870
Robyn O’Keeffe: 815
Science College Officer:
Ryan Corley: 207
RON: 200
Law College Officer:
Aisling Maloney: 62
Robin Jowett: 98
RON: 34