Aalto University Student Union
Release
4 Nov 2015

For immediate release

Voting in the fourth Representative Council elections of Aalto University Student Union (AYY) ended on Wednesday, 4 Nov. The turnout was 30.16%, which is an increase of 2.86 percentage points from 2013. A total of 4,293 eligible voters used their right to vote. The entire elections were conducted electronically for the second time.

Four electoral coalitions received six (6) seats for themselves in the Representative Council. These coalitions include Vihreämpi Aalto, SCIsma, Kylterirengas Otaniemi and Kylterirengas Töölö. With 64 votes, the title of the vote-puller is shared by Sameli Sivonen from Vihreämpi Aalto and Joona Kosloff from Kylterirengas Otaniemi. It looks like international students from many electoral coalitions will have seats in the Representative Council.

This year, 307 candidates were nominated in AYY’s elections. Candidates formed 13 electoral coalitions and one person stood for election as an independent candidate. There were three electoral alliances in the elections, which included a total of 11 electoral coalitions. Two electoral coalitions were not part of the electoral alliances. All electoral coalitions were independent from political parties.

The Representative Council of 45 members is the highest decision-making body in the Student Union. The new Representative Council will meet for the first time in November, when it elects the chairperson for itself and appoints the former of the next year’s Board, among other things.

Preliminary election results can be found at: /vaalit/tulokset/. The Central Election Committee will confirm the results at its meeting on Monday, 9 Nov 2015.

Further information:

Secretary of the Central Election Committee Johanna Pietiläinen, johanna.pietilainen@ayy.fi, 050 520 9434
Chairperson of the Central Election Committee Hamilkar Bergroth, hamilkar.bergroth@ayy.fi

According to preliminary election results, the distribution of seats in the Representative Council is as follows (change from 2013)

Electoral alliance: Jämerä Ratas 22 (Change from 2013: -6 seats)

Konergia 4 (-2)
Luova 4 (-1)
Polytekarna 2 (-1)
SCIsma 6 (NEW)
CHEM 3 (NEW)
Voltti 3 (-)

Electoral alliance: Aalto for All 7 (NEW)

Aalto Party 1 (-2)
Vihreämpi Aalto 6 (NEW)

Electoral alliance: Kylterirengas 14 (NEW)

Force Majeure 2 (+1)
Kylterirengas Otaniemi 6 (NEW)
Kylterirengas Töölö 6 (NEW)

Electoral coalitions outside electoral alliances:

ProArte 2 (-3)
 

Aalto University Student Union AYY
Release, 3 Nov 2015
For immediate release

The advance voting of AYY’s Representative Council elections ended yesterday, Monday, 2nd Nov at 11.59pm. 3135 voters cast their vote in advance, which is 22,04 % of the eligible voters. In year 2013 2,819 voters cast their vote in advance, which was 19.1% of the eligible voters.

You can still vote in the Representative Council elections between Tuesday, 3 Nov, 00:01am – Wednesday, 4 Nov, 4pm.

Entitled to vote are all AYY’s members who have paid the Student Union’s membership fee by Friday, 16 Oct 2015. Voting takes place through the electronic voting system. The electoral system can be found at: http://vaalit.ayy.fi

Authentication in the electronic electoral system is done using Aalto University’s username and password. If your Aalto user name does not work for some reason, please contact the University’s IT Service Desk by email at servicedesk@aalto.fi or by phone +358 50 513 2000.

Preliminary election results will be published on Wednesday evening on 4 Nov. You can wait for the results in AYY’s and KY’s election night party at Saha in Otaniemi (Konemiehentie 4) from 5pm onwards.

Further information:

Secretary of the Central Election Committee Johanna Pietiläinen, johanna.pietilainen@ayy.fi or 050 5209 434

Aalto University Student Union
Release 2 Oct 2015
For immediate release

This year, 307 candidates stood for election in the Representative Council elections of Aalto University Student Union. The candidates form 13 electoral coalitions and one person stands for election as an independent candidate. 11 electoral coalitions are part of three electoral alliances. Two electoral coalitions are not part of any electoral alliances. All electoral coalitions in the elections are politically independent.

The largest single alliance in the elections is Jämerä Ratas, which gathers together a total of 144 candidates from six different electoral coalitions. The largest single electoral coalition is Kylterirengas Töölö, which has 42 persons in its candidate list. New electoral coalitions are Vihreämpi Aalto with 37 candidates and Järki with 11 candidates.

Many of the school-specific electoral coalitions from the previous years have changed their names. This year, the list includes the electroal coalition CHEM, SCIsma and Kylterirengas Töölö, among others.

In AYY’s third elections in November 2013, there were 323 candidates. Candidates stood for election in 16 electoral coalitions, which formed 4 electoral alliances.

AYY’s fourth Representative Council elections will be held on 26 Oct–4 Nov 2015. In the elections, the Representative Council of 45 members will be elected for the next two-year term. Aalto University Student Union AYY is a service and interest organisation for approximately 15,000 Aalto University students. AYY promotes the interests of its members in education and social policy issues, in particular. The Representative Council is AYY’s highest decision-making body,which elects the Student Union Board and decides on the budget, among other things.

The candidate list can be found at ayy.fi/vaalit/ehdokkaat. The Central Election Committee provides numbers for the candidates at its meeting on Monday, 5 Oct 2015.

Further information:
Chairperson of the Central Election Committee Hamilkar Bergroth, hamilkar.bergroth@ayy.fi
Secretary of the Central Election Committee Johanna Pietiläinen, johanna.pietilainen@ayy.fi, 050 5209 434

The entire combinations of the candidate lists are available at:

Candidates in the order of electoral alliances and coalitions: /vaalit/files/2015/10/Ehdokaslistaus_nettiin-ilman-numeroita.pdf
Number of candidates in each alliance and coalition 2015

Electoral alliance: Jämerä Ratas 144 (in 2013: 186)
Konergia 33 (in 2013: 41)
Luova 19 (in 2013: 18)
Polytekarna 12 (in 2013: 12)
SCIsma 36 (NEW)
CHEM 21 (NEW)
Voltti 24 (in 2013: 27)

Electoral alliance: Aalto for All 50 (NEW)

Aalto Party 13 (in 2013: 26)
Vihreämpi Aalto 37 (NEW)

Electoral alliance: Kylterirengas 94 (NEW)
Force Majeure 11 (in 2013: 7)
Kylterirengas Otaniemi 41 (NEW)
Kylterirengas Töölö 42 (NEW)

Electoral coalitions outside electoral alliances:

Järki 11 (NEW)
ProArte 7 (In 2013: 11)

In addition, there is one independent candidate who does not belong to any electoral coalition (in 2013: 1).

AYY has recruited new employees. Lauri Jurvanen has started on May as a specialist of social affairs and Ahto Harmo started in the beginning of August as a specialist of communications and associations.

Contact information:

Lauri Jurvanen, lauri.jurvanen@ayy.fi, p. 050 520 9418
Ahto Harmo, ahto.harmo@ayy.fi, p. 050 520 9442

There has been a breaking and entering upstairs in AYY’s central office during the night beetween Sunday and Monday.
If you have seen something or you know something about the incident, please contact Real Estate Director Esa Markkanen (+358 50 342 8393) or Building contractor Hannes Helminen (+358 50 589 7519)