The 2025 University of Sydney Union (USU) Board Election Results are in! This year, 12 candidates contested the election for six positions on the Board. Provisionally elected are Archie Wolifson (Independent), Sally Liu (Penta), Michelle Choy (Independent), Layla Wang (Independent), Annika Wang (Independent), and Noah Rancan (Liberal).
USU President Bryson Constable (Liberal) announced that over 5,400 members of the USU voted this year with the quota being 783 votes. While the quota is not significantly higher than the previous years which sat at 729 votes, the voter turnout was significantly higher. Voter turnout, while steadily increasing year on year, has still not reached pre-pandemic levels.
Wolifson and Liu were elected over quota in count one. Wolifson received a primary vote of 901; Liu received 801 primary votes. Choy received the third highest primary vote and was elected in count eight. Both Layla Wang and Annika Wang were elected in count ten, each receiving a similar number of primary votes. Rancan was elected in count eleven.
Despite most candidates this year running as independents, Honi has observed through preference deals that four of the six candidates elected, formed part of the left bloc.
In her report, USU Elections Returning Officer Simone Whetton described the campaigners’ “behaviour this year [as] the worst.” May the candidates cause more mischief on Board (within reason, of course).
