The results of the 2024 university elections are in
Many new student representatives will soon take up their seats on AU’s councils, boards and committees. 18.24% of students voted.
The 2024 university elections have now been held, and on 1 February the AU Board will welcome two new student representatives. Students have elected Anastasia Christensen, a Bachelor’s degree student on the molecular medicine programme, and Jens Vase, a Master’s degree student on the medicine programme, to the two board positions. They are both from the Student Council and will replace Sofie Hillgaard Pedersen and Thea Bonnemann, also from the Student Council. In their election campaign, the two future board members focused on student well-being, students having a real influence on university decisions, and support for voluntary student associations.
Read more about the two new board members (in Danish)
In addition to the new student members on the board, new student representatives have joined the faculties’ academic councils, the local boards of studies and the PhD committees.
18.24% voted
University elections are held every year, but there is a four-year election cycle that determines which seats on which bodies are up for election and who can vote. This year, it was only students and PhD students who went to the polls. Voter turnout this year ended at 18.24% – roughly the same as in 2022, when similar elections were held.
26 contested elections
There were 26 contested elections this year, i.e. elections in which it is possible to vote for different candidates. This is almost twice as many as in 2022, when there were 14 contested elections. The number of cancelled elections – when nobody stands – fell from 19 in 2022 to 14 this year. 47 elections were uncontested – meaning the number of candidates was the same or fewer than the number of places available – and candidates for these seats were therefore automatically elected without a vote.
Voter turnout for the contested elections varied significantly across elections to local boards, councils and committees. The top score this year was a voter turnout of 72.73% for elections to the board of studies for Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Science.
Read more about uncontested elections and cancelled elections at au.dk/elections
Would you like to know more?
Read more at www.au.dk/elections, or contact the Election Secretariat at valg@au.dk.