Editor’s Note: This article has been updated on 5/1/23 for accuracy.
The Associated Students of UC Irvine (ASUCI) and Associated Graduate Students (AGS) held their elections for the 2023-2024 school year from April 17-21. The results for both elections were released on Wednesday, April 26.
Of the students that voted in the election, 1,288 were undergraduate and 222 were post-graduate. Voter turnout was 4.2% for both undergrads and post-grads, the lowest for any election in UCI history.
Below are ASUCI’s board members for the 2023-24 school year:
| President | Jun Jang |
| External Vice President | Michelle Dong |
| Internal Vice President | Justin Nguyen |
| Academic Affairs Vice President | Mia Dimalanta |
| Student Services Vice President | Eduardo Barbero |
| Student Advocate General | Shreyas Vasist Chandramouli |
| At-Large Senator | Laura Yontz |
| At-Large Senator | Alondra Arevalo |
| At-Large Senator | Frank Granda |
| At-Large Senator | William Fixa |
| At-Large Senator | A.J. Sager |
| At-Large Senator | Cyrus Ghias |
| At-Large Senator | Katelyn Diaz |
| Arts Senator | Jo Lacangan |
| Biological Sciences Senator | Mariam Shenouda |
| Biological Sciences Senator | Najwa Ellahib |
| Engineering Senator | Shiv Malik |
| Engineering Senator | Ethan Reynaga |
| Humanities Senator | Nandini Sharma |
| Information and Computer Sciences Senator | Austin Chun |
| Information and Computer Sciences Senator | Vinny Carluccio |
| Pharmaceutical Science Senator | Jack Bachoura |
| Physical Science Senator | Evgeniya Bozhko |
| Public Health Senator | Anusha Ghildyal |
| Social Ecology Senator | Katrina Chan |
| Social Sciences Senator | Christina Kollias |
| Social Sciences Senator | Rocio Rivera |
| Social Sciences Senator | Heriberto Mendez |
| Special Interest Transfer Senator | Joshua Contreras Benito |
Notably, incumbent Engineering Senator Amin “Hollywood” Mansourifilestan lost his re-election bid and will be replaced by third-year Ethan Reynaga.
Nine candidates were disqualified from the election. According to the elections website, the candidates failed to submit their financial statements by the deadline on April 21. All disqualified candidates have the opportunity to appeal by Thursday, April 27.
As of April 26, the seats for Business Senator, Education Senator, Nursing Senator and the Special Interest International Senator were vacant due to a lack of candidacy. These seats will remain empty for the 2023-24 school year.
Per the ASUCI Elections Code, the First Year Senator’s term ends in the fall quarter and is elected in a separate election. Zeynep Karatas, the student elected as First Year Senator in fall 2022, will remain in that position until fall 2023.
Below are the results for the 2023-24 AGS staff:
| AGS President | Zoë Miller-Vedam |
| Education Representative | Joseph Hin Yan Lam |
| Medical Academics (Health Sciences/Non-AMS) Representative | Juan Carlos Ruiz Malagon |
| Non-MD Medical Representative | Jessie Altieri |
| Social Sciences Representative | Daniel C. Tracht |
| Social Sciences Representative | Kamal Bookwala |
| Social Sciences Representative | Amelia Roskin-Frazee |
| Social Sciences Representative | Neil Kaplan-Kelly |
| Social Sciences Representative | Adam Adam |
As of April 26, 49 of the 58 AGS Council seats up for election remained vacant. About half of vacant seats were won by write-in candidates and will be filled as write-in candidates accept their positions.
The Arts Representative race ended in a tie between three write-in candidates that each received one vote. Only two vacancies exist for Arts Representative. Per the AGS Elections Code, a run-off election may be initiated for these seats.
The other half of vacant seats which were not won by write-in candidates were uncontested and remained vacant as of April 26.
According to the AGS Elections Code, a special election may be initiated if more than one-third of positions in the AGS Council are vacant.
Rustin Roudi is a Campus News Intern for the spring 2023 quarter. He can be reached at rroudi@uci.edu.