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Half of all employees have now cast their vote

Halfway through the rector election period, around half of all the university's employees have cast their vote. Among the students, the voter turnout increased from 3.13% to 4.34% today.

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"It is great that so many employees have already cast their vote. But I hope that even more people will vote in the days that are left. Also, I would especially love to see more students exercising their right to vote. The election is not over until Monday at 14:00, so that may still happen," Head of the Election Committee Anne Elizabeth Stie says.

More about the rector election at UiA

728 employees have cast their vote

A summary provided by the university's Election Committee on Thursday morning shows that 52.49% of the university's technical and administrative staff have cast their vote. That is 277 of the constituency's 522 employees who are eligible to vote.

From the academic staff constituency, 451 out of the 885 who are eligible to vote have done so. That is 49.04%.

574 students have cast their vote

591 people from the student constituency have cast their vote. The students make up the largest constituency consisting of 13,226 people who are eligible to vote. That equals 4.34%.

Election lasts till 18 February

The rector election at the University of Agder started on Monday, 11 February and lasts till Monday, 18 February 14:00.

Varying voter turnout in rector elections at UiA

Participation in rector elections at UiA in the last 18 years have varied from election to election.  

At the rector election in 2007 when Torunn Lauvdal was elected for the first time, there was, just like this year, only one ballot. A second ballot was supposed to be held, but Lauvdal was only missing two votes from the academic staff to receive more than 50% of the total votes. Thus, the others withdrew their candidacies and the election was decided.

The votes casted were then – in percentage per constituency, this:

  • Academic staff: 74.91%
  • Administrative staff: 82.87%
  • Students: 8.0%

In total, 15.91% of all who were eligible to vote cast their vote in 2007.

Fewer votes in 2011

For the midterm election in 2011, when Torunn Lauvdal was elected as rector for her second period, the voter turnout was smaller among the staff but slightly higher among the students.

  • Academic staff: 67.1%
  • Administrative staff: 76.4%
  • Students: 8.7%

Higher participation in 2015

In the last ballot of the 2015 rector election, when the current rector Frank Reichert was elected, the voter turnout was higher in all constituencies. The voter turnout for the university's staff and students was this:

  • Academic staff: 71.5%
  • Administrative staff: 80.2%
  • Students: 12.4%