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The 44th General Student Council Election

The 44th General Student Council (GSC) election and the 23rd General Women's Council (GWC) election were held on November 23. Hwang Suk-hoon, a senior from the Department of Statistics, was elected GSC president. Yeo Sang-sub, a sophomore from the Department of Electronics Engineering, was elected GSC vice-president. Jung Hye-won, a senior from the Department of Food Science and Technology, was elected GWC president.

The vote counting was conducted by 21 Central Election Management Committee members, 10 GSC candidate observers, 10 GWC candidate observers, 2 reporters from the University Press, and 2 KMBS staff members. The vote counting took place on the 4th floor of the 1st Student Union Building from 12 midnight.

There was just one candidate for each position this year except for the College of Education. Voters were asked to either approval or disapproval each candidate. Each candidate was elected by receiving more approval votes than disapproval votes.

The new GSC president and vice-president received 5916 (79.6%) approval votes and 1196 (16.1%) disapproval votes. There were 321 invalid votes. The new GWC received 3005 (77.2%) approval votes and 693 (17.8%) disapproval votes. There were 195 invalid votes.

On the previous day, the General Student Club Association's election was held. Lee In-gyu, a senior from the Department of Computer Engineering, was elected president and Kim Tae-young, a sophomore from the Department of Computer Engineering, was elected vice-president. They received 39 of the 49 votes.

The results of each college's presidential election
Humanities - Kim Jong-muk (Sophomore, Korean Lan&Lit)
Number of eligible voters :1931
Total votes : 177
Approval : 146
Disapproval : 14
Invalid : 17

International Studies - Jung Ji-su (Sophomore, Japanese Studies)
Number of eligible voters : 811
Total votes : 353
Approval : 304
Disapproval : 32
Invalid : 17


Education - Yoon Dong-min (Sophomore, Sino-Korean Literature)
Number of eligible voters : 408
Total votes : 340
Approval : 181
Disapproval : ·
Invalid : 4


Business Administration - Lee Hyun-woo (Senior, Business Administration)
Number of eligible voters : 1795
Total votes : 956
Approval : 833
Disapproval : 89
Invalid : 34


Social Sciences - Kim Cha-young (Sophomore, Economics)
Number of eligible voters : 2626
Total votes : 801
Approval : 584
Disapproval : 189
Invalid : 28


Law & Police Sciences - Park Gwang-min (Sophomore, Major in Police Administration)
Number of eligible voters : 631
Total votes : 319
Approval : 248
Disapproval : 66
Invalid : 5


Natural Sciences - Kim Jung-gi (Sophomore, Chemistry)
Number of eligible voters : 1403
Total votes : 797
Approval : 603
Disapproval : 173
Invalid : 21


Environment- Bae Ju-sun (Sophomore, Environment Science & Engineering)
Number of eligible voters : 426
Total votes : 278
Approval : 242
Disapproval : 26
Invalid : 10


Engineering - Lee Tae-woo (Senior, Urban Planning Engineering)
Number of eligible voters : 2026
Total votes : 508
Approval : 448
Disapproval : 37
Invalid : 23


Fashion - Kim Seong-nam (Senior, Fashion Marketing)
Number of eligible voters : 467
Total votes : 237
Approval : 214
Disapproval : 16
Invalid : 7


Physical Education - Jang Jae-hyuk (Senior, Physical Education)
Number of eligible voters : 578
Total votes : 380
Approval : 351
Disapproval : 20
Invalid : 9

Nursing - President: Ryu Mi-hyun (Sophomore)
Nursing - Vice-President: Lee Jung-a (Sophomore)
Number of eligible voters : 403
Total votes : 271
Approval : 190
Disapproval : 70
Invalid : 11

Translated by Mun Ra-yeong
KMG Reporter
mry1112@kmu.ac.kr