Hello TMSU Members,
This communication is to formally advise the community of the Elections & Referenda Committee’s decision regarding the Fall 2025 Executive and Director Elections and the next steps moving forward.
Earlier this afternoon the Elections and Referendum Committee released the final appeal that was pending for the 2025 Fall By-election. The ERC’s ruling, which is available on TMSU’s elections website, upholds the Chief Returning Officer’s prior decision that the Executive Election of the 2025 By-election is null and void.
The Executive Election was ruled null and void due to the extraordinary number of complaints and overwhelming evidence of widespread improper interference with Members’ votes in relation to the Executive candidates.
The rulings setting out the evidence and reasoning for this conclusion are:
- #2025FBE025
- #2025FBE027, upheld on appeal in #2025FBE-A04
Ruling #2025FBE028 is also relevant to the overall fairness of the Executive vote.
As a result of these rulings, and in light of the time that would be required to convene a new Executive vote, the ERC has further decided that TMSU will not be redoing the By-election vote. Instead, a new Executive will be elected via the upcoming General Election. The nomination period for the General Election will begin in three weeks, on February 12, 2026.
The full schedule for the General Election is set out below.
While the Executive Election has been deemed null and void, the Director Elections were not impacted by this decision.
The ERC carefully considered whether the widespread misconduct that led to the nullification of the Executive vote also undermined the fairness and integrity of the vote for the Faculty Director positions. The vast majority of the evidence and substantiated complaints, however, demonstrated impermissible vote solicitation for Executive positions. There was not a similar level of allegations or evidence regarding impermissible vote solicitation for Director positions. The ERC therefore decided that the nullification of the election should only extend to the Executive positions.
Below is a summary of the unofficial vote counts, published for transparency.
Where applicable, notes regarding disqualification or withdrawal are included.
Executive Elections
All Executive ballots have been deemed null and void.
No Executive positions have been filled.
President
· Koby Biya: 1013 (Disqualified)
· Newton Doan: 768 (Disqualified)
· Faizan Ansari: 402 (Disqualified)
· Zain Baig: 288
· Muhammad Hanan: 122
· Levi Li: 59
· Declined: 72
Vice President Education
· Naya Haj Mohamad: 985 (Disqualified)
· Gyan Singh Karla: 713 (Disqualified)
· Talha Jogiat: 452 (Withdrawn)
· Teresa Baricevic: 325
· Declined: 90
Vice President Equity
· Mustafa Chaudhry: 899 (Disqualified)
· Muneeb Muhammed: 761
· Mariami Aslanikashvili: 389 (Disqualified)
· Megan Morgan: 335
· Declined: 72
Vice President Operations
· Mohammad Aamir: 906 (Disqualified)
· Zayd Kapadia: 597
· Rohan Ramchandani: 501 (Disqualified)
· Ahmmad Haidary: 270
· Saad Manjawala: 99
· Declined: 92
Vice President Student Life
· Vinayak Mathur: 806
· Ali Paracha: 690
· Victoria Alcantara: 453
· Polly Yang: 288
· Ayla Rizwan: 45 (Disqualified)
· Abdullah Badat: 26
· Declined: 93
Director Elections
Director ballots remain valid.
The following candidates have been elected:
Faculty of Arts
· Rana Ak: 145 (Elected)
· Raiyan Mirja: 78 (Elected)
· Moaaz Lulat: 56
· Declined: 60
Ted Rogers School of Management
· Hetavi Shah: 236 (Elected)
· Mezghan Siddiqui: 158 (Elected)
· Fayez Addas: 156
· Jan Khan: 147
· Latif Syed: 42
· Afrasiyab Syed: 38
· Muhammad Mulla: 23
· Fraz Haider: 14
· Declined: 84
The Creative School
· Ethan Elharrar: 114 (Disqualified)
· Jennifer Baini: 81 (Elected)
· Lev Rudovskiy: 42 (Elected)
· Declined: 71
Faculty of Community Services
· Mateen Saleen: 112 (Elected)
· Abrahim Ahmad: 71 (Elected)
· Faiz Memon: 59
· Declined:48
Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science
· Omar Ahmed: 230 (Elected)
· Eisa Kapadia: 171 (Elected)
· Hashir Fatmi: 168
· Farouk Elbattay: 138
· Shammis Jumah Ali: 107
· Thoms Fronczkowski: 106
· Ishan Dubey: 98
· Benjamin Sadegh: 15
· Declined:65
Faculty of Science
· Abdullah Saiyid: 104 (Elected)
· Shayan Khattak: 103 (Disqualified)
· Sakina Haider: 88 (Elected)
· Amitoz Banga: 86
· Alex Banoub: 85
· Shoaib Sherrif: 81
· Hamza Nasir: 14 (Withdrawn)
· Declined: 32
School of Medicine
· Prabhkirat Kaur: 18 (Elected)
· Nabeel Mansuri: 17 (Elected)
· Declined: 0
International Director
· Shayan Obaid: 64 (Elected)
· Harsham Dave: 59
· Khaja Kamil Ahmed Mohiuddin: 9 (Withdrawn)
· Declined: 51
Upcoming General Elections
The 2026 General Elections will proceed according to the following timeline:
· Informational Sessions: February 4 & February 11 (virtual)
· Notice Period: February 12
· Nomination Period: February 23 – March 2
· Interim Period: March 3 – March 8
· Campaign Period: March 9 – March 13
· Voting Period: March 16 – March 18
Further information regarding the General Elections will be shared in advance of each stage.
Thank you to all candidates, members, and participants for their engagement in the electoral process. The Office of the CRO and the ERC remain committed to upholding the integrity, fairness, and transparency of the elections.