Student Union Election 2025

The 2025 Student Union Election is now over! Right now, we're counting the votes, and soon you’ll be able to read the election results here! We want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who voted and thereby contributed to a democratic student life.

Have you voted but not received a patch? Come by our office on the 3rd floor of Kårallen and pick it up before April 25.

Here are the lists participating in this years Student Council Elecction:

What is the Student Council?

The Student Council is StuFF's highest decision-making body and consists of approximately 20-35 students. StuFF's council consists of two electoral districts, the list district and the section district.

  • The list constituency is the part of the council that consists of lists; this constituency has 51% of the mandates. Lists can be likened to a party, where one or more students have come together to advocate for student political issues that they consider important. A list can be party-political, but it is just as acceptable to run with a list that is non-partisan. It is the members of StuFF who, by voting, choose who will sit on the list circuit through the student union election.
  • The section circuit consists of students from all sections that StuFF collaborates with, this circuit has 49% of the mandates. The sections receive mandates distributed based on how many members there are in the section. It is the section that chooses who or whom to send to the council to represent the section's views.

It is the council that votes in StuFF's full-time officers (the board) and decides which issues the student union should pursue. The StuFF council makes decisions about StuFF's direction, operations, and budget. It was, among other things, the council that took the initiative regarding student discounts in public transportation. The work of the council is regulated by StuFF's governing documents.

Everyone who sits on the student council (FUM) are students and do this in their spare time. There are approximately 8-10 council meetings per year. StuFF's fiscal year is from July 1 to June 30, the council meetings are usually held from September to May.

Benefits for everyone sitting in the council:

  • Food and snacks at all meetings
  • New friends and a new social belonging
  • Great opportunities to influence StuFF's work and how student politics at LiU are conducted. Good merit for the CV
  • Engagement points, which are advantageous when applying for studies abroad, for students at the Faculty of Arts and Science.

  • Andreas Salomonsson

    Council Speaker

  • Livia Spoletini

    Council Secretary

    • The student union election

    The student union StuFF is run by its students! Participate in student democracy through our student parliament. By running on a list or voting in the student union election, you influence what we should think and how we should organize ourselves.

    The student council election is a democratic election where the members of the student council choose who will represent them in the student council during the upcoming academic year. The Student Council is a parliament consisting of a number of elected members who make strategic decisions about the direction of the council's activities throughout the year.

    The council's mandates are distributed in 2 electoral districts, the list district (85 mandates) and the section district. (84 mandat). The student council election does not affect the distribution of seats in the section council.

    The 85 (out of a total of 169) seats allocated in the list constituency are elected through the student council election and distributed according to how many votes the list receives. Each member can cast a vote for a list, or alternatively, vote for someone within the list. The list votes and personal votes determine how many mandates are allocated to each candidate. A member can thus receive more than one mandate. Elected list candidates can delegate mandates to each other within the list in case of absence or dismissal.

    Vote in the student union election

    To be able to vote on a list in the student council election, you need to be a member of StuFF. You can choose to either vote for a person on a list or just a list by itself.

    1. If you are a member of StuFF, you will receive a link in your email that you click on to go to the voting page.
    2. Log in with your personal identification number and your personal code. You should have received this code in your Liu email with a message about the election.
    3. Click on which list you want to vote for. If you want, you can also vote for individual candidates within the list.
    4. When you have submitted your vote, you will receive an email confirming that your vote has been registered.
      Thank you for your vote and your participation!

    How can I be a part of the Student Council?

    The section circuit

    Ask your section! It is the section that decides who represents the section, as well as when and how these individuals are elected. It can look different in different sections.

    Independent lists

    Run with a list and get voted in by StuFF's members in the student council election! The student council elections take place every year during the spring term, usually around April-May. Creating a list that members can vote on is done before the student council election period, during the list formation period.

    How do I form a list?

    The members vote

    It is only with your help that we can provide a more direct connection between the students and the student council. By signing yourself up alone, or with a few friends, on a list (like a party) in the student council election, you become eligible for the members through a digital vote. Then, among other things, names and personal identification numbers of the candidates who will be included in the list are needed. The candidates on the list must be listed in order of priority from highest to lowest in the list application. If you don't already have a list, just come up with a name that you want your list to be called. In this way, you have created a list. It's perfectly fine to sign up alone on a list if you want!

    Only the members of the association have the opportunity to form or join a list. Are you not a member? Become a StuFF member here!

    Info about FUM member in the independent list

    As an elected FUM member, you will have a fixed mandate that you can share with the others on your list. You can use these mandates to vote and advocate for issues in the student council. The meetings are approximately once a month during regular term periods, and the student union pays for food, snacks, and any necessary transportation. Despite being the highest authority of the student union, the demands on you as an elected member are very small. Things to consider as a FUM member:

    • You can raise any student issue. You don't need to be familiar with how the technicalities and politics work, the StuFF board and democracy unit will help you with that.
    • You have no attendance obligation.
    • The student council election is an excellent opportunity for you, who are not represented by a section, to be represented.
    • You can also give your own section or student group even more influence by running with a list in the Student Union elections.
    • At the beginning of the fiscal year (August/September 2024), you will receive an introduction on how we conduct our meetings.