UNIVERSITY OF KERALA
Election to the Senate and to the Students’ Council by the Members of the
General Council of the Kerala University Union, 2022-23
NOTIFICATION
No. Election/S/SC/2022-23
It is hereby notified that the following elections will be held according to the
principle of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote and in
accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Statutes and in accordance with
the guidelines framed in the report of the Lyngdoh Committee on elections in
Colleges/Universities as approved by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.
1. Election of ten (10) members to the Senate by the members of the
General Council of the Kerala University Union from among full-time
students of whom one shall be a post-graduate student, one shall be a
research scholar, one shall be a student of a professional college and one
shall be a lady student (Under Section 17 – Elected Members (12) of the
Kerala University Act, 1974).
2. Election of ten (10) members to the Students’ Council, not being
members of the Senate or the Academic Council by the members of the
General Council of the Kerala University Union from among themselves, of
whom two shall be women (Under Section 29 (2) – Elected Members (a) of
the Kerala University Act, 1974).
The electoral roll of the members of the General Council of the Kerala
University Union for the above elections has been published by the University on
03.05.2023. Only persons whose names are on the Electoral Roll are eligible to
take part in the elections and to vote there at subject to the provisions contained in
the Kerala University Act, 1974 and the Statues framed thereunder.
Every elector is at liberty to nominate one duly qualified person to fill up each
seat. Every such nomination shall contain the consent of the nominee in writing
agreeing to serve the concerned body, if elected.
Nominations shall be made in the prescribed form, copies of which can be had
free of cost, from the office of the Registrar as well as from the University website.
Nominations shall reach the Registrar not later than 2.00 p.m. on 17.05.2023.
The envelope containing the nomination paper shall be superscribed “Nomination
for election to the ………………………………………..(here mention the body) by the
members of the General council of the Kerala University Union 2022-.23” .
The polling of votes for the above elections will be held from 10.00 a.m.
to 1.00 p.m. on 26.05.2023 at the University Buildings, Thiruvananthapuram.
Each voter (University Union Councillor) has to produce the identity card issued to
him/her by the University. Those who fail to produce the identity cards will not be
issued the ballot paper for the Poll.
The following is the programme for the conduct of the elections:
17.05.2023 02.00 p.m
1 Last date and hour for the receipt of nominations
Wednesday
17.05.2023 02.05 pm
2 Date and hour fixed for scrutiny of nominations
Wednesday
Date of publication of provisional list of candidates 17.05.2023
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validly nominated for election Wednesday
19.05.2023 12 Noon
4 Last date and hour fixed for withdrawal of candidature
Friday
19.05.2023
5 Date of publication of final list of candidates
Friday
10.00 am
Date and time fixed for the poll in the University Office 26.05.2023
6 to
Friday
1.00 pm.
Date and time fixed for the scrutiny and counting of 26.05.2023 02.00 pm
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votes in the University Office, Thiruvananthapuram. Friday onwards
Every elector entitled to vote at the election, shall have as many preference as
there are candidates. An elector may indicate in the ballot paper the order of his
preferences by placing the figure 1, 2, 3 etc. against the names of candidates who
represent respectively his first, second, third etc. choices.
A Ballot paper shall be invalid and rejected.
1. If it does not bear the initials of the Returning Officer.
2. If the voter signs his name or writes any word or makes any mark by which
the identity of the voter becomes recognizable.
3. If the figure 1 is not marked.
4. If the figure 1 is set opposite the name of more than one candidate or is so
marked as to render it doubtful as to which candidate it is intended to
apply.
5. If the figure 1 and some other figure are set opposite the name of the same
candidate.
No person shall be present at the scrutiny and counting of votes except the
Returning Officer, the staff and the candidates concerned or not more than one
authorized representative of each candidate appointed by him in writing and
accepted by the Returning Officer.
By Order of the Vice-Chancellor,
Sd/-
University Buildings, Registrar(i/c)/Returning Officer
Thiruvananthapuram,
11.05.2023.
