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Anita Okunde elected Oxford Union president

Anita Okunde running for the #Unify slate has been elected Union President for Trinity Term 2024 with 564 first preferences, by a margin of 44 votes over Siddhant Nagrath. She will be the first Black woman to hold the office.

The #Elevate slate swept the officer roles. Anya Trofimova will be Librarian-elect with 660 first preferences. Rosalie Chapman will be Treasurer-elect with 646 first preferences. Raza Nazar was elected Secretary with 590 first preferences.

The following candidates were elected to the Standing Committee, from highest to lowest order of votes: Veer Sangha, Katherine Yang, Oliver JL, Jennifer Yang, Hamza Hussain, Prajwal Pandey.

Secretary’s committee, or order of votes, will comprise of: Brayden Lee, Arwa Elrayess, Samy Medjdoub, Matthew Chiu, Adam Ballman, Akshay Pendyala, Catherine Xu, Victor Marroquin-Merino, Yeji Kim, Toki Hong, and Faizan Ijaz.

1236 votes were cast in total.

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