SUPRA Elections 2025

SUPRA Council General Election 2025–26
The General Election is the main election to instate thirty-one (31) General Councillors. The General Election period for 2025 began at 9am, Wednesday 5 March 2025, with the opening of nominations. Polling opened at 9am, Tuesday 1 April 2025 and closed at 5pm, Thursday 17 April 2025. The elected candidates were announced on Sunday 20 April 2025. Those elected to council begin their terms on Tuesday 1 July 2025 and continue until Tuesday 30 June 2026, or until they resign from council.
The notice of election was issued on Monday 5 March 2025. Read the full notice of election.
All dates and times on this page refer to Australian Eastern Standard Time/Australian Eastern Daylight Time (Sydney time).
Election results
The election for the 2025–26 SUPRA Council has concluded. View the election results.
The Returning Officer’s report on the General Election will be delivered at the SUPRA Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday 12 May 2025.
The Councillors-Elect for 2025–26 will meet to elect their Office Bearers on Monday 19 May 2025.
Supplementary election
There are currently 3 vacant council positions that reserved for 3 students located at a satellite campus (a campus other than Camperdown/Darlington), under clause 6.3.2 of the SUPRA Constitution.
As stipulated by clause 7.5 of the Constitution, a supplementary election to fill these vacancies will be held during the 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM will be held:
Monday 12 May 2025
6:30pm
Heydon Laurence Lecture Theatre 217 (DT Anderson) and via Zoom.
Nominations for these 3 councillor positions open 9am, Wednesday 23 April 2025. Please note that to be eligible to nominate you must be a current postgraduate student located at a campus other than Camperdown/Darlington.
How to nominate for the supplementary election
Candidates must submit a Candidate nomination form before the supplementary election item is declared open at the AGM.
Candidates must receive the support of 2 seconders (nominators) who are SUPRA members. Seconders must either:
- complete the Candidate nominator (seconder) form before the supplementary election item is declared open at the AGM, or
- second a candidate during the AGM (from the ‘floor’ of the meeting).
If you have any questions regarding the supplementary election, please contact the returning officer at returning.officer@supra.usyd.edu.au.
Complaints and disputes
If you believe that a person has acted in a way that would undermine the integrity of the election, or otherwise contravene the SUPRA Constitution or other SUPRA regulations, please contact the Returning Officer at returning.officer@supra.usyd.edu.au with a brief and clear explanation of your concern.
Timeline and announcements
All dates and times refer to Australian Eastern Standard Time/Australian Eastern Daylight Time (Sydney time).
Call for nominations
5 – 19 March 2025
Nominations closed at 4pm, Wednesday 19 March 2025.
Candidates announced
21 March 2025
Candidates have been announced.
Voting closed
1 – 17 April 2025
Voting opened at 9am Tuesday 1 April and closed at 5pm Thursday 17 April.
Election results
20 April 2025
The General Election has concluded.
Regulations and policy
SUPRA Constitution
The Constitution is the main governing document for SUPRA. Many aspects of elections are outlined within it.
SUPRA Electoral Regulations
These regulations support the Constitution, and further outline many election processes.
Other regulations and policies
Other policies and regulations are relevant to elections, including the Councillor Code of Conduct and Safer Spaces policies.
SUPRA equity officer elections
SUPRA coordinates 6 equity networks for postgraduate students at the University of Sydney, to support their specific equity needs within the University. Each equity network is coordinated by the equity officer elected by the network.
Equity officer elections are run autonomously by each network and are not part of the SUPRA General Election. Find out more about our student equity networks.
We will update this section as the equity officer elections are scheduled. Please check back for updates.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Officer 2025–26: election to be announced.
Equity election results
Congratulations to the following postgrads, who were elected as SUPRA equity officers for the 2025–26 term:
- Disabilities Officer: Sarah M Huffman
- International Students’ Officer: Dihao (Amper) Zhu
- Women’s Officer: Yang Yang
- Queer Officer: Terry Yu.
These Officers will begin their term from 1 July 2025.
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