AMS elections 2025

AMS election sees high abstention rates, varied voter turnout

This year, 17.4 per cent of eligible students voted in the 2025 AMS Elections ballot, marking a drop in turnout compared to 2023 and 2024, according to a voting report sent to The Ubyssey by AMS Elections. Read More.

Nobody (Tony Kulenovic) is pictured on the left wearing a white hoodie that covers his face, gesturing to himself. u/sasamats (Eve Sankar) smiles raising her right hand in the centre. Barry 'Bee' Buzzword (Quyen Schroeder) is on the right, facing right but with their heard turned smiling toward the camera. All three candidates are shown in black and white, surrounded by a thin white outline and placed on top of a photo of the AMS Nest with a translucent blue overlay.

March 18 opinionTony Kulenovic, Eve Sankar and Quyen Schroeder with Photos by Saumya Kamra, Illustrations by Mahin E Alam

Opinion: We ran for AMS President as joke candidates. Here’s why

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March 18 newsAisha Chaudhry

Referendum calling on AMS to support two-day student strike for Palestine passes

The student-proposed referendum asking the AMS to endorse a two-day student strike from March 24–25 to demand UBC divest from companies students say are complicit in Palestinian human rights violations passed.

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March 14 newsSophia Samilski, Paloma Green and Colin Angell with Photos by Saumya Kamra, Allegra Kastner, Micah Sébastien Zhang and Mayvelyn Bugh

Nawar, Lorien, Hassib, Gupta, Yi-Kieran win UBC Senate seats

Zarifa Nawar, Jasper Lorien, Kareem Hassib, Ananya Gupta and Solomon Yi-Kieran won the five student senator-at-large seats.

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March 14 newsViyan Handley with Photos by Saumya Kamra

Cade Desjarlais, Jasper Lorien elected to UBC’s Board of Governors

Cade Desjarlais and Jasper Lorien have both been elected to UBC’s Board of Governors.

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March 14 newsBernice Wong

Three of four AMS-proposed referenda passed

The fee increase stood as the only AMS-proposed referendum that did not pass.

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March 14 newsElena Massing with Photos by Allegra Kastner

Solomon Yi-Kieran is your next VP external

Solomon Yi-Kieran has been elected as your next VP external after running uncontested.

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March 14 newsIsabella Ma with Photos by Saumya Kamra

Gagan Parmar wins VP finance race

Gagan Parmar is your next VP finance.

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March 14 newsTrinity Sala with Photos by Micah Sébastien Zhang

Dylan Evans wins VP administration race

Dylan Evans is your next VP administration, winning the uncontested race.

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March 14 newsAisha Chaudhry with Photos by Allegra Kastner

Riley Huntley wins AMS presidential race

Riley Huntley is your next AMS president.

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March 14 newsHimanaya Bajaj with Photos by Saumya Kamra

Zarifa Nawar is your next VP AUA

Nawar, who was elected to the VP AUA position after a by-election, defeated current AUS VP academic Ananya Gupta.

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March 13 newsMaya Tommasi and Ishan Choudhury

Debate #1, fact-checked: Breaking down your 2025 AMS Elections candidates’ claims

Our fact-checking team worked behind the scenes to check all the big claims made by AMS elections candidates.

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March 13 newsAisha Chaudhry, Iman Janmohamed, Lauren Kasowski, Elena Massing, Elita Menezes and Fiona Sjaus

Platforms, fact checked: Breaking down 2025 AMS Elections candidates' claims

Here we're covering major platform points from candidates in every race.

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March 12 newsIshan Choudhury and Sara Molinaro

Debate #2, fact-checked: Breaking down your 2025 AMS Elections candidates’ claims

Our fact-checking team works behind the scenes to check all the big claims made by candidates.

March 12 newsAisha Chaudhry

Unofficial vote-no campaign launched against referendum asking AMS to support two-day strike for Palestine

An unofficial and unapproved vote-no campaign, called Vote No UBC, has began against a student-proposed referendum asking the AMS to endorse a two-day student strike from March 24-25 to demand UBC divest from companies students say are complicit in Palestinian human rights violations.