2027 SRC Election Results: Left Action and Grassroots Win Big, KFC Loses Out
The votes are in, and it’s Left Action that takes the biggest victory, with Grassroots securing an equal number of council positions to TOGETHER, and KFC losing out.
After this year's record voter turnout in the elections for the 2027 UNSW SRC, the polls have closed, the votes have been counted, and Noise can now release the results for your 2027 SRC. The successful candidates are as follows:
PRESIDENT: Divya Nandyal (Grassroots for SRC)
GENERAL SECRETARY: Ana Dougenis (Grassroots for SRC)
EDUCATION OFFICER: Emma Terry (Left Action)
WELFARE OFFICER: Jamie Tyers (Left Action)
WOMEN’S OFFICER: Sierra Natapu (Grassroots for SRC)
ENVIRONMENT OFFICER: Sebastian Koelsch (Left Action)
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' OFFICER: Divya Agrawal (Grassroots for SRC)
QUEER OFFICERS: Brenda Alcorn (Independent) and Surabhi Govind (Independent)
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES OFFICER: August Kan (Grassroots for SRC)
INDIGENOUS STUDENTS' OFFICER: Georgia Farrell (TOGETHER)
ETHNO-CULTURAL OFFICER: Avasa Bajracharya (Left Action)
PADDINGTON REPRESENTATION OFFICER: Catie Palomera (TOGETHER)
PADDINGTON DOMESTIC OFFICER: Harita Lakshmi Venkatesakumar (TOGETHER)
PADDINGTON INTERNATIONAL OFFICER: Sabina Celiz (TOGETHER)
COUNCILLOR A: Julia Thanopoulos (Left Action), Dunja Radulovic (TOGETHER), Reya Rahman (Grassroots for SRC), Kitty Fitzpatrick (Left Action), Jonah Magner (TOGETHER), Daniel Perchman (Kensington Fried Chicken)
COUNCILLOR B: Aaizah Tahir (Left Action), Riya Garg (TOGETHER), Freddie Le Vay (Left Action), Erin Norton (Grassroots for SRC), Ryan Fernandez (Kensington Fried Chicken), Lachlan Magrath (Left Action)
NATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS (NUS): Sebastian Koelsch (Left Action), Daniel Gulic (TOGETHER), Freddie Le Vay (Left Action), Nadia Mostafa (TOGETHER), Anais Williamson (Left Action) Aaizah Tahir (Left Action), Daniel Perchman (Kensington Fried Chicken)
This year saw a record in voting participation at UNSW. In 2026, 6379 students voted for the position of president, compared to 4883 in 2025. In 2026, this represents 7.05% of the student population (based on a conservative estimate of 90,385 enrolled students, based on a ~4.8% enrollment increase year-on-year from the past 19 years of student enrollment figures), up from 5.66% of the student population in 2025.
