Anvee Bhutani elected Oxford student union president in byelection

An Indian-origin Human Sciences student from Magdalen College at the University of Oxford has been declared the winner at the end of a Student Union (SU) byelection. Anvee Bhutani, Co-Chair Campaign for Racial Awareness and Equality (CRAE) at Oxford SU and President of the Oxford India Society, was in the fray for the byelection for the 2021-22 academic year, which attracted a record turnout. She was declared the winner on Thursday night. The voting had the highest-ever turnout for a byelection, and has also beaten the overall turnout for several past annual leadership elections as 2,506 people turned out to vote, a 146 per cent increase from the last byelection in 2019.

Congratulations to Anvee Bhutani your Oxford SU President-Elect for 2021/22.

Thank you to all students who took the time to vote, and a special thank you to all the candidates who took part in this year's President By-election pic.twitter.com/9WgeUx0FYQ

— Oxford SU (@OxfordStudents) May 20, 2021

 The byelection followed the resignation of Indian student Rashmi Samant, who was forced to step down soon after her election to the post in February amid a row over her past social media posts.