The second election was final. Professor Hans Fredrik Hoen is elected as Rector at UMB from the 1st of August 2010.
Weighing of the casted votes gave the following result:
Professor Hans Fredrik Hoen: 54,5%
Professor Ole Gjølberg: 44,8%
A total of 1586 votes (not weighing) were cast, and distributed between the candidates as follows:
Hans Fredrik Hoen
107
permanent employees in teaching and research positions
97
temporary employees in teaching and research positions
202
technical and administrative employees
483
Students
Ole Gjølberg
106
permanent employees in teaching and research positions
67
temporary employees in teaching and research positions
113
technical and administrative employees
393
students
18 of the casted votes were blank.
Participation:
permanent employees in teaching and research positions
80,8 %
temporary employees in teaching and research positions
57,5 %
technical and administrative employees
70,4 %
students
22,9 %
The Election Board is pleased with the participation in the election. We send our congratulations to Professor Hans Fredrik Hoen.
We would also like to thank all the candidates for their willingness to stand for election. It is important in a democracy to have more than one candidate in an election.
The Election Board at UMB Chair Per Kristian Rørstad
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