Despite the fact that practically every post was contested - a rarity in RCSU elections - the turnout in this year's Physical Sciences elections was disappointingly low at 13.56%. Although this is a slight increase over last year's results and higher than the turnout for the sabbatical elections, this is lower than the generally uncontested LifeSci elections and a long way short of the FoESA or Referendum results.

Chemistry had a particularly low turnout of just under 8%, with Physics setting the trend at 14% and Maths taking the lead with an 18% turnout.

The huge level of apathy has been put down to a combination of the election happening at the end of term, with the sabbatical elections and the referendum occurring in the two weeks beforehand. Many voters queried why they had to vote for a third time, when having all elections at the same time could have saved time, effort and money. A lack of advertising is also partly to blame.

The new PhysSci President is Billy Wu, who sneaked in front of Amjid Ali with 120 votes to 114, despite complaints about his campaigning. The post of Treasurer was won by Victor Lim by 116 votes to Chi Tou Yip's 92. Andre Ben Hamou took Faculty Education Officer by beating New Election by 91 votes.

The election for Publications Officer was the most hotly contested, with three candidates up against New Election. Catherine Lau emerged the winner, with 115 votes over Paul Kirk's 98 after two rounds of reallocations, which saw both Maria Hadjipavlou and New Election eliminated.

Richard Lanning, the current RCSU Publications Officer, becomes Maths DepRep after beating James Barrett 45 votes to 37. Helen Clubb, the current RCSU Vice President, takes on the role of Physics DepRep after receiving 90 votes over New Election's 21. Lara West, the ex-RCSU VP, returns to union politics as Chemistry DepRep after thrashing New Election 32 - 2.

With election season now drawing to a close, it will be up to the new committees to start deciding what they will do next year. For the two science FSA's, their job is even more important - they will be setting the precedents for how FSA's will work or fail in future years.