Pedro Mercado elected Rector of the University of Granada with 53.37% of weighted votes

Wed, 05/31/2023 - 11:45
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17/05/2023
Pilar Aranda and Pedro Mercado

A total of 57,616 people were called upon to vote on election day, which took place between 9am and 7pm on 16 May. Of these, a total of 20,157 people cast their votes through the electronic voting system enabled for this purpose. The turnout rate of 34.99% is the highest ever achieved in elections to the Rectorate held at the University of Granada.

Pedro Mercado Pacheco was elected Rector of the University of Granada with an absolute majority of 53.376% of the weighted votes. The two other candidates running in the elections, Pedro Antonio García López and Francisca López Torrecillas, obtained 30.838% and 15.786% of the weighted votes, respectively.

Turnout data by sector:

%

Permanent teaching staff (with PhDs)

83.51%

Teaching staff with civil service status (without PhDs)

82.61%

Emeritus teaching staff

74.47%

Research staff in predoctoral and postdoctoral training

61.59%

Part-time clinical teaching staff

23,46%

Other teaching and research staff

63.86%

Student body

28.90%

Administrative and support staff (PAS)

81,85%

ELECTIONS TO THE RECTORATE

Follow this link to view the elections results with the data broken down by sector:

https://oficinavirtual.ugr.es/elecciones/rector/index.jsp