Over 60 nomination papers were handed in for the presidency of the Students Association. Two nominations were received for Secretary and none for Treasurer.

Returning Officer, Tony Lendrum, was faced with the mammoth task of checking the validity of about 160 signatures. Candidates, nominators, and seconders all have to be checked.

Several nominations were declared invalid because the persons concerned were not members of the Students Association or in some cases where they appeared to be fictitious persons. Mao Tse Tung, Ho Chi Minh and the inevitable Toro were among this group.