With no graduate student voters and a mere -0.47% underrepresentation, Lingg is the department with the lowest relative representation error of the College, losing only 0.03 percentage points of voters in proportion to their population.

With a +2.86% lean for SALiGAN and -13.90% for BUKLOD, Lingg remains SALiGAN’s. However, its lead here wavers in comparison to previous years, with a significant number taken up by abstention votes in this year compared to the last.

While the lean in favor of SALiGAN is evident especially in Lingg’s selected Standard Bearers, the Councilorships is more of a toss-up, with BUKLOD’s Labiste tying with SALiGAN’s Ochosa, and the rest not quite so far behind.

The tides appear to be turning on Lingg’s lean, especially compared to the previous years. Time will tell whether intensified engagement by the parties will push it over the edge one way or another. Further, unlike other Departments, the gap here is much narrower and polarization is a significantly smaller problem. It is possible that in future elections, Lingg will sway one way or another, depending on the efforts the parties will exert in engaging with the Department.