Midway through ballot counting in this year's Undergraduate Council elections, it appears likely that nearly all of the 35 incumbents will return to the assembly this fall. In addition, early results showed that students overwhelmingly favor a policy of complete Harvard divestment from South Africa.

At 1:00 a.m. this morning, 26 incumbents had already won seats on the new council, with only five defeated and four remaining to be counted. Among the losers, however, were two prominent members of the old council: finance committee chair Hans C. Canosa '92 and services committee vice chair Nhan T. Vu '93.

The partial results showed that 57 percent of first-year students favor a policy of complete divestment from South Africa, 33 percent favor maintaining the administration's current policy of selective divestment and 10 percent do not wish the University to have any divestment policy whatsoever.

In an interview early this morning, SouthernAfrica Solidarity Committee member Adam M. Lifshey'91 said, "That's an overwhelming victory forcomplete divestment and a complete repudiation ofHarvard's current policy."

"I think our educational campaign helped agreat deal, but I think the students here canthink for themselves and they have indicated theirbitter resentment at Harvard's insufficientdivestment policy," he added.

The overwhelming majority of first-years alsowant the council to act upon the will of thestudent body, according to the referendum. Almost90 percent of first-year students favored councilaction on the issue.

Joel D. Hornstein '92, a Quincy House incumbentwho was hit by a negative campaign for his pastefforts to bring the Reserve Officers' TrainingCorps back onto campus, easily won his race,taking the second Quincy House seat.

E. Adam Webb '93, the candidate who was earlierreprimanded by council for misrepresenting hiscouncil experience on his position paper, narrowlylost his race in Winthrop House.

Both Drew L. Oliver '92 and John C. Buten '91,who ran on platforms calling for the abolition ofthe council, easily won their Lowell House races.

For what is believed to be the first time inthe council's nine-year history, a write-incandidate has won a seat. Samuel K. Nelson '92took the fourth seat in Mather House, leavingincumbent Jeffrey M. Perlman '93 out in the cold.Nelson is away for the weekend and could not bereached for comment.

The history books were almost rewritten twicelast night, as The Crimson's own Brian R. Hecht'92, a former council beat reporter, narrowlymissed the fifth Dunster House seat in a write-incampaign waged behind his back.

"If I had known I was running, I might havevoted for myself," said Hecht, who was one voteaway from winning the seat.Undergraduate Council Election Results

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Alliric I. Willis '92

Benjamin M. Morss '91