The Institute of Politics (IOP) restructuring efforts came to a close on Monday as a group of nearly 50 students selected the Student Advisory Council (SAC) members in the group’s first elections since the release of its new governing structure.

The top three positions were determined in uncontested elections. Running as a ticket, Robert J. McCarthy ’02 and Eugene Krupitsky ’02 were elected President and Vice President of SAC. Fernando Francisco Flores will serve as treasurer for the group.

Three rising sophomores will serve as committee heads for the fall semester.

“The energy of this [the first-year] class is impressive. We hope to build on this energy with next year’s freshmen,” McCarthy said.

Before Senator David H. Pryor disbanded SAC for restructuring last November, the group had previously selected members through an application process.

In December IOP members elected a slate of students who served as members of this semester’s temporary student governing body.

Under the new constitution, all but three members will be elected. All students who have attended more than one half of any IOP committee’s meetings are eligible to vote for president, vice president and treasurer as well as the nine at-large members.

Students announced their candidacy last week by submitting their first choice and drop down positions to IOP staffers who ran the election process.