The election season had a muted feel in the wake of the chaos surrounding the end of last year’s race, during which Election Commissioners voted to de-certify the results of the election after allegations surfaced that then-candidate and current UC Vice President Eric N. Hysen ’11 had access to voting software during the balloting process.

Hysen and current UC president Johnny F. Bowman ’11, who won last year’s tumultuous contest by a margin of less than 50 votes, have remained close-mouthed during this year’s campaigning season, stressing the equality of the two leading tickets and refraining from issuing an endorsement.

With 748 first-place tallies in the initial round of voting, outsider candidates Jones and Davis, who ran a campaign founded on humor, raked in nearly 21 percent of the ballots. Last year, in a race also featuring three tickets, outsiders and last-place finishers Robert G.B. Long ’11 and David R. Johnson ’11 received 17 percent of the first place votes.

The Election Commission, charged with overseeing the UC campaigning and voting process and ensuring compliance with Council by-laws, witnessed no major controversies during this year’s cycle. The Council adopted legislation following last year’s tumultuous election to reduce the number of Election Commissioners from 7 to 5 and reform the access to the online voting software.

“We have nonetheless been cognizant of our role and reputation in light of the issues that plagued the last election,” Election Commission Chair Cort A. VanOstran ’12 wrote in an e-mail. “This year’s election has gone off without a hitch.”

—Staff writer Stephanie B. Garlock can be reached at sgarlock@college.harvard.edu.