The Professor of Organic Chemistry, Vicente Gotor, has been reelected today as Rector of the University of Oviedo with a 66.52% of the weighted votes compared to the 33.62% obtained by Paz Andrés. The participation rates reached a 24%, which implies a 4% less than in the 2008 Rectorship Election. The up till now Rector, Vicente Gotor, obtained 3,720 votes - against the 2,332 votes received by Paz Andrés- and he was the most voted candidate in all sectors.

By sector, the highest participation rate was that of Sector A, Doctors with a permanent connection to the University, with a 88.35% (1,175 voters); it is followed by the Administration and Services Staff (PAS) with a 85.15% (906); the Rest of the Teaching and Researching Staff registered a 50.43% of participation share (711 voters): finally, the Student sector, with a 16.17% of participation rate (3,748 voters) was 4 points lower than previous years.

The campus with the highest participation rate was El Cristo B, with a 37.08%, followed by Central Oviedo and Humanities, with a 31.4%. Then LLamaquique-Los Catalanes had a 27.08% participation rate, El Cristo A a 20.75%, Mieres a 16%, Gijón- Viesques a 15.43% and Gijón-La Laboral a 10.28%.

The University electoral roll registers a total of 26,982 voters. The final weighted vote is splitted into percentages among the following sectors: Doctors: 55%; Rest of Teaching and Researching Staff: 10%; Students of first and second cycles, degree, master or PhD: 25%; Administration and Services Staff: 10%.