Vanderbilt U. Student Government announced yesterday that sophomore Melissa McKittrick will fill the vacant Senate seat left behind by new Speaker of the House Keith Neely.

“I had no idea how it would turn out because I knew it would be close,” McKittrick said. “I’m excited.”

McKittrick led sophomore Victoria Wright by only four percentage points (38.6 percent to 34.7 percent respectively), with sophomore Mark Cherry accounting for the remaining 24.1 percent.

In addition to the Sentate elections, upperclassmen voted for their area representatives and house representatives. Freshmen voted for their House Advisory Council representatives.

Election results follow technical difficulties experienced Wednesday when the voting website could not connect to student records. According to VSG President Lori Murphy, student information on each ballot was individually confirmed.

“VSG seeks to maintain the utmost legitimacy in our voting practices and will check to ensure accurate student information has been input for each ballot cast,” Murphy said.