WEST Somerset Community College was transformed in to a polling station on Monday when candidates for the Student Executive stood for election.
A week earlier, Elisa Day and colleagues from the district council attended a sixth form assembly to speak about election procedures.
This was followed by a 'hustings' when the candidates addressed the whole of the sixth form to explain why they were standing.
On election day, the college was set up with booths, voting slips and a ballot box and a high percentage of students turned out to vote.
The winners were Katie Bulpin, Kelly Clarke, Paul Hewitt-Avison, Cheryl Dennis and Eleanor Grigg.
Deputy head of sixth form Rosanne Collinson said: "This was a very valuable experience which was both extremely educational and highly enjoyable.
"The students can now approach the actual election with enhanced knowledge, insight and experience."
Pictured from the left are Eleanor Grigg, Laura Gammon and Ian Dunscombe.
Photo: Steve Guscott.