Last Updated: 18/09/2008 Time: 11:22:01 Status: Declared Election
Current as at: 25/09/2008 Time: 18:15:24

LISMORE CITY COUNCIL

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Summary of First Preference Votes for each Candidate (Status: Declared Election)

Residential and Non-residential Electors enrolled on 4 August 2008: 29,761

Voting System: Optional Preferential (OP)

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Voter Turnout: 83.12%

Candidate	Party	Election Night		Check Count		Check Count & Dec
Candidate	Party	%	FP Votes	%	FP Votes	%	FP Votes
MELLAND	AD	2	325	2	325	2	382
CLOUGH	OSF	5	958	5	960	5	1,098
GRINDON-EKINS	GNS	10	2,120	10	2,124	10	2,349
SWIENTEK	IND	7	1,374	7	1,375	7	1,624
MARKS	IND	17	3,484	17	3,489	16	3,922
CHANT	IND	20	4,001	20	4,010	20	4,732
LARSEN	IND	3	608	3	597	3	727
MEINEKE	IND	9	1,838	9	1,842	9	2,151
DOWELL	CL	28	5,759	28	5,784	29	6,803
Total Formal Votes Counted			20,467		20,506		23,788
Informal Votes			920		898		949
Total Ordinary Votes			21,387		21,404		24,737

JENNY DOWELL was declared elected mayor on 18 September 2008

Summary Page - Optional Preferential Count - Mayoral

This screen provides all the First Preference (FP) counts for each stage of the election. The screen is progressively updated as results are received.

Election Night	Comprises count in Polling Place of Ordinary Votes taken on election night. Finalised when status "Final for Election Night" is shown.
Check Count	Comprises count of Ordinary Votes in Returning Officer's office on Sunday. Finalised when status "Check Count Complete" is shown.
Check Count & Dec	Sum of Check Count Votes and Declaration Votes (Postal, Declared Institution, Prepoll, Silent and Section Votes). Declaration Votes are counted from election night until final count commenced. Used as the starting point for the final count. Finalised when status "Declaration Vote Count Complete" is shown.