Cessnock City Council
Mayoral Contest
Summary of Candidate First Preference Votes
Total Number of Electors: Residential and non-residential electors enrolled in this Council area on 1 August 2016 was 40,000. Electors may continue to enrol up to and including Election Day.
Counting System: Optional Preferential (OP) as defined in Schedule 4 of the Local Government (General) Regulation 2005.
There was 1
Mayor
to be elected from
5
candidates.
Bob PYNSENT (CLP) was declared elected as Mayor on 16 September 2016.
| Summary of First Preference Votes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party/IND | FP Votes | % Formal Votes | |
| RYAN James | GRN | 2,753 | 8.97% | |
| DOHERTY Rod | LIB | 5,932 | 19.33% | |
| PYNSENT Bob | CLP | 13,937 | 45.42% | |
| HARVEY John | IND | 4,621 | 15.06% | |
| OLSEN Ian | IND | 3,442 | 11.22% | |
| Total Formal Votes Counted | 30,685 | 100% | ||
| Total Informal/Other Votes | 1,412 | 4.40% | ||
| Total Votes | 32,097 | |||
| Mayoral Election Count Status | |
|---|---|
Status |
Achieved |
| Ready | 10/09/2016 17:00 |
| Commenced | 10/09/2016 18:45 |
| Final for Saturday | 11/09/2016 00:40 |
| Continuing | 11/09/2016 11:35 |
| First Preference Count Complete | 14/09/2016 20:20 |
| Distribution of Preferences Complete - Publish Results Pending | 15/09/2016 11:16 |
| Final Results Available | 15/09/2016 11:32 |
| Candidates Declared Elected | 16/09/2016 14:47 |
