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 54,174. 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 9 candidates.

Denise KNIGHT was declared elected as Mayor on 16 September 2016.

Summary of First Preference Votes
Candidate Party/IND FP Votes % Formal Votes
KNIGHT Denise 11,758 28.25%
SULTANA Mark 2,793 6.71%
SQUIRE Mike 1,132 2.72%
HARRISON Carol 683 1.64%
RHOADES Keith IND 6,766 16.26%
MARCHANT David 376 0.90%
STROM Jan 6,975 16.76%
ARKAN John 6,203 14.91%
TOWNLEY Sally GRN 4,928 11.84%
Total Formal Votes Counted 41,614 100%
Total Informal/Other Votes 1,926 4.42%
Total Votes 43,540
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Mayoral Election Count Status
Status
Achieved
Ready 10/09/2016 17:00
Commenced 10/09/2016 18:47
Final for Saturday 11/09/2016 00:40
Continuing 11/09/2016 11:35
First Preference Count Complete 13/09/2016 22:08
Distribution of Preferences Complete - Publish Results Pending 14/09/2016 21:17
Final Results Available 14/09/2016 21:24
Candidates Declared Elected 16/09/2016 09:50