Last Updated: 24/09/2008 Time: 11:44:43 Status: Declared Election
Current as at: 25/09/2008 Time: 18:15:24

CESSNOCK CITY COUNCIL - D WARD

SUMMARY

ELECTION NIGHT

FINAL RESULTS

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

Residential and Non-residential Electors enrolled on 4 August 2008: 8,169

Voting System: Proportional Representation (PR)

List of Polling Places PDF Map

10 candidates contesting 3 vacancies

Group	Candidate	Party	Election Night
Group	Candidate	Party	%	FP Votes
A	Group Votes		21	1,178
	GORMAN, Neil	IND	1	71
	HODGSON, Helena	IND	1	32
	GULLY, Les	IND	0	19
B	Group Votes		31	1,735
	RYAN, James	GNS	2	138
	COSH, Claire	GNS	0	7
	KNIGHT, Lee	GNS	0	8
C	Group Votes		37	2,058
	SMITH, Graham	ALP	1	42
	BESOFF, Ron	ALP	1	42
	GRAY, Darrin	ALP	0	27
Ungrouped
Ungrouped	DWYER, Terry	IND	5	268
Total Formal Votes Counted				5,625
Total Informal Votes				670
Progressive Total Ordinary Votes				6,295

GRAHAM SMITH was declared elected to position 1 on 23 September 2008

JAMES RYAN was declared elected to position 2 on 23 September 2008

NEIL GORMAN was declared elected to position 3 on 23 September 2008

Summary Page - Proportional Representation Count - ATL Groups

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.

Note: Group Votes directly contribute the FP votes of the first candidate within a given group and indicates a preference flow to at least that group in candidate order for the group.