Cessnock City Council
Mayoral Contest
Distribution of Preferences
| Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | |||||||
| RYAN James Excluded Candidate | OLSEN Ian Excluded Candidate | ||||||||
| 2,753 | Votes | 3,642 | Votes | ||||||
| Candidates | Candidate Votes | Votes Distributed | Progressive Totals | Votes Distributed | Progressive Totals | Votes Distributed | Progressive Totals | ||
| RYAN James (GRN) | 2,753 | ||||||||
| DOHERTY Rod (LIB) | 5,932 | 251 | 6,183 | 590 | 6,773 | ||||
| PYNSENT Bob (CLP) | 13,937 | 481 | 14,418 | 352 | 14,770 | ELECTED | |||
| HARVEY John (Independent) | 4,621 | 245 | 4,866 | 818 | 5,684 | ||||
| OLSEN Ian (Independent) | 3,442 | 200 | 3,642 | ||||||
| Total Formal Votes | 30,685 | 1,177 | 29,109 | 1,760 | 27,227 | ||||
| Exhausted Votes | 1,576 | 1,576 | 1,882 | 3,458 | |||||
| Total Informal Votes | 1,412 | 1,412 | 1,412 | ||||||
| Total Votes | 32,097 | 2,753 | 32,097 | 3,642 | 32,097 | ||||
| Absolute Majority | 15,343 | 14,555 | 13,614 | ||||||
