Council of the City of Sydney
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 141,369. 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.
Clover MOORE (CMI) was declared elected as Mayor on 16 September 2016.
| Summary of First Preference Votes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party/IND | FP Votes | % Formal Votes | |
| FORSTER Christine | LIB | 15,753 | 18.95% | |
| JOHNSTON Lindsay | GRN | 4,200 | 5.05% | |
| MOORE Clover | CMI | 48,068 | 57.83% | |
| SCOTT Linda | LAB | 8,673 | 10.43% | |
| VITHOULKAS Angela | SMT | 6,432 | 7.74% | |
| Total Formal Votes Counted | 83,126 | 100% | ||
| Total Informal/Other Votes | 1,361 | 1.61% | ||
| Total Votes | 84,487 | |||
| Mayoral Election Count Status | |
|---|---|
Status |
Achieved |
| Ready | 10/09/2016 17:00 |
| Commenced | 10/09/2016 18:53 |
| Final for Saturday | 11/09/2016 00:40 |
| Continuing | 11/09/2016 11:35 |
| First Preference Count Complete | 15/09/2016 09:45 |
| Distribution of Preferences Complete - Publish Results Pending | 15/09/2016 10:06 |
| Final Results Available | 15/09/2016 10:17 |
| Candidates Declared Elected | 16/09/2016 14:14 |
