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City of Adelaide - Central Ward - 11 May 2020

Councillor (1 vacancy)
In May 2020 Electoral Commission SA conducted an election to fill a vacancy for Councillor for the City of Adelaide – Central Ward. The election was required following the resignation of a member of the Council, Mr Houssam Abiad.
Timetable
The key dates for this supplementary election were:
Roll close  5pm, Friday 28 February 2020
Opening of nominations  Thursday 26 March 2020
Nominations close  12 noon, Thursday 9 April 2020
Dispatch of ballot material to electors  Tuesday 21 April 2020 to Monday 27 April 2020
Close of voting (Polling Day)  12 noon, Monday 11 May 2020
Scrutiny and count  From 9am, Wednesday 13 May 2020
Map
Click to view a map of City of Adelaide Central Ward
Ballot Paper Draw

The draw for ballot paper order for the City of Adelaide Central Ward supplementary election was live streamed at 4pm on Thursday 9 April.

A recording of the ballot paper draw is available on ECSA’s YouTube channel.

Candidates

At the close of nominations at 12 noon on Thursday 9 April 2020, a total of 8 nominations were accepted for the supplementary election. The candidates' names in the order they appeared on the ballot paper were:

WHITING, Stuart

CHAO, Wayne

MACKIE, Greg

LEWIS, Gareth

KHAN, Doha

PAINE, Nathan

GITSHAM, Darren

WYRA, Malwina

Profiles of each of these candidates are available by clicking their names above.

Daily returns
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Count Summary
Enrolled voters: 11689
Envelopes returned: 2193
Envelopes accepted: 2028
Envelopes rejected: 165
Ballot papers not returned in envelope: 2
Voter participation: 2193 (18.76% of the total enrolment)
Formal votes: 2011
Informal votes: 15
Quota: 1006
First preference votes

Below are the first preference votes received by the candidates in the order they appeared on the ballot paper. Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.

CandidateFirst preference votesPercentage
WHITING, Stuart 146  7.26%
CHAO, Wayne 406  20.19%
MACKIE, Greg 568  28.24%
LEWIS, Gareth 166  8.25%
KHAN, Doha 140  6.96%
PAINE, Nathan 337  16.76%
GITSHAM, Darren 152  7.56%
WYRA, Malwina 96  4.77%
Distribution of preferences

After the distribution of preferences Greg MACKIE obtained 931 votes and was elected under quota.

To view the distribution of votes refer to the City of Adelaide - Central Ward - Scrutiny Report - 13 May 2020 (PDF 136 KB)

City of Port Adelaide Enfield - Enfield Ward - 24 February 2020

 

Port Adelaide Enfield Council
Enfield Map, Detailed

Area Councillor ( 1 vacancy)
Voting closed in the supplementary election on Monday 24 February 2020.
Eight candidates stood in the election:

KARBASI, Moji
IRIBUKA, Arsene
WEGROWSKI, Adrian
BARBARO, Paul
USSAINI, Ali
LE RAYE, John
KONYN, Sebastian
COLOMBO, Olivia

The following are the full results for this election
Elected:


COLOMBO, Olivia

Count Summary
Enrolled voters: 15164
Envelopes returned: 4417
Envelopes accepted: 4309
Envelopes rejected: 108
Ballot papers not returned in envelope: 5
Formal votes: 4272
Informal votes: 32
Voter participation: 4417 (29.13% of the total enrolment)
Quota: 2137
First preference votes (before distribution of preferences)

Below are the first preference votes received by the candidates in the order they appeared on the ballot paper. Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.

CandidateFirst preference votesPercentage
KARBASI, Moji 171  4.00%
IRIBUKA, Arsene 884  20.69%
WEGROWSKI, Adrian 594  13.90%
BARBARO, Paul 189  4.42%
USSAINI, Ali 230  5.38%
LE RAYE, John 118  2.76%
KONYN, Sebastian 265  6.20%
COLOMBO, Olivia 1821  42.63%
Distribution of preferences

After the distribution of preferences COLOMBO, Olivia obtained 2349 votes and was elected.

To view the distribution of votes refer to the Port Adelaide Enfield - Enfield Ward - Scrutiny Report - 24 Feb 2020 (XLS 99 KB)

District Council of Franklin Harbour - 24 February 2020

 

Shearer

Franklin Map, Detailed

Area Councillor ( 1 vacancy)
Voting closed in the supplementary election on Monday 24 February 2020.
Two candidates stood in the election:

DEER, Rachel Louise
GRIFFITHS, Daniel John

The following are the full results for this election
Elected:

Kirsty MacGregor

DEER, Rachel Louise

Count Summary
Enrolled voters: 891
Envelopes returned: 533
Envelopes accepted: 514
Envelopes rejected: 19
Ballot papers not returned in envelope: 0
Formal votes: 510
Informal votes: 4
Voter participation: 533 (59.82% of the total enrolment)
Quota: 256
First preference votes (before distribution of preferences)

Below are the first preference votes received by the candidates in the order they appeared on the ballot paper. Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.

CandidateFirst preference votesPercentage
DEER, Rachel Louise 433  84.90%
GRIFFITHS, Daniel John 77  15.10%
Distribution of preferences

As DEER, Rachel Louise obtained a number of first preference votes greater than the quota of 256 she has been declared elected.

To view the distribution of votes refer to the Franklin Harbour Area -Scrutiny Report - 24 Feb 2020 (XLS 58 KB)

District Council of Yankalilla - Light Ward - 24 February 2020

 

Shearer

Yankalilla, Light Ward Map, Detailed

Area Councillor ( 1 vacancy)
Voting closed in the supplementary election on Monday 24 February 2020
Three candidates stood in the election:

VERWEY, Bill
WETHERBY, Victoria Winifred
MARKS, TJ

The following are the full results for this election
Elected:

Kirsty MacGregor

VERWEY, Bill

Count Summary
Enrolled voters: 2320
Envelopes returned: 972
Envelopes accepted: 962
Envelopes rejected: 10
Ballot papers not returned in envelope: 1
Formal votes: 959
Informal votes: 2
Voter participation: 973 (41.94% of the total enrolment)
Quota: 480
First preference votes (before distribution of preferences)

Below are the first preference votes received by the candidates in the order they appeared on the ballot paper. Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.

CandidateFirst preference votesPercentage
VERWEY, Bill 416  43.38%
WETHERBY, Victoria Winifred 203  21.17%
MARKS, TJ 340  35.45%
Distribution of preferences

After the distribution of preferences VERWEY, Bill obtained 484 votes and was elected. 

To view the distribution of votes refer to the Yankalilla - Light Ward - Scrutiny Report - 24 Feb 2020 (XLS 69 KB)

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