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| 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 | |
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| Click to view a map of City of Adelaide Central Ward |
| Ballot Paper Draw | |
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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 | |
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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: Profiles of each of these candidates are available by clicking their names above. |
| Daily returns | |
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| Count Summary | |
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| 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 | |||
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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. |
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| Candidate | First preference votes | Percentage | |
| 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 |
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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) |