Elections - Electoral Commission SA

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

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.
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
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)

Area Councillor ( 1 vacancy)

Enfield Map, Detailed
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.
Candidate	First preference votes	Percentage
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)

Area Councillor ( 1 vacancy)

Franklin Map, Detailed
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:	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.
Candidate	First preference votes	Percentage
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)

Area Councillor ( 1 vacancy)

Yankalilla, Light Ward Map, Detailed
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:	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.
Candidate	First preference votes	Percentage
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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