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
Map
Ballot paper draw
Candidates
Daily Returns
Count Summary
First preference votes
Distribution of preferences

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 pref. 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 Scrutiny Report (XLS 100 kB).