Adelaide Plains Council – Area Councillor – 6 January 2025

A casual vacancy in the office of area councillor for the Adelaide Plains Council occurred on 5 October 2023 due to the resignation of Councillor John Lush. As the vacancy occurred within 12 months of the conclusion of the November 2022 periodic elections, it was filled by recounting the votes in accordance with section 6A of the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999 (the Act) on 1 November 2023. Carmine Di Troia was the successful candidate.

In February 2024, the Electoral Commissioner filed two petitions in the Court of Disputed Returns after identifying an error in the settings of the computer software used to count votes in complex elections, which he considered affected the outcome of the election in the Adelaide Plains Council area and the recount conducted on 1 November 2023.

As a result of the second petition, the Court declared Mr Carmine Di Troia not duly elected. The Court ordered that a recount be conducted to fill the casual vacancy.

The candidates who were not elected in the November 2022 periodic election were asked to declare their willingness and eligibility to be elected to this vacancy. Four candidates were determined willing and eligible to be elected to the vacancy. A recount of the votes cast at the periodic election was conducted from 9.30am on Monday 6 January 2025 at Level 6, 60 Light Square, Adelaide.

First preference votes

First preference votes were distributed to the four eligible candidates, and ballot papers with no preference expressed for an eligible candidate were recorded as exhausted.

Below are the new first preference votes received by the candidates in the order they appeared on the ballot paper.

Results declaration

After the distribution of preferences, Terry-anne KEEN was declared elected at 10.25am on Monday 6 January 2025.

To view the distribution of votes refer to the scrutiny sheet.

*A new exhaust vote is a ballot paper that did not express a preference for any of the willing and eligible candidates.