City of Adelaide - Area Councillor - 26 July 2021 - Electoral Commission SA

Area Councillor (2 vacancies)
In August 2021 Electoral Commission SA conducted a supplementary election to fill a vacancy for Area Councillor for the City of Adelaide. The election was required following the resignation of a member of the Council.

Candidates
At the close of nominations at 12 noon on Thursday 10 June 2021, a total of 7 nominations were accepted for the supplementary election. The draw for ballot paper order was conducted at 4pm at Adelaide Town Hall. The candidates' names in the order they appeared on the ballot paper were: BARBARO, Frank SNAPE, Keiran WALLACE, Andrew VLASSIS, Theo SAYYAR DASHTI, Shahin BOOKLESS-PRATZ, Ingmar (Alex) SPENCER, Kel Profiles of each of these candidates are available by clicking their names above.

Timetable
Roll close	5pm, Friday 30 April 2021
Opening of nominations	Thursday 27 May 2020
Nominations close	12 noon, Thursday 10 June 2021
Dispatch of ballot material to electors	Tuesday 6 July 2021 to Monday 12 July 2021
Close of Voting (Polling Day)	12 noon, Monday 26 July 2021
Scrutiny and count	9:30am, Thursday 5 August 2021

Daily Returns

Count Summary
Enrolled voters	27963
Envelopes returned	4897
Envelopes accepted	4483
Envelopes rejected	414
Ballot papers not returned in envelope	1
Voter participation	4897 (17.51% of the total enrolment)
Formal votes	4458
Informal votes	24
Quota	2230

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
BARBARO, Frank	597	13.39%
SNAPE, Keiran	1126	25.26%
WALLACE, Andrew	591	13.26%
VLASSIS, Theo	733	16.44%
SAYYAR DASHTI, Shahin	171	3.84%
BOOKLESS-PRATZ, Ingmar (Alex)	158	3.54%
SPENCER, Kel	1082	24.27%

Distribution of preferences
After the distribution of preferences, Keiran SNAPE obtained 1753 votes and was elected under quota. To view the distribution of votes refer to the City of Adelaide - Area Councillor (FINAL) 5 August 2021 (XLS 107 KB)