Election: The results so far ...
Disclaimer: I am no psephologist. I am very open to being corrected by those more expert than me :-) Summary Elections NSW have 124 council elections to count. At the moment only first preference votes have been counted - and not all of them at that. Final results will not be declared until a couple of days before Christmas. However, some results either seem clear or have at least been claimed by the participants on the basis of results so far: Contest Result FP Counted Enrolled MAYOR Peter Gangemi (Liberal) * 61,133 121,336 CENTRAL WARD Jessica Brazier (Liberal) Mark Hodges (Liberal) Tony Hay (Labor) * 10,779 30,885 EAST WARD Jerome Cox (Liberal) Reena Jethi (Liberal) * Ryan Tracey (Labor) * 12,217 29,400 NORTH WARD Virginia Ellis (Liberal) Mitchell Blue (Liberal) undecided : Mila Kasby (Greens) leading 13,659 32,462 WEST WARD Rosemarie Boneham (Liberal) Frank de Masi (Liberal) * Barbara Burton (Labor) 10,986 29,949 * Sitting councillor There are no counts yet for a number of pol