DAREBIN CITY COUNCIL

1998 Council Elections

MERRILANDS WARD

  Seats: 1
  Candidates: 8
  Suburbs/Towns: Reservoir

Enrolment Formal Votes
(% Total Vote)		 Informal Votes
(% Total Vote)		 Total Votes Voter Turnout (%)
1998 Election 10,058 7,664
(97.09)		 230
(2.91)		 7,894 78.48
1996 Election 9,626 6,755
(94.65)		 382
(5.35)		 7,137 74.14
Change (1996 - 1998) + 432
(+ 4.49%)		 + 909
(+ 2.44)		 - 152
(- 2.44)		 + 757 + 4.34

  Primary Vote
  Candidate Primary Vote % Formal Vote Rank
 
Sharon Lee-Anne Hutchinson 662 8.64 3
Nicole Ramadge 490 6.39 5
Franco Giuseppe Mastroianni 639 8.34 4
Timothy Singh Laurence  * D 3,631 47.38 1
Ron Taylor 424 5.53 8
Filippo 'Phillip' Frangiosa 938 12.24 2
Ronald Clive Ramadge  * P 455 5.94 6
Juergen Alfred Karl 'George' Prillwitz 425 5.55 7
 
       
  * Former councillor P - Preston City     D - Darebin City
    Elected candidate

  Preference Distribution
 
  Candidate Vote % Total Vote
Tim Laurence 3,909 51.00
Phillip Frangiosa 972 12.68
Sharon Hutchinson 707 9.22
Franco Mastroianni 658 8.59
Nicole Ramadge 513 6.69
Ron Ramadge 473 6.17
George Prillwitz 432 5.64
 
     

  Results
     
Tim Laurence re-elected on preference distribution
Election Order (by primary vote): 1

 
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