2012 Gold Coast City Council election
Local elections in Australia
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All 15 members on the City Council (including the mayor) 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Gold Coast City Council election was held on 28 April 2012 to elect a mayor and 14 councillors to the City of Gold Coast. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia.[1]
Results
Mayor
This section is an excerpt from 2012 Queensland mayoral elections § Gold Coast.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Tom Tate | 83,876 | 37.05 | ||
Independent | Eddy Sarroff | 40,958 | 18.09 | ||
Independent | Susie Douglas | 35,417 | 15.65 | ||
Independent | Peter Young | 26,977 | 11.92 | ||
Independent | Dean Vegas | 20,868 | 9.22 | ||
Independent | Keith Douglas | 14,702 | 6.49 | ||
Independent | John Abbott | 3,568 | 1.58 | ||
Total formal votes | 226,366 | 95.48 | |||
Informal votes | 10,724 | 4.52 | |||
Turnout | 237,090 | ||||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Tom Tate | 90,935 | 64.34 | ||
Independent | Eddy Sarroff | 50,399 | 35.66 | ||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |