# Results of the 2016 Victorian local elections

This is a list of local government area results for the 2016 Victorian local elections.

## Ballarat

2016 Victorian local elections: Ballarat :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Change |
| | Independent | Independent | 27,257 | 46.39 | 2 | 1 |
| | Independent Liberal | Independent Liberal | 16,043 | 27.31 | 4 | 1 |
| | Labor | Labor | 7,925 | 13.49 | 2 | |
| | Greens | Greens | 7,527 | 12.81 | 1 | |
| Formal votes | Formal votes | Formal votes | 58,752 | 100.0 | | |

### Central

2016 Victorian local elections: Central Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Mark Harris | 6,077 | 30.14 | +15.88 |
| | Greens | Belinda Coates | 4,301 | 21.33 | +2.17 |
| | Independent Liberal | Samantha McIntosh | 4,092 | 20.30 | −5.8 |
| | Independent | William Bennett | 2,086 | 10.35 | |
| | Labor | Ron Egeberg | 1,711 | 8.49 | |
| | Independent | Gary Fitzgerald | 960 | 4.76 | +1.63 |
| | Independent | Glen Crompton | 934 | 4.63 | −3.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,806 | 74.22 | |
| | Independent gain from Independent Liberal | Independent gain from Independent Liberal | Swing | +15.88 | |
| | Independent Liberal hold | Independent Liberal hold | Swing | −5.8 | |
| | Greens hold | Greens hold | Swing | +2.17 | |

### North

2016 Victorian local elections: North Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent Liberal | Amy Johnson | 5,520 | 27.52 | +7.22 |
| | Independent Liberal | Grant Tillet | 2,929 | 14.60 | |
| | Independent | Vicki Coltman | 2,214 | 11.04 | −14.75 |
| | Independent | John Philips | 2,156 | 10.75 | −10.27 |
| | Labor | Daniel Moloney | 2,089 | 10.42 | −4.65 |
| | Greens | Angus McAlpine | 2,005 | 10.00 | |
| | Independent | Rob Edward Smith | 1,593 | 7.94 | |
| | Independent | Pauline Fay | 902 | 4.50 | |
| | Independent | Jeni Eastwood | 649 | 3.24 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,869 | 77.7 | |
| | Independent Liberal gain from Independent | Independent Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | +14.60 | |
| | Independent Liberal hold | Independent Liberal hold | Swing | +7.22 | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | −4.65 | |

### South

2016 Victorian local elections: South Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Des Hudson | 4,125 | 22.26 | −4.36 |
| | Independent Liberal | Ben Taylor | 3,502 | 18.90 | −0.23 |
| | Independent | Jim Rinaldi | 2,785 | 15.03 | −0.46 |
| | Independent | Peter Innes | 1,768 | 9.54 | −6.72 |
| | Greens | Tony Goodfellow | 1,221 | 6.59 | |
| | Independent | Dave Armstrong | 1,149 | 6.20 | |
| | Independent | Dianne Colbert | 1,006 | 5.43 | |
| | Independent | Merle Hathaway | 889 | 4.80 | |
| | Independent | Nick Shady | 845 | 4.56 | |
| | Independent | Tim Powell | 653 | 3.52 | |
| | Independent | Brian Pola | 396 | 2.14 | |
| | Independent | Koby Lance Bunney | 195 | 1.05 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,421 | 75.58 | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | −4.36 | |
| | Independent Liberal hold | Independent Liberal hold | Swing | −0.23 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | −0.46 | |

## Moreland

2016 Victorian local elections: Moreland :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Change |
| | Independent | Independent | 25,164 | 36.49 | 4 | 2 |
| | Greens | Greens | 20,582 | 29.84 | 4 | 3 |
| | Labor | Labor | 19,728 | 28.60 | 2 | 1 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Socialist Alliance | 3,249 | 4.71 | 1 | |
| Formal votes | Formal votes | Formal votes | 39,365 | 100.0 | | |

### North-East

2016 Victorian local elections: North-East Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Greens | Natalie Abboud | 5,640 | 22.62 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Sue Bolton | 3,249 | 13.03 |
| | Labor | Annaliva Carli Hannan | 2,805 | 11.25 |
| | Independent | Ali Irfanli | 2,154 | 8.64 |
| | Labor | Anthony Helou | 1,406 | 5.64 |
| | Labor | Danny Michell | 1,373 | 5.51 |
| | Independent | Helen Pavlidis | 1,120 | 4.49 |
| | Labor | Katerina Angelopoulos | 975 | 3.91 |
| | Labor | Afshan Mian | 956 | 3.83 |
| | Independent | Francesco Timpano | 840 | 3.37 |
| | Independent | George Georgiou | 822 | 3.30 |
| | Independent | Paul Failla | 713 | 2.86 |
| | Labor | David Nunns | 603 | 2.42 |
| | Independent | Imogen Jubb | 550 | 2.21 |
| | Independent | Kevin Hong | 494 | 1.98 |
| | Independent | Antonio Bonifazio | 370 | 1.48 |
| | Greens | Adam Pulford | 300 | 1.20 |
| | Greens | Alex McGilvray | 300 | 1.20 |
| | Independent | Darcey Kelleher | 206 | 0.83 |
| | Independent | Gordon Gartside | 58 | 0.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,466 | 65.09 |

### North-West

2016 Victorian local elections: North-West Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Oscar Yildiz | 7,331 | 28.44 |
| | Greens | Dale Martin | 4,044 | 15.69 |
| | Independent | John Kavanagh | 3,554 | 13.79 |
| | Independent | Helen Davidson | 2,798 | 10.86 |
| | Labor | Alice Judith Pryor | 1,617 | 6.27 |
| | Labor | Mark O'Brien | 1,117 | 4.33 |
| | Labor | Milad El-Halabi | 975 | 3.78 |
| | Independent | Shaun Minehan | 876 | 3.40 |
| | Labor | Parsu Sharma Luital | 874 | 3.39 |
| | Independent | Raju Shakya | 772 | 3.30 |
| | Independent | Tonty Astuto | 706 | 2.74 |
| | Independent | Mohamad Elmustapha | 496 | 1.92 |
| | Greens | Sian Nelson | 386 | 1.50 |
| | Independent | Alesio Mulipola | 227 | 0.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,338 | 64.90 |

### South

2016 Victorian local elections: South Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Greens | Samantha Ratnam | 9,259 | 50.71 |
| | Labor | Lambros Tapinos | 2,599 | 14.23 |
| | Labor | Meghan Hopper | 2,175 | 11.91 |
| | Labor | Chris Hansen | 987 | 5.41 |
| | Labor | Joe Caputo | 808 | 4.42 |
| | Labor | Ray Pastoor | 458 | 2.51 |
| | Independent | Melissa Yuan | 442 | 2.42 |
| | Greens | Mark Riley | 378 | 2.07 |
| | Independent | Kelly Maree Smith | 328 | 1.80 |
| | Greens | Jess Dorney | 275 | 1.51 |
| | Independent | Dave O'Brien | 199 | 1.09 |
| | Independent | Vijay Bhusal | 108 | 0.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,948 | 55.47 |

## Melbourne
### Leadership Team

2016 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Team Doyle | Robert Doyle Arron Wood | 31,743 | 44.62 | +3.86 |
| | Greens | Olivia Ball Roxane Ingleton | 15,131 | 21.27 | +6.48 |
| | Phil Cleary Means Business | Phil Cleary Junxi Su | 7,745 | 10.89 | +10.89 |
| | Together Melbourne | Ken Ong Sue Morphet | 7,391 | 10.39 | +10.39 |
| | Team Morgan - A City That Works | Gary Morgan Michael O'Brien | 4,830 | 6.79 | −4.53 |
| | Strengthening Melbourne | Ron Hunt Doone Clifton | 2,548 | 3.58 | +3.58 |
| | The Light On The Hill Team | Anthony van der Craats Yunli Han | 1,749 | 2.46 | +2.46 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 71,137 | 96.40 | +0.75 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,658 | 3.60 | −0.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,795 | 55.15 | −4.79 |
| After distribution of preferences ||||||
| | Team Doyle | Robert Doyle Arron Wood | 36,974 | 51.98 | −0.44 |
| | Greens | Olivia Ball Roxane Ingleton | 18,481 | 25.98 | +0.91 |
| | Phil Cleary Means Business | Phil Cleary Junxi Su | 15,682 | 22.04 | +22.04 |
| | Team Doyle hold | Team Doyle hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Councillors

2016 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 7,240 | | |
| | Team Doyle | 1. Kevin Louey (elected 1) 2. Nicholas Reece (elected 3) 3. Tessa Sullivan (elected 5) 4. Susan Riley (elected 9) 5. Beverley Pinder-Mortimer 6. Sue Stanley 7. Hope Wei | 27,116 | 37.45 | −0.03 |
| | Greens | 1. Rohan Leppert (elected 2) 2. Cathy Oke (elected 4) 3. Apsara Sabaratnam 4. Jenny Pitts 5. Ben Curnow | 14,593 | 20.16 | +4.54 |
| | Together Melbourne | 1. Philip Le Liu (elected 6) 2. Tony Penna 3. Barbara Yerondais 4. Alice Poon | 6,578 | 9.09 | +9.09 |
| | Phil Cleary Means Business | 1. Michael Caiafa 2. Suzanne Vale 3. Sebastian Saggio | 5,667 | 7.83 | +7.83 |
| | Stephen Mayne T.I.A.E. | 1. Stephen Mayne 2. Johanna Maxwell | 3,666 | 5.06 | −0.95 |
| | Team Morgan - A City That Works | 1. Jackie Watts (elected 7) 2. Michael Kennedy 3. Farida Fleming | 3,557 | 4.91 | −4.69 |
| | Strengthening Melbourne | 1. Robin Matthews 2. Wesa Chau 3. Roger Smith | 1,905 | 2.63 | +2.63 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Bruce Poon 2. Fiona Creedy | 1,770 | 2.44 | +2.44 |
| | Listening To Locals | 1. Richard Foster 2. Bridie Walsh | 1,718 | 2.37 | +2.37 |
| | An Indigenous Voice On Council | 1. Brooke Wandin 2. Nicolas Frances Gilley (elected 8) | 1,534 | 2.12 | +2.12 |
| | Serving Melbourne With Integrity | 1. Marcus Fielding 2. Sallyann Wilson | 1,519 | 2.10 | +2.10 |
| | The Light On The Hill Team | 1. Jim Ward 2. Sergey Sizenko | 960 | 1.33 | +1.33 |
| | The Heritage Agenda | 1. Adam Munro Ford 2. Luke Downing | 816 | 1.13 | +1.13 |
| | Melburnian Voice | 1. Joseph Sarraf 2. Miroslav Zverina | 808 | 1.12 | +1.12 |
| | Science | Luke James | 82 | 0.11 | |
| | Independent | Neil Pringle | 57 | 0.11 | |
| | Independent | Jing Li | 62 | 0.07 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 72,398 | 98.04 | +0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,451 | 1.96 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,849 | 55.19 | −4.82 |