# 2012 Melbourne City Council election

Elections to the City of Melbourne were held via postal ballot in October 2012 to elect 9 councillors to the council, as well as the direct election of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne. The incumbent Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, and Deputy Lord Mayor, Susan Riley, were re-elected for a second four-year term.
At the 2012 election, the number of council seats increased from 7 to 9.

## Results
### Mayoral election

2012 City of Melbourne mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Robert Doyle Susan Riley | 25,342 | 40.76 | +14.65 |
| | Independent | Gary Singer John So Jr. | 9,714 | 15.63 | +5.19 |
| | Greens | Alison Parkes David Collis | 9,197 | 14.79 | −0.26 |
| | Independent | Gary Morgan John D. Elliot | 7,039 | 11.32 | +3.52 |
| | Independent | Brian Shanahan Judy Katz | 4,187 | 6.73 | +6.73 |
| | Independent | David Nolte Connie Paglianti | 2,670 | 4.29 | +4.29 |
| | Independent | Berhan Ahmed Sunny Lu | 1,523 | 2.45 | +2.45 |
| | Independent | Keith Rankin Grace Han | 1,438 | 2.31 | +2.31 |
| | Independent | Joseph Toscano Jean Ely | 1,059 | 1.70 | +0.29 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 62,169 | 95.65 | +0.32 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,827 | 4.35 | −0.32 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,996 | 59.94 | −2.32 |
| After distribution of preferences ||||||
| | Independent | Robert Doyle Susan Riley | 32,589 | 52.42 | −1.66 |
| | Greens | Alison Parkes David Collis | 15,583 | 25.07 | +25.07 |
| | Independent | Gary Singer John So Jr. | 13,997 | 22.51 | +22.51 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | N/A | |
The VEC distributed preliminary preferences until an electoral ticket exceeded 50 per cent of the vote, in this case Independent candidates Robert Doyle and Susan Riley.

### Councillor election

| # | Councillor | Party |
| 1 | Kevin Louey | Independent |
| 2 | Cathy Oke | Greens |
| 3 | Ken Ong | Independent |
| 4 | Arron Wood | Independent |
| 5 | Beverley Pinder-Mortimer | Independent |
| 6 | Richard Foster | Independent |
| 7 | Jackie Watts | Independent |
| 8 | Stephen Mayne | Independent |
| 9 | Rohan Leppert | Greens |
2012 City of Melbourne councillor election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 6,367 | | |
| | Independent | 1. Kevin Louey (elected 1) 2. Arron Wood (elected 4) 3. Beverley Pinder-Mortimer (elected 5) 4. Carl Jetter 5. Harvard Shen 6. Fiona Sweetman 7. Hope Wei | 23,864 | 37.48 | +17.46 |
| | Greens | 1. Cathy Oke (elected 2) 2. Rohan Leppert (elected 9) 3. Lachlan Rhodes 4. Jennifer Podesta 5. Philip Thiel | 9,942 | 15.62 | −2.82 |
| | Independent | 1. Ken Ong (elected 3) 2. Carlo Pagano 3. Sally Hewitt 4. Leona Smith | 8,304 | 13.04 | +1.45 |
| | Independent | 1. Jackie Watts (elected 7) 2. Michael Kennedy 3. Marie Kinsella 4. Sue O'Brien | 6,114 | 9.60 | +0.15 |
| | Independent | 1. Richard Foster (elected 6) 2. Emily Lee D'Cruz 3. Mark Dattilo Rubbo 4. Wendy Syme 5. Jason Edwards | 3,953 | 6.21 | +6.21 |
| | Independent | 1. Stephen Mayne (elected 8) 2. Michele Anderson | 3,828 | 6.01 | +6.01 |
| | Independent | 1. Kevin Chamberlin 2. Roshena Dutta 3. Nick Parisi 4. Alex Macdonald | 3,686 | 5.79 | +5.79 |
| | Independent | 1. Luke S. Downing 2. David Cragg | 1,929 | 3.02 | +3.02 |
| | Independent | 1. Luke S. Downing 2. David Cragg | 1,267 | 1.99 | +1.99 |
| | Independent | 1. Gerard Anderson 2. Maree Norris | 528 | 0.83 | +0.83 |
| | Ungrouped | 1. Moti Visa 2. David Loh 3. Anthony van der Craats | 249 | 0.39 | +0.39 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 63,664 | 97.84 | +0.48 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,407 | 2.16 | −0.48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,071 | 60.01 | −2.25 |