Wentworth gubernatorial election, 2016

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2012 ← 	7 May 2016 	→ 2020 	
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Turnout 	3,234,046 (96.52%) ( 0.75pp) 	3,234,046 (96.52%) ( 0.75pp) 	3,234,046 (96.52%) ( 0.75pp)
 	 	 	
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Candidate 	Matthew Yang 	Sonya Konjarski 	
Party 	Independent 	Liberal 	
Running mate 	Jaclyn Suttner 	Mike Galloway 	
Popular vote 	1,850,521 	1,383,525 	
Percentage 	57.22% 	42.78% 	
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Two-party-preferred result by prefectural electorate	Two-party-preferred result by prefectural electorate	Two-party-preferred result by prefectural electorate	Two-party-preferred result by prefectural electorate
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Governor before election 	Governor before election 	Elected Governor 	
Matthew YangIndependent 	Matthew YangIndependent 	Matthew YangIndependent 	
The 2016 Wentworth gubernatorial election was held on Saturday, 7 May 2016 to elect the the Governor of Wentworth. The prefectural election was held on the same date.
The incumbent governor, first-term independent Matthew Yang, won with a decisive 57.22 percent of the two-party-preferred vote against the Liberal candidate Sonya Konjarski.
==Results==
===Governor===
Party 	Party 	Candidate 	Candidate 	Votes 	% 	
Party 	Party 	Governor 	Lt. Governor 	Votes 	% 	
 	Independent 	Matthew Yang 	Jaclyn Suttner 	1,152,614 	35.64 	
 	Liberal 	Sonya Konjarski 	Mike Galloway 	854,112 	26.41 	
 	Social Democrats 	Kenneth Tran 	Tim Watson 	379,030 	11.72 	
 	Greens 	Tahlia Berry 	Theo Salman 	354,451 	10.96 	
 	Wentworth Party 	Rachel Horden 	Nathan Gonzalez 	240,936 	7.45 	
 	Independent 	Gideon Wu 	Kerry Chen 	109,311 	3.38 	
 	Independent 	Kylie Phillips 	Mark Riley 	63,711 	1.97 	
 	Independent 	Ahmed Haranan 	Bryan Raganathan 	40,749 	1.26 	
 	Left Bloc 	Erin Zhang 	Gary Spence 	39,132 	1.21 	
Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	
 	Independent 	Matthew Yang 	Jaclyn Suttner 	1,850,521 	57.22 	
 	Liberal 	Sonya Konjarski 	Mike Galloway 	1,383,525 	42.78 	
Total 	Total 	Total 	Total 	3,234,046