2012 Melbourne City Council election

2012 Melbourne City Council election
27 October 2012 (2012-10-27)
Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne
All 9 seats on the City of Melbourne
Registered108,434
Turnout64,996 2.32%
 
Candidate Robert Doyle Alison Parkes Gary Singer
Deputy candidate Susan Riley David Collis John So Jr.
Voting ticket Independent Greens Independent
First round 25,342 9,197 9,714
First round (%) 40.76% 14.79% 15.63%
Final round 32,589 15,583 13,997
Final round (%) 52.42% 25.07% 22.51%
Lord Mayor of Melbourne before election

Robert Doyle
Independent

 Elected Lord Mayor

Robert Doyle
Independent

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.

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