Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in South-Eastern Melbourne

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2020 Victorian local elections
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This is a list of results for the 2020 Victorian local elections in the South-Eastern Melbourne region.[1]

South-Eastern Melbourne covers the local government areas (LGAs) of Bayside, Cardinia, Casey, Frankston, Glen Eira, Greater Dandenong, Kingston, Monash, Mornington Peninsula and Stonnington.

Bayside

2020 Victorian local elections: Bayside[2]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independent 49,900 79.66 7 Increase 2
  Liberal 7,040 11.23 0 Decrease 2
  Greens 4,894 7.81 0 Steady
  Sustainable Australia 810 1.29 +1.29 0 Steady
 Formal votes 62,644

Beckett

2020 Victorian local elections: Beckett Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Clarke Martin 3,905 43.59 +43.59
Greens Crystal Cartwright 2,220 24.78 +24.78
Independent Paul Kalimnakis 827 9.23 +9.23
Independent David Williams 775 8.65 +8.65
Independent Peter Varsamis 581 6.49 +6.49
Independent Jennifer A. Randles 460 5.13 +5.13
Independent Albert H.S. Matthews 191 2.13 +2.13
Turnout 8,959
After distribution of preferences
Independent Clarke Martin 4,519 50.44 +50.44
Greens Crystal Cartwright 3,064 34.20 +34.20
Independent Paul Kalimnakis 1,376 15.36 +15.36
Independent win (new ward)

Bleazby

2020 Victorian local elections: Bleazby Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alex Del Porto 2,264 24.61 +24.61
Independent Karen Kimber 1,212 13.18 +13.18
Independent Stavroula Psonis 1,060 11.52 +11.52
Independent Rosie Grech 796 8.65 +8.65
Independent Lindsey Joffe 712 7.74 +7.74
Independent Steve Wolf 701 7.62 +7.62
Independent David Fonda 588 6.39 +6.39
Independent Darren Mitchell 411 4.47 +4.47
Independent Jack Mills 369 4.01 +4.01
Independent Phillip Goldberg 331 3.60 +3.60
Independent Helen Tachos 309 3.36 +3.36
Independent Carlo Toncich 236 2.57 +2.57
Independent Thalia Kioussis 111 1.21 +1.21
Independent Cedric Van Spall 98 1.07 +1.07
Turnout 9,198
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Alex Del Porto 4,927 53.57 +53.57
Independent Stavroula Psonis 4,271 46.53 +46.53
Independent win (new ward)

Boyd

2020 Victorian local elections: Boyd Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Colleen Harkin 1,731 18.54 +18.54
Independent Fiona Stitfold 1,537 16.46 +16.46
Independent Craig Francis 1,302 13.94 +13.94
Independent Evan Packer 1,260 13.49 +13.49
Independent Olivia Russell 1,116 11.95 +11.95
Independent Kylie McIntosh 1,054 11.29 +11.29
Greens Jamie Paterson 1,029 11.02 +11.02
Independent Michael Norris 309 3.31 +3.31
Turnout 9,338
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Fiona Stitfold 4,957 53.08 +53.08
Liberal Colleen Harkin 4,381 46.92 +46.92
Independent win (new ward)

Castlefield

2020 Victorian local elections: Castlefield Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rob Grinter 3,181 32.50 +32.50
Independent Jo Samuel-King 1,487 15.19 +15.19
Independent James Long 1,377 13.66 +13.66
Independent Jessica Batt 1,326 13.55 +13.55
Independent Kevin Howard 744 7.60 +7.60
Independent David Rothfield 664 6.78 +6.78
Independent Arron Wood 357 3.65 +3.65
Independent Alistair Ward 298 3.04 +3.04
Independent Timothy Wood 275 2.81 +2.81
Independent Nicholas Batzialas 119 1.22 +1.22
Turnout 9,788
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Jo Samuel-King 5,154 52.66 +52.66
Liberal Rob Grinter 4,634 47.34 +47.34
Independent win (new ward)

Dendy

2020 Victorian local elections: Dendy Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Michael Heffernan 2,128 24.82 +24.82
Independent Hanna El Mouallem 1,503 17.53 +17.53
Independent Joanne Bryant 1,271 14.82 +14.82
Independent Daniel Cullen 714 8.33 +8.33
Independent Anne Fitzgerald 649 7.57 +7.57
Independent Joshua S. Goldstat 634 7.52 +7.52
Independent David Lurie 622 7.25 +7.25
Independent Sam Seoud 453 5.28 +5.28
Independent Sarah Merrick 307 3.58 +3.58
Independent Judy Farrugia 282 3.29 +3.29
Turnout 8,574
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Hanna El Mouallem 4,563 53.22 +53.22
Liberal Michael Heffernan 4,011 46.78 +46.78
Independent win (new ward)

Ebden

2020 Victorian local elections: Ebden Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Laurence Evans 2,616 30.86 +30.86
Independent Anna Rabinov 1,174 13.85 +13.85
Independent Carolyn D. Brown 1,153 13.60 +13.60
Independent Clifford Mallard 991 11.69 +11.69
Independent Leah Kaminsky 945 11.15 +11.15
Greens Derek Wilson 890 10.50 +10.50
Independent John Knight 708 8.35 +8.35
Turnout 8,574
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Laurence Evans 5,130 60.52 +60.52
Independent Anna Rabinov 3,347 39.48 +39.48
Independent win (new ward)

Ivison

2020 Victorian local elections: Ivison Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sonia Castelli 1,718 20.67 +20.67
Independent Marlene J. Johnson 1,658 19.95 +19.95
Sustainable Australia Brandon Hoult 810 9.75 +9.75
Independent Gio Fitzpatrick 806 9.70 +9.70
Greens Sarah Dekiere 755 9.09 +9.09
Independent Scott Porteus 618 7.44 +7.44
Independent Marcus Barber 612 7.36 +7.36
Independent Nicole Finn 609 7.33 +7.33
Independent Kannan Nair 452 5.44 +5.44
Independent Shani Y. Langer 272 3.27 +3.27
Turnout 8,310
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Sonia Castelli 4,848 58.34 +58.34
Independent Marlene J. Johnson 3,462 41.66 +41.66
Independent win (new ward)

Glen Eira

2020 Victorian local elections: Glen Eira[3][4]
Party Votes % Seats Change
  Independent 42,373 53.36 5 Increase 2
  Independent Labor 16,474 18.81 3 Steady
  Independent Liberal 10,772 13.57 0 Decrease 3
  Greens 7,846 8.96 1 Steady
  Reason 1,390 1.58 0 Steady
  Liberal Democrats 549 0.62 0 Steady
 Turnout 87,531 90.67

Camden

2020 Victorian local elections: Camden Ward[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sam Parasol 5,277 20.11 +20.11
Greens David Zyngier 3,515 13.40 +13.40
Independent Alan Grossbard 3,257 12.41 +12.41
Independent Simone Zmood 3,008 11.46 +11.46
Independent Liberal Cameron Simpkins 2,197 8.37 +8.37
Independent Labor Jane Karslake 2,046 7.80 +7.80
Reason Ethan Mileikowski 1,390 5.30 +5.30
Independent Harry Graeve 1,260 4.80 +4.80
Independent Rachel Iampolski 1,211 4.62 +4.62
Independent Labor Jesse Dean Mansfield 1,199 4.57 +4.57
Independent Labor Ricci Steckoll 1,046 3.99 +3.99
Independent Nellie Khoroshina 456 1.74 +1.74
Independent Jon Terolli 377 1.44 +1.44
Turnout 27,762 81.26
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A
Greens gain from Independent Liberal Swing N/A
Independent gain from Independent Swing N/A

Rosstown

2020 Victorian local elections: Rosstown Ward[4][3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Margaret Esakoff 6,076 22.00 −1.26
Greens Sue Pennicuik 4,331 15.68 +2.68[a]
Independent Labor Tony Athanasopoulos 4,149 15.02 +2.21
Independent Neil Pilling 2,312 8.37 −2.90
Independent Liberal Simon Balzer 2,082 7.54 +7.54
Independent John Van Noorden 1,592 5.76 +5.76
Independent Robert Spaulding 1,576 5.71 +5.71
Independent Markus Oswald 1,555 5.63 +5.63
Independent Dev Oza 1,375 4.98 +4.98
Independent Liberal Kelvin Ho 771 2.79 −1.04
Independent Con Zois 669 2.42 −1.43
Independent Gregor Ptok 579 2.10 +2.10
Liberal Democrats Jack Dariol 549 1.99 +1.99
Turnout 29,246 82.74
Independent hold Swing −1.26
Independent Labor hold Swing +2.21
Independent gain from Greens Swing N/A

Tucker

2020 Victorian local elections: Tucker Ward[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Anne-Marie Cade 4,396 15.07 +10.69
Independent Labor Jim Magee 4,123 14.14 +4.26
Independent Labor Li Zhang 3,911 13.41 +4.01[b]
Independent Labor Declan Martin 4,149 12.39 +12.39
Independent Liberal Joanne Beilby 2,928 10.04 +10.04
Independent Cristina Santos 2,837 9.73 +9.73
Independent Liberal Philip Blair De'Ath 2,794 9.58 +3.14
Independent Neil Brewster 2,665 9.14 +3.00
Independent Joshua Bach 971 3.33 +3.33
Independent Jacob Dzialoshinsky 924 3.17 +3.17
Turnout 30,523 85.45
Independent gain from Independent Liberal Swing N/A
Independent Labor hold Swing +4.26
Independent Labor hold Swing +4.01

Greater Dandenong

The Labor Party did not officially endorse candidates, however 28 party members contested as Dandenong Labor candidates (and a further two contested as Independent Labor without the full endorsement of the other 28).[6]

Greater Dandenong results

2020 Victorian local elections: Greater Dandenong[7]
Party Votes % Seats Change
  Dandenong Labor 41,714 52.83 8
  Independent 28,358 35.92 1
  Independent Labor 3,817 4.83 0 Steady
  Independent Liberal 2,828 3.58 1
  Greens 2,234 2.82 1 Steady
 Formal votes 78,951

Cleeland

2020 Victorian local elections: Cleeland Ward[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Angela Long 1,676 26.61
Independent Dalibor Saula 1,246 19.78
Dandenong Labor Lidia Paul 1,029 16.34
Independent Solange Ardiles 792 12.57
Independent Madhu Warnakulasuriya 623 9.89
Dandenong Labor Hayat Rahimi 603 9.57
Dandenong Labor Reza Andesha 330 5.24
Turnout 6,599 74.78
Two-candidate-preferred result
Dandenong Labor Angela Long 3,571 56.69 N/A
Independent Dalibor Saula 2,728 43.31 N/A
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

Dandenong North

2020 Victorian local elections: Dandenong North Ward[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bob Milkovic 3,212 40.93
Dandenong Labor Zaynoun Melhem 2,891 36.84
Independent Gabrielle Maes 1,744 22.23
Turnout 8,045 85.07
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Bob Milkovic 4,257 54.25 N/A
Dandenong Labor Zaynoun Melhem 3,590 45.75 N/A
Independent win (new ward)

Dandenong

2020 Victorian local elections: Dandenong Ward[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Jim Memeti 3,447 61.16
Independent Geraldine Gonsalvez 1,324 23.49
Independent Liaqat Khan 470 8.34
Independent Naser Fekrat 395 7.01
Turnout 5,875 72.57
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

Keysborough South

2020 Victorian local elections: Keysborough South Ward[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Rhonda Garad 2,234 28.27
Independent Labor Stephen Fanous 2,015 25.50
Dandenong Labor Jessica Halliday 768 9.72
Independent Jeruisha Williams 618 7.82
Dandenong Labor Ramy El-Sukkari 592 7.49
Independent My Dung Phung 424 5.37
Dandenong Labor Gam Le 383 4.85
Independent Moonsamy Naidoo 303 3.83
Independent Thineng Meng 257 3.25
Independent Vivekkumar Desai 218 2.76
Independent Sandra Seng 89 1.13
Turnout 8,165 87.32
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Rhonda Garad 4,282 54.20 N/A
Independent Labor Stephen Fanous 3,619 45.80 N/A
Greens win (new ward)

Keysborough

2020 Victorian local elections: Keysborough Ward[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Tim Dark 2,828 34.37
Dandenong Labor Phillip Danh 2,035 24.73
Independent Sheree Samy 1,416 17.21
Independent Kun Sok 611 7.42
Dandenong Labor Sam Afra 330 4.01
Independent Irfan Syed 266 3.23
Dandenong Labor Reinaldo Pincheira 231 2.81
Independent Eugene Gvozdenko 177 2.15
Independent Maria Palmer 176 2.14
Independent Neelima Perika 159 1.93
Turnout 8,519 86.60
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Liberal Tim Dark 4,159 50.54 N/A
Dandenong Labor Phillip Danh 4,070 49.46 N/A
Independent Liberal win (new ward)

Noble Park North

2020 Victorian local elections: Noble Park North Ward[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Lana Formoso 3,124 40.94
Dandenong Labor Maria Sampey 1,485 19.46
Independent Silvana McMahon 839 11.00
Dandenong Labor Pradeep Hewavitharana 763 10.00
Independent Brad Woodford 722 9.46
Dandenong Labor Nizar Ashkar 697 9.13
Turnout 7,889 83.26 N/A
After distribution of preferences
Dandenong Labor Lana Formoso 4,087 53.56 N/A
Dandenong Labor Maria Sampey 1,877 24.60 N/A
Independent Silvana McMahon 1,666 21.83 N/A
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

Noble Park

2020 Victorian local elections: Noble Park Ward[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Sophie Tan 3,716 49.11
Independent Matt Pond 1,269 16.77
Dandenong Labor Sue Walton 1,156 15.28
Independent Alexander Forbes 825 10.90
Independent Yasmin Jugo 601 7.94
Turnout 7,788 81.74
After distribution of preferences
Dandenong Labor Sophie Tan 3,900 51.54 N/A
Independent Matt Pond 1,517 20.05 N/A
Dandenong Labor Sue Walton 1,249 16.51 N/A
Independent Alexander Forbes 901 11.91 N/A
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

Springvale Central

2020 Victorian local elections: Springvale Central Ward[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Richard Lim 4,399 59.95
Dandenong Labor Minh Van Tranh 1,177 16.04
Independent Thi Gam Tran 946 12.89
Independent Theresa Huynh 816 11.12
Turnout 7,530 83.35
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

Springvale North

2020 Victorian local elections: Springvale North Ward[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Sean O'Reilly 3,333 51.55
Independent Angela Holl 2,756 42.63
Dandenong Labor Ricardo Buensuceso 376 5.82
Turnout 6,646 80.79
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

Springvale South

2020 Victorian local elections: Springvale South Ward[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Loi Truong 2,651 32.82
Independent Leang Vuorch Kong 1,802 22.31
Independent William P.J. Billings 1,412 17.48
Independent Giorgio Migliaccio 993 12.29
Dandenong Labor Thay Horn Yim 981 12.14
Independent Suresh Shanmugam 239 2.96
Turnout 8,261 85.39
Two-candidate-preferred result
Dandenong Labor Loi Truong 4,084 50.56 N/A
Independent Leang Vuorch Kong 3,994 49.44 N/A
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

Yarraman

2020 Victorian local elections: Yarraman Ward[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dandenong Labor Eden Foster 1,977 33.17
Independent Jonathan Ichim 1,359 22.80
Dandenong Labor Cam Dang 9.55 9.55
Dandenong Labor Ravi Shankar 541 9.08
Dandenong Labor Ahmed Shukri 454 7.62
Independent Gul Rahman Taniwal 377 6.32
Independent Jet Saliu 372 6.24
Independent Hengshan Chen 5.23 312
Turnout 6,257 75.70
Two-candidate-preferred result
Dandenong Labor Eden Foster 3,294 55.26 N/A
Independent Jonathan Ichim 2,667 44.74 N/A
Dandenong Labor win (new ward)

2024 Yarraman Ward by-election

2024 Yarraman Ward by-election (20 February−8 March 2024)[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Phillip Danh 1,189 22.86
Independent Peter Brown 888 17.07
Independent Labor Alexandra Bryant 499 9.59
Independent Melinda Yim 389 7.48
Independent Rahima Rizai 363 6.98
Greens Robert Lim 332 6.38
Independent Labor Zahra Haydarbig 306 5.88
Independent Liberal Will Billings 290 5.58
Independent Thay-Horn Yim 258 4.96
Independent Susantha Abeysinghe 204 3.92
Independent Ahmed Shukri 181 3.48
Victorian Socialists Tevyn Gov 169 3.25
Independent Labor Sam Afra 133 2.56
Total formal votes 5,201 93.38
Informal votes 369 6.62
Turnout 5,570 67.13
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor Phillip Danh 2,654 51.03
Independent Peter Brown 2,547 48.97
Independent Labor hold Swing

Monash

2020 Victorian local elections: Monash
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independent Labor 44,343 45.71 6
  Burwood Liberals 20,167 20.79 1
  Independent 14,907 15.37 2
  Greens 11,314 11.66 2
  Independent Liberal 4,154 4.28 0
  Sustainable Australia 2,122 2.19 0 Steady
 Formal votes 97,007 95.02
 Informal votes 5,080 4.98
 Total 102,087 100.00 11
 Registered voters / turnout 120,823 84.49

Notes

  1. ^ Compared with the results of Greens candidate Clare Davey in 2016.
  2. ^ Compared with the results of Labor candidate Nina Taylor in 2016.

References

  1. ^ "2020 council election results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Bayside Council election results". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  3. ^ a b c d "Glen Eira City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  4. ^ a b "The Liberal Democrats have a strong team of candidates standing for local councils around the state this year". Facebook. Tim Quilty - Libertarian - Northern Victoria. 1 October 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  5. ^ "VOTE 1 MARGARET ESAKOFF". Facebook. Margaret Esakoff - Candidate for Bambra Ward. 13 September 2020. Archived from the original on 4 November 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024. I am not a member of a political party
  6. ^ "Leaked email reveals Labor's influence on council elections". Herald Sun.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Greater Dandenong City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  8. ^ "Meet the Greater Dandenong Council candidates – Dandenong North Ward". Dandenong Star Journal. 24 September 2024. Archived from the original on 24 September 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Greater Dandenong City Council, Yarraman Ward". Victorian Electoral Commission. 19 March 2024. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  10. ^ "ALP split opens election race". Dandenong Star Journal. 12 February 2024. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.