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.

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
Registered	108,434
Turnout	64,996 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

At the 2012 election, the number of council seats increased from 7 to 9.

Results

Mayoral election

2012 City of Melbourne mayoral election

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			62,169	95.65	+0.32
Informal votes			2,827	4.35	−0.32
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		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		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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			63,664	97.84	+0.48
Informal votes			1,407	2.16	−0.48
Turnout			65,071	60.01	−2.25