2012 Gold Coast City Council election

2012 Gold Coast City Council election

28 April 2012 (2012-04-28)
Turnout
First party Second party Third party   IND IND Candidate Tom Tate Eddy Sarroff Susie Douglas Party Independent LNP Independent Independent Popular vote 83,876 40,958 35,417 Percentage 37.05% 18.09% 15.65% 2CP 64.34% 35.66%
Mayor before election Ron Clarke Independent Subsequent Mayor Tom Tate Independent LNP
All 15 members on the City Council (including the mayor) 8 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/– Independents N/A Independent LNP N/A This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2012 Gold Coast City Council election was held on 28 April 2012 to elect a mayor and 14 councillors to the City of Gold Coast. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia.

Results

Mayor

This section is an excerpt from 2012 Queensland mayoral elections § Gold Coast.[edit]

2012 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Tom Tate	83,876	37.05
	Independent	Eddy Sarroff	40,958	18.09
	Independent	Susie Douglas	35,417	15.65
	Independent	Peter Young	26,977	11.92
	Independent	Dean Vegas	20,868	9.22
	Independent	Keith Douglas	14,702	6.49
	Independent	John Abbott	3,568	1.58
Total formal votes			226,366	95.48
Informal votes			10,724	4.52
Turnout			237,090
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Tom Tate	90,935	64.34
	Independent	Eddy Sarroff	50,399	35.66
	Independent LNP gain from Independent		Swing

See also

• 2012 Queensland local elections
• 2012 Brisbane City Council election