2016 Melbourne City Council election

2016 Melbourne City Council election

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Registered	133,801
Turnout	73,795 4.79%
Candidate Robert Doyle Olivia Ball Phil Cleary Deputy candidate Arron Wood Roxane Ingleton Junxi Su Voting ticket Independent Greens Independent First round 31,743 15,131 7,745 First round (%) 44.62% 21.72% 10.89% Final round 36,974 18,481 15,682 Final round (%) 51.98% 25.98% 22.04%
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 2016 to elect 9 councillors to the council, as well as the direct election of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne. Independent Robert Doyle was re-elected as Lord Mayor for a third term.

Following the resignation of councillor-elect Brooke Wandin, a full recount of councillor ballots was ordered by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal on 14 March 2017.^[1]