2026 UMSU Election Results
Pryce Starkey, Ruby Weir-Alarcon
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PRESIDENT
Candidate
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Two-Candidate | Swing |
|---|
Lottie Jenkins ✔
(Together)
| 1,954 | 51.62% | +9.85%1 | N/A3 | N/A3 |
Daniel Motika
(Community)
| 1,544 | 40.79% | -11.19% | N/A3 | N/A3 |
Harrison Kemp
(Progress)
| 287 | 7.58% | +1.34%2 |
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GENERAL SECRETARY
Candidate
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Two-Candidate | Swing |
|---|
Khush Shah ✔
(Together)
| 1,806 | 48.74% | +4.66%1 | 53.42% | +10.01%1 |
Corbin Afanasyev
(Community)
| 1,640 | 44.26% | -11.65% | 46.58% | -10.01%1 |
Percival Taylor
(Progress)
| 259 | 6.99% | +6.99%4 |
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CARTWHEEL COMPETITON
Cartwheeler
| Cartwheels | Percent | Swing | Quota
(111.7 Cartwheels) | Place Winner |
|---|
Lara ✔
(Independents for Southbank)
| 149 | 44.48% | N/A | 1.3 | First |
Leyla ✔
(Independents for Southbank)
| 101 | 30.15% | N/A | 0.9 | Second |
Samuel ✔
(Community)
| 50
| 14.93% | N/A | 0.4
| Third |
Elle
(Together)
| 28 | 8.36% | N/A | 0.3 |
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Lushy
(Together)
| 5 | 1.49% | N/A | 0.0 |
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Mystery Southbank Cartwheeler
(Socialist Action)
| 1 | 0.30% | N/A | 0.0 |
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John
(Progress)
| 1 | 0.30% | N/A | 0.0 |
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Total
| 335 |
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| 3 |
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EDUCATION (ACADEMIC AFFAIRS)
Candidate(s)
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Two-Candidate | Swing |
|---|
Pranay Maheta &
Rachael Fysh ✔
(Together)
| 1,830 | 49.57% | +7.61%1 | 53.42% | +10.93%1 |
Satvik Gulati &
Yashesvi Verma
(Community)
| 1,611 | 43.63% | -14.41% | 46.58% | -10.93%1 |
Nikolai Zarubin
(Progress)
| 251 | 6.80% | +6.80%4 |
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EDUCATION (PUBLIC AFFAIRS)
Candidate(s)
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Two-Candidate | Swing |
|---|
Minh Ha &
Toby Putland ✔
(Together)
| 1,741 | 47.96% | +1.14%1 | 51.21% | +5.15%1 |
Aidan Hawe
(Socialist Action)5
| 1,685 | 46.42% | -6.76%6 | 48.79% | -5.15%6 |
Rui Cao
(Independent)
| 204 | 5.62% | NEW |
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WELFARE
Candidate(s)
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Two-Candidate | Swing |
|---|
Mysha Siddiqui &
Yun Yi Chan ✔
(Together)
| 1,818 | 49.74% | +6.85%1 | 52.51% | +10.24%1 |
Holly Kalns &
Martyn Cherian
(Community)
| 1,637 | 44.79% | -12.31% | 47.49% | -10.24% |
Jamie Edwards
(Progress)
| 200 | 5.74% | +5.74%4 |
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CREATIVE ARTS
Candidate(s)
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Two-Candidate | Swing |
|---|
Mahar Arora &
Noelle Liang ✔
(Together)
| 1,382 | 39.98% | -0.83%1 | 52.75% | N/A7 |
Jinrui (Jimmy) Guo &
Prishita Shethia
(Community)
| 1,452 | 41.38% | -18.41% | 47.25% | N/A7 |
Felicity Bayne
(Independent Artists
Co-operative)
| 675 | 19.24% | NEW |
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William Main
(Progress)
| 123 | 5.47% | +5.47%4 |
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ACTIVITIES
Candidate(s)
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Three-Candidate8 | Swing |
|---|
Nathan Van Langenberg &
Yanyan Zhang ✔
(Together)
| 1,719 | 48.02% | +4.06%1 | 51.59% | +9.88%1 |
Shifa Ikram
(Community)
| 1,425 | 42.51% | -13.53% | 41.78% | -9.58% |
Lewis Regan
(Progress)
| 208 | 6.21% | +6.21%4 | 6.63% | N/A9
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Others
(Independent)
| 228 | 6.37% | N/A |
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ENVIRONMENT
Candidate(s)
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Two-Candidate | Swing |
|---|
Amaya Castro Williams ✔
(Socialist Action)5,10
| 1,633 | 44.78% | +44.78%10 | 50.81% | N/A11 |
David Dieperink &
Millie Mountford
(Together)
| 1,405 | 38.52% | -8.72%1 | 49.19% | N/A11 |
Eren Olmez & Shahana Seyar
(Independent Students
for Sustainability)
| 609
| 16.70% | NEW |
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MEDIA
Candidate(s)
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Two-Candidate | Swing |
|---|
Lachlan Caroll,
Saria Ratnam,
Taylah Xuerab &
Thomas Weir-Alarcon ✔
(Independent Media)
| UNCONTESTED | N/A | N/A | N/A10 | N/A10 |
CLUBS & SOCIETIES
Candidate(s)
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Two-Candidate | Swing |
|---|
Leon Nguyen van Tri
& Meiqi Liu ✔
(Together)
| 1,704 | 47.32% | -17.34%1,10 | 53.72% | N/A7 |
Alexander Hams
(Community)
| 1,520
| 42.21% | +42.214 | 46.28% | N/A7 |
John McClure
(Progress)
| 198 | 5.50% | +5.50%4 |
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Rui Cao
(Independent)
| 179
| 4.97% | NEW |
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WOMEN'S
Candidate(s)
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Two-Candidate | Swing |
|---|
Keerthi Ruddraramker
& Melo Nicholson ✔
(Together)
| 815 | 47.22% | +22.88%1 | 52.79% | N/A7 |
Naya Ikram &
Yuqi Ma
(Community)
| 749
| 43.40% | -8.30% | 47.21% | N/A7,12 |
Elizabeth Sheezel
(Progress)
| 99 | 5.74% | +5.74%4 |
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Lia Handa
(Independent)
| 63
| 3.65% | NEW |
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QUEER
Candidate(s)
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Two-Candidate | Swing |
|---|
Mabel Shelley &
Ronglin Hou ✔
(Together)
| 714 | 61.23% | +16.00%1 | N/A | N/A |
Nandi Rathore &
Vibha Amit
(Community)
| 452
| 38.77% | -16.00% | N/A | N/A |
DISABILITIES
Candidate(s)
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Two-Candidate | Swing |
|---|
Angela Ranasinghe
& Julia Gunther ✔
(Together)
| 292
| 57.89% | +39.13%1 | N/A | N/A |
Aahna Kamboj
& Clarissa Soth
(Community)
| 216
| 42.11% | -21.80% | N/A | N/A |
PEOPLE OF COLOUR
Candidate(s)
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Two-Candidate | Swing |
|---|
Lushy Chinganya &
Yasmin Saab ✔
(Together)
| 679
| 56.73% | +33.85%1 | N/A | N/A |
Leon Lu &
Muntaha Amreeb
(Community)
| 518
| 43.27% | -5.84% | N/A | N/A |
INDIGENOUS
Candidate
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Two-Candidate | Swing |
|---|
Clare Trainor ✔
(Community)
| 19
| 57.58% | N/A13 | N/A | N/A |
Cate Fardon
(Together)
| 14
| 42.42% | N/A13 | N/A | N/A |
STUDENT COUNCIL
Ticket
| Primary Vote | Percent | Swing | Quota
(184.9 votes) | Seats (Total) |
|---|
Together ✔
| 1,147 | 38.78% | +7.54%1 | 6.2 | 9 (+4) |
Community
| 996 | 33.67% | -6.79% | 5.4 | 8 (-3) |
Socialist Action
| 495 | 16.73% | N/A4 | 2.7 | 3 (+3) |
Independent Media
| 185 | 6.25% | +3.07% | 1.0 | 1 (-) |
Progress
| 66 | 2.23% | -0.77%2 | 0.36 | 0 (-) |
Better
| 50 | 1.69% | NEW | 0.27 | 0 (-) |
Other
| 19 | 0.64% | N/A |
| 1 (-3) |
Total
| 2,958 |
|
| 16.0 | 22 |
As Activate
As Rebuild
No 2CP count was conducted as a candidate won a majority of first preferences
Did not contest in 2025
Listed on the ballot as the Community candidate
From Community
Won on first preferences in 2025
No 2CP count was conducted as Together won on primary votes before Progress was eliminated from the count
Independent Ezra Bangun made the 3CP count in 2025, with 6.93% of the vote
No major ticket contested in 2025
Activate won with 47.25% of the primary vote in 2025
Community won with 51.70% of the primary vote in 2025
No candidate contested in 2025
Updates
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| Wednesday STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTED Isabella McRae McLeod (Together), Kashyap Sreekumar (Community), Reema Ababneh (Socialist Action), Jake Proctor (Together), Vinnie Yan (Community), Anjali Manoj (Socialist Action), Yifan (Roger) Cao (Together), Ryunosuke Himeda (Community), Pablo Paskos (Together), Radman Amel Monirian (Community), Shirley Tang (Together), Tasmiya Haque (Together), Mansi Sharma (Community) and Yasmeen Atiej (Socialist Action) have been elected to Student Council.
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| NUS DELEGATION ELECTED Melo Nicholson (Together), Daniel Motika (Community), Aidan Hawe (Socialist Action), Toby Putland (Together), Corbin Afanasyev (Community), Jake Proctor (Together), Holly Kalns (Community) have been elected to the University of Melbourne NUS delegation.
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| ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE ELECTED Edward Iager (Together), Niam Airey (Community), Frank Ngo (Together), Rachel Tran (Together), Aarika Sharma (Community), Eliza Grace (Together) and Shani Dhariwal (Community) have been elected to the Activities Committee.
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| CREATIVE ARTS COMMITTEE ELECTED Pablo Paskos (Together), Mehrak Mizan (Community), Emma Guthrie (Independent Artists Co-operative), Ansh Jindal (Together), Freya Hosking (Together), Manya Agrawal (Community) and Pooja Srinivasan (Community) have been elected to the Creative Arts Committee.
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| EDUCATION COMMITTEE ELECTED Joey Vun (Together), Ryo Oguchi (Community), Bambarawana Liyanagamage Nesandi Naadithya (Socialist Action), Benjamin Freeburn-Riebeling (Together), M Warid Abdullah (Community), Linda LI (Together) and Jiya Dhama (Community) have been elected to the Education Committee.
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| ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE ELECTED Flynn Slater (Together), Lola Bowers (Community), Bella Beiraghi (Socialist Action), Ariana Gu (Together), Samuel Licciardino (Community), Oliver Baitch (Together) and Shahana Seyar (Independent Students for Sustainability) have been elected to the Environment Committee.
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| WELFARE COMMITTEE ELECTED Max Zhang (Together), Aidan O’Reilly (Community), Ling Hao (Together), Harold Avinesh (Community), Aulia Sarah Andraina (Together), Angela Clark (Community) and Du Wang (Together) have been elected to the Welfare Committee.
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| DISABILITIES COMMITTEE ELECTED Lachie Templeman-Hughes (Together), Dharm Saraswat (Community), Kenway Sheridan (Together), Frances Varghese (Together), Isabella Li (Community), Alex Gwynn (Together) and Nyssa Gupta (Community) have been elected to the Disabilities Committee.
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| POC COMMITTEE ELECTED Tasmiya Haque (Together), Muhammad Fardeen (Community), Tjipo Morgan (Together), Qichen Wang (Community), Hayley Kendi Njagi (Together), Wenhan Ju (Community) and Salia Nimley (Together) have been elected to the People of Colour Committee.
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| QUEER COMMITTEE ELECTED Jay Huang (Together), Aryan Lalit Kalpande (Community), Willow Kecskes-Judd (Together), Kathryn McInerney Sotomayor (Community), Ted Kelly (Together), Natalie Ryan (Together) and Beatrix Hiep (Together) have been elected to the Queer Committee.
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| WOMEN'S COMMITTEE ELECTED Qing (Alissa) Chen (Together), Niamh Clarke (Community), Keiyona Shankar (Together), Phoebe Adams (Community), Zahra Batoory (Together), Yagmur Eda Yildiz (Community) and Erling Xu (Together) have been elected to the Women's Committee.
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| BURNLEY STUDENTS COMMITTEE ELECTED Nina Middleton (independent) and Rory Crofts (independent) have been elected to the Burnley Students Committee. Five vacancies remain, as only two nominations were received.
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| SOUTHBANK STUDENTS COMMITTEE ELECTED Hadyn Collier (Independents for Southbank), Kathryn McInerney Sotomayor (Community), Juniper Salt (Independents for Southbank), Mackenzie Hawkins (Independents for Southbank), Miranda Zabel (Independents for Southbank), Natasha McBain (Independents for Southbank) and Tirion Luff-White (Independents for Southbank) have been elected to the Southbank Students Committee.
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| 7:07 PM NUS CANDIDATES ELECTED Melo Nicholson (Together), Daniel Motika (Community) and Aidan Hawe (Socialist Action) received votes over the quota for NUS Delegate. |
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| 7:05 PM GRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE ON COUNCIL ELECTED Kanishka Saini (Community) has been elected as the Graduate Representative on Student Council. |
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| 7:00 PM INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON COUNCIL ELECTED Yichen Yang (Community) has been elected as the International Representative on Student Council with 546 primary votes. |
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| 7:03 PM STUDENT COUNCIL CANDIDATES ELECTED Isabella McRae McLeod (Together), Kashyap Sreekumar (Community) and Reema Ababneh (Socialist Action) received votes over the quota for Student Council. |
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| 7:00 PM SOUTHBANK REPRESENTATIVE ON STUDENTS' COUNCIL ELECTED Matteo Rafael Bonson has been elected as Southbank Council Representative with 112 primary votes. |
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| 7:00 PM SOUTHBANK COMMITTEE CANDIDATES ELECTED Hadyn Collier (Independents for Southbank) and Kathryn McInerney Sotomayor (Community) received votes over the quota for Southbank Committee. |
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| 6:50 PM POC OBS ELECTED Lushy Chinganya and Yasmin Saab (Together) have been elected as People of Colour OBs with 518 primary votes. |
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| 6:56 PM WELFARE COMMITTEE CANDIDATES ELECTED Max Zhang (Together) and Aidan O'Reilly (Community) received votes over the quota for Welfare Committee. |
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| 6:56 PM EDUCATION COMMITTEE CANDIDATES ELECTED Joey Vun (Together), Ryo Oguchi (Community) and Bambarawana Liyanagamage Nesandi Naadithya (Socialist Action) received votes over the quota for Education Committee. |
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| 6:55 PM CREATIVE ARTS COMMITTEE CANDIDATES ELECTED Pablo Paskos (Together), Mehrak Mizan (Community) and Emma Guthrie (Independent Artists Co-operative) received votes over the quota for Creative Arts Committee. |
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| 6:49 PM ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE CANDIDATES ELECTED Flynn Slater (Together), Lola Bowers (Community) and Bella Beiraghi (Socialist Action) received votes over the quota for Environment Committee. |
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| 6:50 PM INDIGENOUS OB ELECTED Claire Trainor (Community) has been elected as Indigenous OB with 19 primary votes. |
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| 6:49 PM DISABILITIES COMMITTEE CANDIDATES ELECTED Lachie Templeman-Hughes (Together) and Dharm Saraswat (Community) received votes over the quota for Disabilities Committee. |
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| 6:47 PM DISABILITIES REPRESENTATIVE ON COUNCIL ELECTED Lachie Templeman Hughes (Together) has been elected as the Disabilities Representative on Student Council with 277 primary votes. |
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| 6:47 PM DISABILITIES OBS ELECTED Angela Ranasinghe and Julia Gunther (Together) have been elected as Disabilities OBs with 297 primary votes. |
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| 6:41 PM QUEER COMMITTEE CANDIDATES ELECTED Jay Huang (Together) and Aryan Lalit Kalpande (Community) received votes over the quota for Queer Committee. |
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| 6:47 PM QUEER REPRESENTATIVE ON COUNCIL ELECTED Natalie Ryan (Together) has been elected as the Queer Representative on Student Council with 634 primary votes. |
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| 6:41 PM QUEER OBS ELECTED Mabel Shelley and Ronglin Hou (Together) have been elected as Queer OBs with 714 primary votes. |
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| 6:41 PM WOMEN'S OBS ELECTED Keerthi Ruddraramker and Melo Nicholson (Together) have been elected as Women's OBs with 815 primary votes. |
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| 6:41 PM CLUBS & SOCIETIES OBS ELECTED Leon Nguyen van Tri and Meiqi Liu (Together) have been elected as Clubs & Societies OBs with 1704 primary votes. |
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| 6:40 PM ENVIRONMENT OB ELECTED Amaya Castro Williams (Community, Socialist Action) has been elected as Environment OB with 1633 primary votes. |
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| 6:38 PM ACTIVITIES OBS ELECTED Nathan Van Langenberg and Yanyan Zhang (Together) have been elected as Activities OBs with 1863 primary votes. |
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| 6:35 PM CREATIVE ARTS OBS ELECTED Manhar Arora and Noelle Liang (Together) have been elected as Creative Arts OBs with 1382 primary votes. |
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| 6:35 PM WELFARE OBS ELECTED Mysha Siddiqui and Yun Yi Chan (Together) have been elected as Welfare OBs with 1818 primary votes. |
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| 6:35 PM ACADEMIC (PUBLIC AFFAIRS) OBS ELECTED Minh Ha and Toby Putland (Together) have been elected as Academic (Public Affairs) OBs with 1741 primary votes. |
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| 6:35 PM ACADEMIC (EDUCATION) OBS ELECTED Pranay Maheta and Rachel Fysh (Together) have been elected as Academic (Education) OBs with 1830 primary votes. |
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| 6:31 PM GENERAL SECRETARY ELECTED Khush Shah (Together) has been elected as General Secretary with 1873 primary votes. |
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| 6:31 PM PRESIDENT ELECTED Lottie Jenkins (Together) has been elected as President with 1954 primary votes. |
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| 6:30 PM Final vote count revealed 4,573 votes were cast in the election. |