Greater Bendigo City Council, Lockwood Ward by-election results
Last updated: Tuesday, 13 October 2026 02:56 PM
| Council | Voting count method |
| Lockwood Ward | Preferential |
Lockwood Ward (1 vacancy)
No candidate has received more than 50% of first preference votes. We're holding a preference distribution tomorrow to find the successful candidate.
We'll publish the preference distribution results as soon as they are finalised.
Count summary
| Enrolment: | 10615 |
| Formal votes: | 8485 |
| Informal votes: | 169 (1.95% of the total votes) |
| Votes counted: | 8654 (81.53% of the total enrolment) |
First preference votes
Please note: all percentages have been rounded to 2 decimal places.
| Candidate | First preference votes | Percentage |
| LOCKWOOD, Grant | 569 | 6.71% |
| MISHRA, Ajay | 2287 | 26.95% |
| MARTINEK, MaryAnn | 1135 | 13.38% |
| THORPE, David | 1846 | 21.76% |
| EDGAR, Emily | 1251 | 14.74% |
| HOLIAN, Robert Phillip | 1397 | 16.46% |