{"id":32871,"date":"2012-10-29T02:02:43","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T16:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=32871"},"modified":"2012-10-31T01:17:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T15:17:43","slug":"2012-victorian-local-council-election-far-left-and-far-right-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=32871","title":{"rendered":"2012 Victorian local council election : far left and far right (results)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updater (October 31)<\/strong> : Sue Bolton (Socialist Alliance) has been elected to Moreland Council. This means SA now has two councillors (the other being Sam Wainwright<\/a> in Fremantle).<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong> : Socialist Party says : “Thank you to the 150+ people who helped out on our 2012 election campaign! We managed to increase our vote dramatically and won 20% across Yarra. This means we got Stephen Jolly re-elected with the highest vote in the election, and just missed out on 2 more seats. ALP got just 24% and 3 of their candidates scraped in (1 of them by just 2 votes!). Further to this we won the vote in Langridge Ward, out polling both the Greens and the ALP! We will continue to work hard over the next 4 years and win more support for socialist ideas. If you want to get involved, join the Socialist Party!”<\/p>\n

Melbourne<\/strong> remains<\/a> Property of Robert Doyle<\/em> and the public put Put Public First last, Uncle Joe’s ticket gaining 1059 votes (1.70%). In Maribyrnong<\/strong>, The Great White Hope was a fella by the name of John Carbonari. He rode a donkey into 5th place with 517 votes (5.34%). In Moreland<\/strong>‘s North East Ward, Socialist Alliance candidate Sue Bolton’s donkey has proven to be much faster than Carbonari’s, and from a dizzying array of 24 candidates it seems possible that Sue may be one of four catapulted into Moreland Council chambers. In the ding-dong battle for Mayor of Geelong<\/strong>, Sue Bull is… waiting. Finally, in the Yarra<\/strong> Soviet it seems Steve Jolly will remain so having secured 3515 votes (34.24%) but whether or not Anthony Main retains his seat is uncertain at this stage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And here’s a video of some Lebanese politicians arguing with one another.<\/p>\n