By Violet Li
The Group A provisional results for six wards across Casey South were revealed on Thursday 31 October.
Votes that arrived by 6pm Friday 25 October are named Group A and after Group B. According to VEC, Group B votes will be counted on Thursday 7 November and preferences will follow afterwards.
Across the 12 wards in the City of Casey, about 160, 703 Group A votes were counted and there are 32,732 Group B votes waiting to be counted.
In River Gum Ward, Lynette Pereira topped the Group A provisional results with a total of 3142 votes (24.4 per cent), and Wayne Smith had second place with 2172 votes (16.8 per cent). Geoff Hansen had 1995 votes (15.5 per cent), Nazir Yousafi 1994 (15.5 per cent), Asher Coleman 1781 (13.8 per cent), Damien Rosario 930 (7.2 per cent), and Garry Page 886 (6.9 per cent).
In Correa Ward, Gary Rowe led the way with 4247 votes (29.9 per cent). Kanu Aggarwal was in second place with 3553 votes (25 per cent). Tracey Ryan had 3029 votes (21.3 per cent), Abdullah Neshat 1784 (12.6 per cent), Shegofa Naseri 1005 (7.1 per cent), and Onkar Singh Sandhawalia 575 (4.1 per cent).
In Quarters Ward, Carolyn Eaves went first with 2601 votes (20.6 per cent), and Ian Wood followed with 2274 votes (18 per cent). Craig Baird had 1961 votes (15.5 per cent), Aftab Hussain 1644 (13 per cent), Kuljeet Kaur Robinson 1582 (12.5 per cent), Jagdeep Singh Sukhija 1434 (11.4 per cent), David Rolfe 865 (6.8 per cent), and Ridvan Rasimi 270 (2.1 per cent).
In Kowan Ward, Kasuni Mendis took the first spot with 2874 votes (21.2 per cent), followed by Bernard Brian Carr, who secured 2741 votes (20.2 per cent). Christine Skrobo had 2606 votes (19.2 per cent), Shane Taylor 2574 (19 per cent), Jawad Erfani 1115 (8.2 per cent), Joby George 745 (5.5 per cent), Gagan Bumrah 499 (3.7 per cent), and Raj Nayak 416 (3.1 per cent).
In Tooradin Ward, Anthony Tassone came first with 3456 votes (27.2 per cent), followed by Jennifer Dizon, who harvested 3338 votes (26.3 per cent). Kuldeep Kaur had 1564 votes (12.3 per cent), Andrew Gai 1518 (12 per cent), Ali Yaghobi 1223 (9.6 per cent), Brenton Kelly 1118 (8.8 per cent), and Singh Ravneet 482 (3.8 per cent).
In Cranbourne Gardens Ward, Michelle Crowther had a lead with 4480 votes (33 per cent). Anthony Lake came second with 3245 votes (23.9 per cent). Tamas Kapitany had 2538 votes (18.7 per cent), Jo Muir 1303 (9.6 per cent), Blessing Nhliziyo 1046 (7.7 per cent), and Mary Beth Melton 976 (7.2 per cent).
