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, and Wayne Smith had second place with 2172 votes. Geoff Hansen had 1995 votes, Nazir Yousafi 1994, Asher Coleman 1781, Damien Rosario 930, and Garry Page 886.
In Correa Ward, Gary Rowe led the way with 4247 votes. Kanu Aggarwal was in second place with 3553 votes. Tracey Ryan had 3029 votes, Abdullah Neshat 1784, Shegofa Naseri 1005, and Onkar Singh Sandhawalia 575.
In Quarters Ward, Carolyn Eaves went first with 2601 votes, and Ian Wood followed with 2274 votes. Craig Baird had 1961 votes, Aftab Hussain 1644, Kuljeet Kaur Robinson 1582, Jagdeep Singh Sukhija 1434, David Rolfe 865, and Ridvan Rasimi 270.
In Kowan Ward, Kasuni Mendis took the first spot with 2874 votes, followed by Bernard Brian Carr, who secured 2741 votes. Christine Skrobo had 2606 votes, Shane Taylor 2574, Jawad Erfani 1115, Joby George 745, Gagan Bumrah 499, and Raj Nayak 416.
In Tooradin Ward, Anthony Tassone came first with 3456 votes, followed by Jennifer Dizon, who harvested 3338 votes. Kuldeep Kaur had 1564 votes, Andrew Gai 1518, Ali Yaghobi 1223, Brenton Kelly 1118, and Singh Ravneet 482.
In Cranbourne Gardens Ward, Michelle Crowther had a lead with 4480 votes. Anthony Lake came second with 3245 votes. Tamas Kapitany had 2538 votes, Jo Muir 1303, Blessing Nhliziyo 1046, and Mary Beth Melton 976.
