VEC Results for 2013 Colac Otway Shire Council countback

Countbacks occur for local councils when a casual vacancy is to be filled in a multi-councillor ward or unsubdivided municipality. In a countback, votes for the vacating councillor from the last election are redistributed to unsuccessful candidates according to the voters' preferences. For each countback a report is generated for the distribution of these preferences

当多席位选区或未分区市镇需通过补选填补职位临时空缺时，地方议会需启动递补计票（Countback）程序。在递补计票环节，需将上一轮选举中投给离任议员的选票，按照选民的偏好顺序重新分配给未当选候选人。针对每一次递补计票，均会生成一份关于该偏好分配情况的专项报告。