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Election results for City and East Constituency

Election of a London Assembly Member - Thursday, 5th May, 2016

Status: Published
https://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/election-results/results-2016

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City and East Constituency - results
Election Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Outcome
Unmesh Desai	Labour Party	122175	57.79%	Elected
Councillor Chris Chapman	Conservative	32546	15.39%	Not elected
Rachel Collinson	Green Party	18766	8.88%	Not elected
Peter James Harris	UKIP	18071	8.55%	Not elected
Elaine Bagshaw	Liberal Democrats	10714	5.07%	Not elected
Rayne Mickail	Respect (George Galloway)	6772	3.20%	Not elected
Amina May Kay Gichinga	Take Back the City	1368	0.65%	Not elected
Aaron Anthony Jose Hasan D'Souza	All People's Party	1009	0.48%	Not elected

Voting Summary
Details	Number
Total votes	211421
Number of ballot papers rejected	3203

Share of the votes (%)
Unmesh Desai	57.79%	Elected
Councillor Chris Chapman	15.39%	Not elected
Rachel Collinson	8.88%	Not elected
Peter James Harris	8.55%	Not elected
Elaine Bagshaw	5.07%	Not elected
Rayne Mickail	3.20%	Not elected
Amina May Kay Gichinga	0.65%	Not elected
Aaron Anthony Jose Hasan D'Souza	0.48%	Not elected

Rejected ballot papers
Description	Number
being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	2237
rejected in part	114
voting for more Candidates than voter was entitled to	837
want of an official mark	1
writing or mark by which voter could be identified	14
Total rejected	3203