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Election results for Tower Hamlets

Tower Hamlets Mayoral Election - Thursday, 21st October, 2010

Status: Published

Tower Hamlets - results
Election Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Outcome
Lutfur Rahman	Independent	23283	51.76%	Elected
Helal Abbas	Labour Party	11254	25.02%	Not elected
Neil Anthony King	Conservative	5348	11.89%	Not elected
John David Macleod Griffiths	Liberal Democrats	2800	6.22%	Not elected
Alan Duffel	Green Party	2300	5.11%	Not elected

Voting Summary
Details	Number
Seats	1
Total votes	44985
Electorate	182482
Number of ballot papers returned	46719
Number of ballot papers rejected	1734
Turnout	25.60%

Share of the votes (%)
Lutfur Rahman	51.76%	Elected
Helal Abbas	25.02%	Not elected
Neil Anthony King	11.89%	Not elected
John David Macleod Griffiths	6.22%	Not elected
Alan Duffel	5.11%	Not elected

Rejected ballot papers
Description	Number
being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	280
voting for more Candidates than voter was entitled to	1398
writing or mark by which voter could be identified	56
Total rejected	1734