ALBURY councillor Kevin Mack is poised to return as mayor for the next two years after a massive personal vote in the council election on Saturday.
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Cr Mack has blitzed his rivals based on the 22,727 formal votes counted to date with his ticket No.2 John Stuchbery considered a certainty to also be elected.
There is also a chance Cr Mack's 31.7 per cent of the vote so far could also lead to his No.3 Murray King winning a spot.
Cr Mack is expected to return unopposed to the mayoral position he occupied for two terms in the previous council.
The other councillors considered certainties to be back include Alice Glachan, Henk van de Ven and Darren Cameron.
The incoming council will also have its first Greens' candidate in 26-year-old doctor, Amanda Cohn.
Cr Graham Docksey and Cr David Thurley are going to have to rely on preferences to remain on council.
Cr van de Ven's No.2 Helen Spittal is also in with an outside chance of being elected for the first time.
She has the highest number of first preference votes of a No.2 to date, but preference flows will make or break her election to council.
Cr Mack, who completed a clean sweep of all booths counted to date, confirmed he would be standing for mayor again with the term increasing from one year to two.
"A high percentage of people walking into booths on Saturday were asking whether I would be standing for mayor," he said.
"Absolutely I will.
"The people have acknowledged you work really hard.
"The report card is in and we keep doing what we do.
"It is a good endorsement and we get on with the job."
Cr Mack took aim at the NSW Electoral Commission for the 11.72 per cent informal vote to date.
"It is a blight on the electoral commission for not advertising enough that there was an election on,” he said.
"It was ridiculous."
Cr Mack's biggest booth success was at Thurgoona Public where he polled 1066 of the 2668 formal votes counted.
His closest rival was Cr Glachan with 433.
Albury Citizens and Ratepayers Movement is shaping as a spent force with only 1.35 per cent of the vote to date.
Counting will resume on Monday with the final make-up of council expected mid-week.