Council election 2012 - media

We'll be posting useful information for journalists here in the run up to the Council election on 3 May 2012.

On the following pages you can find information about:

• Operational information for media attending the count
  
• Photography and filming opportunities before and during polling/the count
• The count process and electronic counting
• Who's who at the election
• The election in Edinburgh by numbers
  

General information

• Results of 2007 local government election (NB - there have been no ward boundary changes since then)
• Edinburgh by Numbers (2011/2012) - general information about the city
• Individual ward maps and interactive map of polling stations
  

Voting system and count process

• A summary of the voting system (Electoral Commission web page)
• More detail on how to vote (Electoral Commission booklet - PDF)
• Single page summary of voting system (Electoral Commission PDF)
• Detailed presentation on the count system and electronic counting (Logica - web page)
• Presentations given to candidates and agents (Powerpoint)
  
• Pack given to candidates and agents about the whole process (Word)