Debut-candidate Andrew Pull not far from claiming an official seat on Cabonne Council

Incumbent councillors, Kevin Beatty and Marlene Nash, pinned two of the nine seats down early for the upcoming term when the first preference votes were counted on election day earlier this month.

The popular votes gave both the re-elected councillors a bit of early breathing room and, now, debut-runner Mr Pull appears to be tapping into some of that oxygen as well.

Mr Pull landed almost 40 per cent of the vote counted in his home town of Canowindra, and is around 50 votes shy of landing the required quota overall to earn a place on Cabonne's new council for the upcoming term.

"I'm feeling pretty confident and comfortable with where I'm at on the board," Mr Pull said.

"The support of Canowindra has left me feeling really privileged and pleased."

Having taken on several different roles within the community, Mr Pull could only presume the people of Canowindra could see their votes going toward an advocate who'd continue as a proactive leader.

"In my experience dealing with community events and liaising in the local volunteer roles that I've been involved in, it does give people a promising profile to trust, so I'm looking forward to being a representative for us all."

Kevin Beatty still leads the polls out in front with 23.88 per cent of the formal votes, Marlene Nash sits behind Beatty at 13.96 per cent and Andrew Pull looks comfortable in third position with 9.25 per cent so far.

Between some of his current roles from Chairman for the Canowindra Balloon Festival to head honcho of rugby league competition the Woodbridge Cup, Pull said he's eager to grab a council seat and start putting more focus across Cabonne as a whole.

"I'm really excited to hopefully get sworn into council and start contributing to Canowindra and the wider [Cabonne] area," Pull stated.

"And I really want to stress the fact that it's not just about what I think is best; the people of these towns, and their ideas, are just as important to me as what I think."

Though the count in Cabonne continues, behind Mr Pull sits fellow Canowindra and debut candidate, Kathryn O'Ryan, with 8.19 per cent of the vote.

Cr Jamie Jones nips at the heels of O'Ryan in fifth with 8.15 per cent, first-timer Dr Andrew Rawson in at sixth with 8.09 per cent, Peter Batten seventh with 6.52 per cent with Libby Oldham and debut-runner Aaron Pearson both tied for eighth spot at 4.8 per cent and Kevin Walker sitting with 3.75 per cent of the overall votes.

There are nine seats set to be filled in the Cabonne council chamber, once counting is completed.

A final decision to form the nine seats of Cabonne Council for the next term is expected to be made by the end of this week.