Environmental activist Ron Peltier won a seat on the Bainbridge Island City Council by winning 16 of Bainbridge’s 22 precincts and tapping tremendous support from central island voters, according to a Review analysis of unofficial precinct returns from Tuesday’s General Election.

Peltier outpaced opponent Pegeen Mulhern to claim the at-large council seat on the seven-member council by taking 54.1 percent of all votes cast Tuesday. Mulhern pulled in 45.6 percent of the vote.

Peltier, a 64-year-old carpenter and longtime islander taking his first shot at elected office, gained a convincing majority in 11 precincts on Bainbridge.

Unofficial results show Peltier received more votes than his 54.1 percent all-island tally in the precincts of Skiff Point (where he collected 65 percent of the vote), Manzanita (63), New Brooklyn (62), Rolling Bay (60), Blue Heron (59), Blakely (58), Finch (59), Torvanger (55), Eagle Harbor (55), Winslow (54.8) and Tolo (54.3).

Mulhern, a 60-year-old maritime business attorney, won a majority in six Bainbridge precincts.

She did best in Wing Point (53 percent of all votes cast), but also won the precincts of Meadowmeer (53), Crystal Springs (52), Port Madison (52), Fort Ward (51) and Island Center (51).

A total of 5,146 ballots were counted in Tuesday’s initial tally.

The vote count was 2,785 for Peltier, and 2,348 for Mulhern. There were 13 ballots with write-in names.

Bainbridge has 17,883 eligible voters. The turnout in the first vote tally represents a turnout of 28.8 percent.