ORLANDO, Fla. — Bakari Burns has won the runoff election against Gary Siplin to fill Samuel Ing’s District 6 seat on the Orlando City Council, according to the Orange County Supervisor of Elections.

Burns won with 68 percent of the vote, while Gary Siplin received 32 percent of the vote.

District 6 is geographically large as it is diverse. It stretches from areas in the shadows of downtown Orlando, like Holden Heights and Washington Shores, down to the tourist heavy International Drive and Universal Studios.

The challenge for the two candidates in this race was motivating voters who have previously told Spectrum News 13 they feel unmotivated.

Many voters don’t feel like they are represented, so there is a disconnect — and the numbers show it.

During the general election in November, just 3,300 people voted in this race.

As of Tuesday afternoon, there are fewer votes than that — just about 2,300 votes out of more than 25,000 voters who are qualified to cast a vote. The majority of these votes have come in early through vote-by-mail ballots.

Additionally, the highest engagement was from those in the western area of Orlando. The Richmond Heights precinct had an 18 percent turnout, while neighboring Washington Shores and Lake Sunset area with 14 percent turnout.

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The lowest turnout as of Tuesday afternoon is from the tourist heavy areas like I-Drive, where just 2 percent of the voters have cast a vote.

The numbers show that a representative for a great many will be selected from a very few.

The issues that have been a central part of this race are affordable housing, wage equality, public transportation.

Polls closed at 7 p.m.