The voters of unincorporated south Fulton were heard Tuesday as the call to form the City of South Fulton failed in a landslide vote.

Numbers from Fulton County Elections Commission showed that 84.7 percent of the 9,640 residents casting a vote decided in favor of the area remaining unincorporated.

Precincts reporting at 10:45 p.m. showed that votes in 32 of 33 precincts, or 96.97 percent, had been counted, with 8,161 electors voting in opposition to the new city and 1,479 in favor.

Election day tallies reflected a voter turnout of 26 percent.

The proposed City of South Fulton was the only one of Fulton County’s five unincorporated areas that opted to remain unincorporated. Chattahoochee Hill Country, Milton, John’s Creek and Sandy Springs had previously voted to establish city-hood.