Updated at 6 p.m. May 8 with candidates' statements

With all 29 precincts reporting, Joe Zimmerman and Harish Jajoo will have a runoff election for Sugar Land mayor. Zimmerman received 3,388 votes, or 41.06 percent of the votes and Jajoo received 2,846 votes, or 34.49 percent, according to the Fort Bend County Elections and Voter Registration Office.

Lloyd Myatt Hancock received 1,582 votes, or 19.17 percent of the votes; Kyle Stanley received 230 votes, or 2.79 percent of the votes; and Khan received 206 votes, or 2.5 percent. A runoff election will be held June 11, as no candidate garnered at least 50 percent of the vote, according to the county Elections and Voter Registration Office.

“I am incredibly thankful to the residents of Sugar Land for their faith in me," Zimmerman said in a statement. "Being prepared for more growth in anticipation of Greatwood’s and New Territory’s proposed future annexation and finding solutions to the aging infrastructure are priorities in my campaign."

He and Jajoo, both engineers, ran on their City Council experience. Zimmerman is the council member for at large Position 2, and Jajoo can reclaim his seat as council member for Position 4 if not elected mayor.

"I thought I did exceedingly well," Jajoo said. "I look forward to the next four weeks or five weeks of listening to people."

Five of eight ballot propositions passed in the election.

Proposition 1 passed with 4,842 votes in favor and 67.39 percent of the electorate; Proposition 3 passed with 5,856 votes in favor and 78.84 percent of the electorate; Proposition 4 passed with 3,944 votes in favor and 54.90 percent of the electorate; Proposition 5 passed with 4,667 votes in favor and 65.25 percent of the electorate; and Proposition 6 passed with 5,555 votes in favor and 77.37 percent of the electorate.

Proposition 2, 7 and 8 failed. All results are unofficial until canvassed.

Posted at 8:28 p.m. May 7

According to May 7 unofficial early voting results, Joe Zimmerman is leading in the race to replace outgoing Sugar Land Mayor James Thompson. Harish Jajoo is next in the vote count, followed by Lloyd Myatt Hancock, Kyle Stanley and Sarwar Khan.

Early returns reported Zimmerman has received 2,158 votes, or 40.93 percent of the votes. Jajoo has received 1,884 votes, or 35.74 percent, according to the Fort Bend County Elections and Voter Registration Office.

Hancock has received 981 votes, or 18.61 percent of the votes; Stanley has received 133 votes, or 2.52 percent of the votes; and Khan has received 116 votes, or 2.20 percent. Zimmerman is the council member for at large Position 2, and Jajoo can reclaim his seat as council member for Position 4 if not elected mayor. If no candidate garners at least 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election would be held June 11, according to the county Elections and Voter Registration Office.

Issues including multifamily housing caps for new developments, infrastructure spending, flood control and government transparency were highlighted throughout the election.

Zimmerman and Jajoo, both engineers, ran on their City Council experience while Zimmerman pledged to preserve public safety and improve infrastructure. Jajoo campaigned for lower property taxes and Hancock, president of Hancock Mortgage Partners, was backed by citizen group Sugar Land Votes and advocated for a 200-unit cap on multifamily housing in new developments.

Hancock, Stanley, a logistics and systems analyst for Loumos Group, and Khan, a fleet and internet manager for Sterling McCall Toyota, have called themselves "outsider candidates."

Stanley pushed for more transparency on the part of City Council while Khan campaigned for a new flagship university in Sugar Land.

Ballot propositions

Unofficial early voting results also show seven of eight ballot propositions were passed. Propositions were to amend sections 1-3 of the city charter, specifically topics related to charter constitutionality, City Council term limits and vacancies, and the responsibilities of council members.

Proposition 1 clarifies the charter to say it remains whole even if another section or sentence is declared unconstitutional. The initiative is passing with 3,194 votes in favor and 69.72  percent of the electorate.

Proposition 2 increases the current two-year terms for council members and mayor to three-year terms, change the term limitations from four consecutive terms in a nine-year period to three consecutive terms in a 10-year period, and clarifies that the term limitations apply to one person holding any single position, according to the city of Sugar Land.

The changes would take effect as of the May 2017 election for district positions and as of the May 2018 election for the mayor and at-large positions. The initiative is passing with 2,387 votes in favor and 50.16 percent of the electorate.

Proposition 3 allows vacancies for terms greater than 12 months to be filled by election, an initiative which is passing with 3,782 votes in favor and 80.18 percent of the electorate. Proposition 4—which is passing with 2,650 votes in favor and 57.72 percent of the electorate—clarifies City Council’s powers to include exclusive jurisdiction over all public property.

Proposition 5 amends the charter to add a new section titled “Interference with Management” to prevent the City Council and its individual members can interfere with the daily operations, direct or give orders to city employees supervised by the city manager except through the city manager. The initiative is passing with 3,062 votes in favor and 67.05 percent of the electorate.

Proposition 6 adds definitions for the words and phrases “city council,” “council,” “council member,” “member of the city council” and “member of the council” for consistency throughout the charter. The initiative is passing with 3,613 votes in favor and 78.77 percent of the electorate.

Proposition 7 changes the required petition percentage for initiative and referendum from “a number equal or greater than 30 percent of those voting in the last city election” to “at least 15 percent of the registered voters of the city as of the initial petition date,” according to the city.  The initiative is failing with 2,346 votes in favor and 51.64 percent of the electorate.

The initiative would increase the threshold required for a petition to be a ballot initiative or referendum, to which Land Votes is opposed.

Finally, Proposition 8 amends to the required petition percentages to recall the mayor or an at-large council member from 25 percent to 15 percent of the registered voters of the city as of the initial petition date. The proposition also amends the required petition percentages to recall a single-member district council member from 20 percent to 15 percent of the registered voters residing in the district as of the initial petition date.

The initiative is passing with 2,304 votes in favor and 50.63 percent of the electorate. All results are unofficial until canvassed.