2024 New South Wales local elections

2024 New South Wales local elections

14 September 2024

127 of the 128 local government areas in New South Wales
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
Leader N/A N/A N/A
Party Independents Labor Liberal
Last election 776 seats 188 seats 127 seats
Seats before 784 184 129
Seats won 722 162 115
Seat change 54 26 12
Primary vote 1,386,557 1,107,839 750,296
Percentage 32.57% 26.02% 17.62%
Swing 0.16 0.65 0.10

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
OLC
Leader No leader John Ruddick Paul Garrard
Party Greens Libertarian OLC
Last election 65 seats 0 seats 10 seats
Seats before 64 1 9
Seats won 73 10 5
Seat change 8 10 4
Primary vote 411,999 87,056 42,834
Percentage 9.68% 2.04% 1.01%
Swing 0.84 1.93 0.80

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
CVA
AJP
Leader No leader No leader William Bourke
Party Community Voice Animal Justice Sustainable
Last election Did not exist 1 seat 2 seats
Seats before 0 1 2
Seats won 3 0 1
Seat change 3 1 1
Primary vote 23,222 15,634 13,865
Percentage 0.55% 0.37% 0.33%
Swing 0.55 0.13 0.15

The 2024 New South Wales local elections were held on 14 September 2024 to elect the councils of 127 of the 128 local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales, Australia. 37 councils also held mayoral elections, and eight councils conducted referendums.

The New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC) conducted the elections for 125 councils, while the private Australian Election Company conducted the elections for Fairfield and Liverpool. No election was held for Central Darling as the council was under administration.