Nominations are in for October local council elections

Following the close of nominations and ballot draws for this year’s local council elections, 2231 candidates nominated for 646 council vacancies in 466 separate elections.

The number of candidates this year is higher than the 2186 candidates who nominated for 622 councillor vacancies in 298 separate elections at the 2020 council elections.

The number of nominations for this year’s Melbourne City Council elections is higher than in 2020. This year, there are 11 teams competing for the Leadership Team of Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor (compared to 9 teams in the 2020 election) and 58 nominations for the 9 councillor vacancies (compared to 59 in 2020).

As of the close of nominations, 42 of the 466 individual elections are uncontested, where the number of candidates is equal to the number of vacancies. All wards in Yarriambiack Shire Council were uncontested, which means the general election for that council is entirely uncontested. Voters in these uncontested elections will not be required to vote.

The final list of candidates in ballot paper order for all councils holding elections, except Melbourne City Council, will be available after 5pm at vec.vic.gov.au/voting/2024-local-council-elections.