2011 Tasmanian local elections
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All 29 local government areas in Tasmania (205 council members) | ||
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| Registered | 366,906[1] | |
| Turnout | 54.28% ( 1.26)[1][2] | |
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The 2011 Tasmanian local elections were held in October 2011 to elect the councils, mayors and deputy mayors of the 29 local government areas (LGAs) in Tasmania, Australia.[3]
These were the final local elections held on a biennial basis − with the next elections held in 2014 (having initially been scheduled for 2013) and elections since being held on a quadrennial basis − following legislation passed by the state parliament.[4]
Voting was not compulsory.[5] All voting was held via post, and the elections were conducted by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission (TEC).[6]
Councillor elections were conducted using a slightly modified version of the Hare-Clark electoral system, which is also used for Tasmanian House of Assembly elections.[7] Mayors and deputy mayors were elected using preferential voting, which is also used for Tasmanian Legislative Council elections.[7] The Robson Rotation was used to rotate the order in which candidate names appear on ballot papers.[8]
Candidates were required to have council experience to run for the positions of mayor or deputy mayor (a rule which was removed for the 2014 local elections).[4] Half of all councillors were up for election every two years (as part of the "half-in, half-out" system), while all mayors and deputy mayors had two-year terms.[9][10]