2024 Blue Mountains City Council election
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14 September 2024
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All 12 seats on Blue Mountains City Council 7 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 60,045[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 84.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Blue Mountains City Council election was held on 14 September 2024 to elect twelve councillors to the City of Blue Mountains.[2] The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales.[3]
The Labor Party gained an outright majority, winning nine seats.[4] The Liberal Party lost all two seats it held prior to the election, owing to a missed candidate nomination deadline which prevented its councillors from recontesting.[5]
Ward 2 councillor Brendan Christie resigned from the Liberal Party on 3 July 2023.[6] He resigned as a councillor less than two months later and his seat was left vacant until the election.[7]
Electoral system
Like in all other New South Wales local government areas (LGAs), Blue Mountains City Council elections use optional preferential voting.[8] Under this system, voters are only required to vote for one candidate or group, although they can choose to preference other candidates.[9]
All elections for councillor positions are elected using proportional representation.[10] Lake Macquarie has an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting.[11] The council is divided into four wards, each electing three councillors.[2]
The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).[12][13]
