2024 Campbelltown City Council election
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14 September 2024
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| Registered | 119,951[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 84.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Campbelltown City Council election was held on 14 September 2024 to elect 15 councillors to the Campbelltown City Council.[2] The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales.[3]
The Labor Party won six seats, two short of a majority.[4] The Liberal Party lost all four seats it held prior to the election, owing to a missed candidate nomination deadline which prevented its councillors from recontesting.[5]
In January 2022, councillors George Brticevic and Margaret Chivers both left the Labor Party to sit as independents.[6]
On 11 July 2024, the Community First Team and the Totally Locally Committed Party merged to form the Community First Totally Independent Party.[7] Both parties had one councillor elected each in 2021 (Josh Cotter and Warren Morrison respectively).[7]
Electoral system
Like in all other New South Wales local government areas (LGAs), Campbelltown 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] Campbelltown has an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting.[11] The council is composed of a single ward.[2]
The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).[12][13]
