2024 Georges River Council election
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14 September 2024
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| Registered | 96,882[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 86.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Georges River Council election was held on 14 September 2024 to elect 15 councillors to the Georges River 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, while the Georges River Residents and Ratepayers Party (GRRRP) won five.[4] The Liberal Party won three seats but lost 8% of its council-wide vote, owing to a missed candidate nomination deadline which prevented some of its councillors from recontesting.[5]
Blakehurst Ward councillor Sam Elmir and Mortdale Ward councillor Nick Smerdely were expelled from the Liberal Party in December 2022.[6]
Two Labor councillors – Warren Tegg (Mortdale) and Kevin Greene (Peakhurst) – resigned at various points in 2022 and were replaced by Ashvini Ambihaipahar and Veronica Ficarra respectively following countbacks.[2]
Electoral system
Like in all other New South Wales local government areas (LGAs), Georges River Council elections use optional preferential voting.[7] Under this system, voters are only required to vote for one candidate or group, although they can choose to preference other candidates.[8]
All elections for councillor positions are elected using proportional representation.[9] Georges River has an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting.[10] The council is divided into five wards, each electing three councillors.[2]
The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).[11][12]
Retiring councillors
Independents
- Sam Elmir (Blakehurst)[2]
- Nick Smerdely (Mortdale) – announced 9 August 2024[13]
