2024 MidCoast Council election
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14 September 2024
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| Registered | 78,357[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 84.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 MidCoast Council election was held on 14 September 2024 to elect eleven councillors to MidCoast Council.[2] The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales.[3]
The Libertarian Party won three seats, while five candidates were elected from independent groups.[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]
Like in all other New South Wales local government areas (LGAs), MidCoast Council elections use optional preferential voting.[6] Under this system, voters are only required to vote for one candidate or group, although they can choose to preference other candidates.[7]
All elections for councillor positions are elected using proportional representation.[8] MidCoast has an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting.[9] The council is composed of a single ward.[2]
The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).[10][11]