2016 New South Wales local elections

The 2016 New South Wales local elections were held on 10 September 2016 to elect the councils of 79 of the 168 local government areas (LGAs) of New South Wales. Several councils also held mayoral elections and/or referendums.

2016 New South Wales local elections
10 September 2016
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
Leader N/A N/A N/A
Party Independents Labor Liberal
Last election
Seats won 545 81 48
Popular vote 678,591 429,605 286,013
Percentage 39.59% 24.60% 16.40%
Swing 1.45 5.43 5.45
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
AFP
Leader No leader Fred Nile Jim Saleam
Party Greens Christian Democrats Australia First
Last election 0 1
Seats before 1 0
Seats won 23 0 0
Seat change 1
Popular vote 110,491 15,326 4,424
Percentage 6.35% 0.90% 0.27%
Swing 0.33 0.49 0.08
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
LDP
AJP
Leader John Humphreys No leader
Party Liberal Democrats Animal Justice
Last election 1 Did not contest
Seats before 1 0
Seats won 0 0
Seat change 1
Popular vote 4,356 193
Percentage 0.27% 0.02%
Swing 0.04 0.02

The elections were conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission, with the exception of Fairfield, Gunnedah, Kempsey, Lake Macquarie and Penrith, who chose to conduct their own elections.

The election in Tweed was deferred until 29 October 2016 due to the death of a candidate.

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