2012 New South Wales local elections

2012 New South Wales local elections

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First party Second party Third party   IND Leader N/A N/A N/A Party Independents Liberal Labor Seats won 927 172 152 Popular vote 1,306,350 748,349 656,552 Percentage 38.14% 21.85% 19.17%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   UNI Leader No leader No leader Fred Nile Party Greens Unity Christian Democrats Last election 1 Seats before 0 Seats won 38 3 0 Seat change Popular vote 228,708 15,005 14,032 Percentage 6.68% 0.44% 0.41%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   LDP AFP Leader John Humphreys Jim Saleam No leader Party Liberal Democrats Australia First Communist Last election 0 0 0 Seats before 0 0 0 Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 10,492 6,421 2,352 Percentage 0.31% 0.19% 0.07%

The 2012 New South Wales local elections were held on 8 September 2012 to elect the councils of 150 of the 152 local government areas (LGAs) of New South Wales. Several councils also held mayoral elections and/or referendums.^[1]

The elections were conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission, with the exception of 14 councils who chose to conduct their own elections or use the services of the private Australian Election Company.^[2]

No elections were held in Shellharbour or Wollongong as electors had voted a year prior in 2011, following the sackings of both councils in 2008.^[3][4]

The Liberal Party chose not to contest the elections in Fairfield and Penrith, leading to Liberal councillors running as Independent Liberals.^[5][6]

More than 16 wards across the state were uncontested.^[7]