2021 New South Wales local elections

2021 New South Wales local elections

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121 of the 128 local government areas in New South Wales
Registered	4,838,137
Turnout	83.05% ( 6.45pp)
First party Second party Third party   IND Leader N/A N/A N/A Party Independents Labor Liberal Seats won 776 188 127 Seat change 86 3 13 Popular vote 1,3921,42 1,071,688 703,796 Percentage 33.73% 26.67% 17.52% Swing 2.05 1.05 7.99   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   OLC Leader No leader Paul Garrard Angela Vithoulkas Party Greens OLC Small Business Last election 4 Did not exist Seats before 5 2 Seats won 65 10 1 Seat change 11 5 1 Popular vote 355,196 72,942 12,244 Percentage 8.84% 1.81% 0.30% Swing 1.26 0.08 0.30   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   SFF AJP SAP Leader Robert Borsak No leader William Bourke Party SFF Animal Justice Sustainable Last election 2 0 Did not contest Seats before 2 0 0 Seats won 5 1 2 Seat change 3 1 2 Popular vote 12,053 9,724 7,308 Percentage 0.30% 0.24% 0.18% Swing 0.20 0.20 0.18
Largest party in each LGA

The 2021 New South Wales local elections were held on 4 December 2021 to elect the councils of 121 of the 128 local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales. Several councils also held mayoral elections and/or referendums.^[1]

Previous referendums took three net councillors in three LGAS: Cabonne, Coonamble and Dungog.

The Liberal Party did not run in Kiama, North Sydney or Shoalhaven, however a number of party members chose to contest as independents.^[2]