Elections conducted by NSWEC

Section 296 of the Local Government Elections Act was changed on 27 June 2011 giving Councils the opportunity to conduct their own elections if they wished. The vast majority of Councils decided to continue to use the expertise and experience of the NSWEC.

Councils conducting their own elections are identified on the Results by Local Government Area page by an asterisk.

During the election period the VTR only contained results for elections conducted by the NSWEC. Elections conducted by Councils have been published on this site post the declaration of these elections.

The VTR operated throughout the election event and published results from election night through to the declaration of the successful Councillor candidates, Mayoral candidates, and the final results of Referendums and Polls.

The menu on the left provides access to results and information about the status and the dates and time the status was achieved for elections run by the NSWEC.

Results

For detailed results for a Local Government Area (Council) go to Results by Local Government Area.

Counting of Votes

Each contest type is counted differently. Counts for Mayoral, Referendum and Poll are conducted manually at the Returning Officer's office and reported on the VTR.

The more complex Councillor counts are conducted using a combination of manual counting (initial count) and data entry (check count) into the NSWEC counting software. The data entry (check count) is conducted at a NSWEC Local Government Count Centre.

Councillor

The NSWEC was responsible for 45 Council elections. As part of the data entry markings from each ballot paper were either bulk entered or data entered paper by paper into the NSWEC proportional representation count system. Files with full preference markings for each Council election are available from this site now candidates are declared elected for each contest.

Mayoral, Referendum and Poll

The NSWEC was responsible for conducting 12 elections for a popularly elected Mayor.
The NSWEC was also responsible for conducting 4 Referendums and 2 Polls.