2026 Tasmanian local elections
October 2026
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
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Leader N/A Rebecca White Jeremy Rockliff
Party Independents Labor Liberal
Last election 199 16 13
Seats before 201 16 12
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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PHON
Leader Rosalie Woodruff No leader No leader
Party Greens National One Nation
Last election 11 1 2
Seats before 11 1 2
  Seventh party
 
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Leader Jacqui Lambie
Party Lambie Network
Last election 1
Seats before 1

The 2026 Tasmanian local elections will be held in October 2026 to elect the councils of the 29 local government areas (LGAs) in Tasmania, Australia. Councils will also hold mayoral and deputy mayoral elections.[1]

Electoral system

Councillor elections are conducted using a slightly modified version of the Hare-Clark electoral system, which is also used for Tasmanian House of Assembly elections.[2] Mayors and deputy mayors are elected using preferential voting, which is used for Tasmanian Legislative Council elections.[2]

The Robson Rotation is used to rotate the order in which candidate names appear on ballot papers. All voting in Tasmanian local elections is conducted by post.[1][2]

Party changes before elections

A number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2026 elections.

CouncilCouncillorFormer partyNew partyDate
Dorset Greg Howard   Liberal   Independent 12 July 2023

References

  1. 1 2 "Local government elections 2022". Tasmanian Electoral Commission.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ways to vote". Tasmanian Electoral Commission.
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