Election 2024

The 2024 NSW Local Government Elections are to be held on Saturday 14 September 2024.

Non-residential rolls

There are two non-residential rolls:

the roll of non-resident owners of rateable land, and
the roll of occupiers and rate-paying lessees.

These two rolls are combined with the residential roll to form the roll of electors for a council area, which is used during an election. The residential roll is the list of people who live in the council area and are eligible to vote in elections

Download the fact sheet for more information.

Non residential roll fact sheet

Non residential roll form for individuals

Non residential roll form for nominees

Regulating compliance and electoral funding legislation

The NSW Electoral Commission is responsible for regulating compliance with electoral funding legislation (Electoral Funding Act 2018). This includes the disclosure of political donations and electoral expenditure by local government councillors and mayors, and candidates and groups registered for the 2024 NSW Local Government elections to be held on 14 September 2024.

The disclosure rules require candidates and elected councillors to disclose political donations twice a year and electoral expenditure annually. Some individuals will be required to submit multiple disclosures if, in addition to being a candidate, they are the lead candidate of a group and/or an elected councillor or mayor.

We understand first-time candidates may not be familiar with their disclosure obligations. With the next disclosure lodgement period commencing on 1 July 2024, we are making contact at this early stage to highlight the NSW Electoral Commission’s role in promoting compliance with the requirements of the disclosure scheme and to raise awareness about the information that the Electoral Commission can provide to political participants. We will also remind candidates and councillors of their disclosure obligations ahead of due dates, and we will continue to contact them before, during and after the election about what they need to do.

There is detailed information on our website about:

half-yearly political donation and annual electoral expenditure disclosures and how and when to submit a disclosure with the NSW Electoral Commission
our online Funding and disclosure online portal which is the quickest and easiest way to lodge disclosures
key dates and reporting periods in 2024.

We encourage you to share these links with your local community of candidates and councillors. We have a helpdesk which operates Monday to Friday 9am-5pm and our team can assist with enquires over the phone or by responding to emails at fdc@elections.nsw.gov.au. If you have other suggestions as to how we can assist in providing guidance and information to candidates and councillors about their statutory disclosure requirements, we would be happy to hear from you.

If you have any questions about disclosures, please email fdc@elections.nsw.gov.au. Should you have questions regarding the contents of this election update, please email councilelections@elections.nsw.gov.au.

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Key Dates

Date	Event
1 July 2024	Start of the capped expenditure period
22 July 2024	Notice and advertising of entitlement to enrol and vote
5 Aug 2024	Start of regulated period for electoral material 8am: Lodgement of nominations open 6pm: Close of roll for the purposes of being a candidate or nominator
6 Aug 2024	Lodgement of postal vote applications open
7 Aug 2024	Notice and advertising of election and to nominate
12 Aug 2024	Half-yearly donations and major political donors disclosures due
14 Aug 2024	12 noon: Close of nominations and close of registration of candidates and groups Registration of electoral materials open
15 Aug 2024	2pm: Ballot paper draw conducted 2pm: Uncontested elections declared
19 Aug 2024	Postal packs distribution begins
2 Sept 2024	Display of registered electoral material website commences
6 Sept 2024	5pm: Registration of electoral material closes
7 Sept 2024	Pre-poll voting period opens (Note: days and times will vary for each location) Telephone voting applications and voting opens
9 Sept 2024	5pm: Postal vote applications close Registration of third-party campaigners closes
13 Sept 2024	Pre-poll voting period closes (Note: times will vary for each location) Telephone voting applications close
14 Sept 2024	8am – 6pm: Election day 1pm: Telephone voting closes 6pm: Regulated period for electoral material ends End of capped expenditure period
23 Sept 2024	Last day to lodge annual electoral expenditure disclosure
27 Sept 2024	6pm: End of postal vote returns
30 Sept 2024	Start of progressive distribution of preferences
1 Oct 2024	Start of progressive declaration of results
2 Oct 2024	End of progressive distribution of preferences
3 October 2024	End of progressive declaration of results