2017 New South Wales local elections

← 2012 ← 2016 9 September 2017 2021 →
46 of the 128 local government areas in New South Wales
Registered	2,730,000
Turnout	76.60%
First party Second party Third party   IND Leader N/A N/A N/A Party Independents Labor Liberal Last election [a] [a] [a] Seats won 241 105 96 Popular vote 687,863 535,852 533,377 Percentage 32.26% 25.62% 25.50%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   OLC Leader No leader Paul Garrard Fred Nile Party Greens OLC Christian Democrats Last election [a] Did not exist 0 Seats before 1 0 Seats won 31 4 0 Seat change 3 Popular vote 180,532 36,250 6,770 Percentage 8.63% 1.731% 0.32%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   LDP SFF AFP Leader John Humphreys Robert Borsak Jim Saleam Party Liberal Democrats SFF Australia First Last election 1[a] 0 0[a] Seats before 1 0 0 Seats won 1 2 0 Seat change 2 Popular vote 4,177 3,821 3,279 Percentage 0.20% 0.18% 0.16% Swing 0.04
Results by LGA

The 2017 New South Wales local elections were held on 9 September 2017 to elect the councils of 46 of the 128 local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales. Several councils also held mayoral elections and/or referendums.^[1][2]

Following the 2012 elections, major changes occurred as a result of the enactment of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 and as a result of a review by the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) that commenced in 2013. On 12 May 2016, following a further review by the Minister for Local Government and the independent Local Government Boundaries Commission, Premier Mike Baird announced Stage 1 starting with 19 new councils, through amalgamations and mergers, with immediate effect. The Minister indicated in principle support to create a further nine new councils, subject to the decision of the courts.^[3][4] On the same day, the Governor of New South Wales acted on the advice of the Minister, and proclaimed the 19 new local government areas. Another proclamation occurred a few months later with the amalgamation of City of Botany Bay and City of Rockdale.^[5]

This resulted in 79 councils being contested in 2016 before the vast majority contested together again in 2021.

The following registered parties contested this election. This does not include groups of independents:

• Animal Justice Party
• Christian Democrats
• Greens
• Labor Party
• Liberal Democrats
• Liberal Party
• Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party
• Socialist Alliance

In addition, a number of local government-registered parties also contested the elections.^[6]

A number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2017 elections.