2024 Queensland local elections

For the state election held in October, see 2024 Queensland state election.
2024 Queensland local elections
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  First party Second party
 
IND
Leader N/A N/A
Party Independents Liberal National
Last election 424 seats 19 seats
Seats before 424 19
Seats won 446 18
Seat change Increase 22 Decrease 1
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader N/A No leader
Party Labor Greens
Last election 5 seats 1 seat
Seats before 5 1
Seats won 5 2
Seat change Steady Increase 1

The 2024 Queensland local elections were held on 16 March 2024 to elect the mayors and councils of the 77 local government areas in Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

The original scheduled elections date of 30 March 2024 was moved ahead to 16 March to avoid clashing with Easter holidays.[3]

The elections were held on the same day as the state by-elections in Inala and Ipswich West.

There was a surprisingly large number of candidates elected unopposed in many council elections across Queensland, including some mayoral races. The lack of opposition to these candidates was criticised by experts as being bad for democracy.[4]

  1. ^ "2024 local government elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 22 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Council candidates 2024". Queensland Greens. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024.
  3. ^ Kerr, Judith; McCormack, Madura (1 April 2023). "Council election moved to new date in March before Easter holidays in 2024". The Courier-Mail.
  4. ^ Messenger, Andrew (23 February 2024). "Politicians standing unopposed in local Queensland elections bad for democracy, expert says". The Guardian.