NSW Electoral Commission
Phone 1300 135 736
2024 election
The next election for the City of Sydney Council will be held on Saturday 14 September 2024.
Local government elections in NSW are held every 4 years.
Check if you can vote
If you're a resident in the City of Sydney local area you can check if your enrolment details are up to date with the Australian Electoral Commission. You must enter your details exactly as they appear on the electoral roll. The City of Sydney does not hold electoral information for local residents.
If you're not a resident, you may be entitled to vote as a verified non-resident of the City of Sydney. Check your eligibility.
How to become a councillor
Have you ever thought of becoming a councillor? Bring your skills, influence, knowledge and experience to participate in policy decisions on behalf of your City of Sydney local area.
The Office of Local Government provides information on becoming a councillor, along with an online candidate training tool.
The NSW Electoral Commission provides information about the election process.
Keep up to date
The NSW Electoral Commission provides regular updates for voters and candidates including:
- key dates
- election bulletins
- voting before election day, including postal voting
- information for candidates and groups
- local election employment opportunities.
Display of election materials
The display of election campaign posters is a traditional part of the democratic process, but there are legislative requirements and City of Sydney policies that are relevant to the display of posters and related materials for the election on 14 September 2024.
Posters on private land
The display of posters is exempt development under the State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 provided that:
- the poster is not more than 0.8 square metres in area
- is not attached to any heritage item or draft heritage item
- is displayed by or on behalf of a candidate at an election, or the party of any such candidate
- is displayed in line with the requirements under the Local Government Act 1993 and Local Government (General) Regulation 2021
- is only displayed within the 8 weeks immediately before the election, on the day of the election and one week after the election.
The relevant time period for the 2024 election is 20 July to 21 September.
The above rules relate only to display of posters on property not belonging to the City of Sydney. We have not given our consent to display of posters on our land outside the conditions set out in our graffiti management policy.
Posters on public land
Our graffiti management policy states that we won’t direct resources to removing campaign posters during the 2 weeks before and 7 days after an election provided that they meet a number of criteria:
- are in support of a candidate for that election or a party registered to contest that election
- comply with the relevant legislation
- don’t endanger the general public, obstruct road signs or traffic signals or damage property
- are not within 200m of the Cenotaph in Martin Place or the War Memorial in Hyde Park.
We will remove posters on our land that don’t comply with the above conditions, or are displayed outside the time periods listed above.
The relevant time period for the 2024 election is 31 August to 21 September.
