The 2024 Victorian local elections will be held in October 2024 to elect the councils of the 79 local government areas in Victoria.^[1]

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2024 Victorian local elections

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First party Second party Third party   IND Leader N/A N/A N/A Party Independents Labor Liberal Last election 445 seats 67 seats 50 seats Seats before 445 66 50   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   AJP LBT Leader N/A No leader No leader Party Greens Animal Justice Libertarian Last election 36 seats 2 seats 2 seats Seats before 28 1 2   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   PCF VS UAP Leader No leader No leader N/A Party Put Climate First Socialists United Australia Last election 1 seat 1 seat 0 seats Seats before 2 1 2

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Neither the Labor Party nor the Liberal Party typically endorse candidates for local elections in Victoria. However, local party branches often make their own endorsements.^[2][3] The Greens do endorse candidates.^[4]

New councillors will be elected in Casey and Whittlesea for the first time since 2016 after the councils were dismissed in February and March 2020 respectively.^[5][6]

39 councils are set to be affected as a result of the Local Government Act 2020, which will see a large number of multi-member wards replaced with single-member wards.^[7][8]

In February 2022, Labor councillor Milad El-Halabi resigned from Moreland City Council after being charged with conspiracy to cheat and defraud for allegedly tampering with the council elections.^[9] He was replaced via countback in March 2022 by Socialist Alliance's Monica Harte.^[10]

On 31 March 2023, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal found that El-Halabi was unduly elected. He has denied all allegations.^[11]

Two minor parties, the Angry Victorians Party and Restore Democracy Sack Dan Andrews, gained councillors in 2023 via different countbacks.^[12]

A number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2024 elections, including three councillors who joined the Victorians Party before it dissolved in September 2022.^[15]

Between the 2020 and 2024 local elections, Greens councillors dropped from 36 to 28, following a string of resignations from the party, including over 'governance failures and fostering a culture in which members have faced abuse and harassment'.^[16] The party also saw a reduction in councillors due to councillors being elected to state parliament, and one incumbent dying, with greens councillors not being re-elected in countbacks.