Tasmania is divided into 29 municipal areas, with each area having a governing council consisting of between 7 and 12 councillors. Each council is chaired by a mayor and has a deputy mayor.
Local government councils are responsible for providing services and infrastructure to local communities, including waste collection, local roads, planning and development, community facilities, and recreational services.
Elections for all 29 councils are held every four years. The next local government elections are due to be held during September and October 2026.
The last ordinary elections were held in October 2022, to fill councillor, mayor and deputy mayor positions for all 29 local councils statewide.
Vacancies on local government councils are filled by a recount or a by-election. Learn more about these processes, current vacancies, and vacancies that have been filled since the 2022 local government elections.
Voting in local government elections is compulsory for all electors on the state roll. Elections are conducted by postal ballot, which means election material (including the ballot paper) is mailed directly to each elector at their enrolled address.
If you're enrolled on the state roll, you are automatically enrolled to vote in local government elections. Your address on the roll determines which local government elections you are required to vote in.
People who own or occupy land in a local government area, or represent a corporate owner or occupier of land in that area, may also be eligible to vote, and can enrol by applying to the general manager of their council.
Download a statewide map displaying the boundaries of the 29 local government municipal areas.
Results and information about Tasmanian local government elections, dating back to 1994.
A council may hold an elector poll on any issue it determines. It may also be required to hold an elector poll following a process requiring petitions signed by at least 5% or 1,000 electors in the municipal area. A council is not bound by the result of an elector poll.
Elector polls conducted by the TEC since the 2018 ordinary elections: