Election statistics for local council elections held across Victoria, including:

• number of elections conducted
• overall voter participation rates
• overall rates of informal voting
• overall number of candidates.

The following charts compare Victorian local council elections conducted by us since 2000. Each category is broken down by financial year. Council by-elections are not included. For information about by-elections, please contact us.

Number of local council elections

1999-2000	42
2000-2001	3
2001-2002	17
2002-2003	54
2003-2004	0
2004-2005	25
2005-2006	54
2006-2007	0
2007-2008	0
2008-2009	79
2009-2010	0
2010-2011	0
2011-2012	0
2012-2013	78
2013-2014	0
2014-2015	0
2015-2016	0
2016-2017	78
2017-2018	1
2018-2019	0
2019-2020	0
2020-2021	76

Number of postal and attendance elections

Years	Postal	Attendance	Total
1999-2000	37	5	42
2000-2001	3	0	3
2001-2002	15	2	17
2002-2003	47	7	54
2003-2004	0	0	0
2004-2005	22	3	25
2005-2006	48	6	25
2006-2007	0	0	0
2007-2008	0	0	0
2008-2009	70	9	79
2009-2010	0	0	0
2010-2011	0	0	0
2011-2012	0	0	0
2012-2013	70	8	78
2013-2014	0	0	0
2014-2015	0	0	0
2015-2016	0	0	0
2016-2017	72	6	78
2017-2018	1	0	1
2018-2019	0	0	0
2019-2020	0	0	0
2020-2021	76	0	76

Overall voter participation rates

Includes postal and attendance elections.

1999-2000	74.08%
2000-2001	78.48%
2001-2002	72.23%
2002-2003	75.22%
2003-2004	N/A
2004-2005	71.13%
2005-2006	75.19%
2006-2007	N/A
2007-2008	N/A
2008-2009	74.68% (excluding City of Melbourne leadership team) 74.36% (including City of Melbourne leadership team)
2009-2010	N/A
2010-2011	N/A
2011-2012	N/A
2012-2013	70.96% (excluding City of Melbourne leadership team and City of Greater Geelong mayoral candidates) 70.99% (including City of Melbourne leadership team and City of Greater Geelong mayoral candidates)

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Overall rates of informal voting

Includes postal and attendance elections.

1999-2000	3.59%
2000-2001	2.58%
2001-2002	3.48%
2002-2003	4.49%
2003-2004	N/A
2004-2005	4.49%
2005-2006	4.84%
2006-2007	N/A
2007-2008	N/A
2008-2009	4.99% (excluding City of Melbourne leadership team) 4.98% (including City of Melbourne leadership team)
2009-2010	N/A
2010-2011	N/A
2011-2012	N/A
2012-2013	5.51% (excluding City of Melbourne leadership team and City of Greater Geelong mayoral candidates) 5.60% (including City of Melbourne leadership team and City of Greater Geelong mayoral candidates)

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Overall numbers of candidates (including postal and attendance elections)

1999-2000	925
2000-2001	107
2001-2002	545
2002-2003	1553
2003-2004	N/A
2004-2005	826
2005-2006	1263
2006-2007	N/A
2007-2008	N/A
2008-2009	1953 (excluding City of Melbourne leadership team) 1975 (including City of Melbourne leadership team)
2009-2010	N/A
2010-2011	N/A
2011-2012	N/A
2012-2013	1973 (excluding City of Melbourne leadership team and City of Greater Geelong mayoral candidates) 2000 (including City of Melbourne leadership team and City of Greater Geelong mayoral candidates)

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