2024 Canterbury Bankstown Council election

2024 Canterbury Bankstown Council election
14 September 2024
All 15 seats on Canterbury Bankstown Council
8 seats needed for a majority
Registered236,472[1]
Turnout82.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labor Liberal Greens
Last election 9 seats 5 seats 0 seats
Seats before 9 4 0
Seats won 8 3 1
Seat change 1 1 1
Primary vote 72,278 30,096 17,350
Percentage 41.3% 17.2% 9.9%
Swing 18.04 12.8 6.2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
OLC
Party Libertarian Community Voice OLC
Last election Did not contest Did not exist Did not contest
Seats before 0 0 0
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change 1 1
Primary vote 15,904 10,093 6,308
Percentage 9.1% 5.8% 3.6%
Swing 9.1 5.8 3.6

The 2024 Canterbury Bankstown Council election was held on 14 September 2024 to elect 15 councillors to the City of Canterbury Bankstown.[2] The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales.[3]

The Labor Party narrowly retained its majority, winning eight seats.[4] The Liberal Party won three seats but lost 12.8% of its council-wide vote, owing to a missed candidate nomination deadline which prevented some of its councillors from recontesting.[5]

Background

Canterbury Ward councillor Jessie Nguyen was expelled from the Liberal Party in December 2022.[6]

Electoral system

Like in all other New South Wales local government areas (LGAs), Canterbury Bankstown Council elections use optional preferential voting.[7] Under this system, voters are only required to vote for one candidate or group, although they can choose to preference other candidates.[8]

All elections for councillor positions are elected using proportional representation.[9] Canterbury Bankstown has an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting.[10] The council is divided into five wards, each electing three councillors.[2]

The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).[11][12]

Retiring councillors

Labor

Independents

Candidates

On 14 August 2024, the day that candidates nominations closed, the Liberal Party revealed they had missed the deadline to nominate 164 candidates in 16 different LGAs.[13][14] This included all Liberal candidates in Bass Hill Ward and Canterbury Ward.[15][16]

Labor and the Libertarian Party contested all five wards.[17][18]

This was the only council contested by the Australian Democrats in 2024.[19]

Bankstown

Bass Hill

Canterbury

Revesby

Roselands

Withdrawn candidates

Party Candidate Ward Details
Liberal Charlie Ishac Bass Hill Incumbent councillor unable to recontest because of missed candidacy deadline.[20]
Liberal Charbel Abouraad Revesby Incumbent councillor unable to recontest because of missed candidacy deadline.[20]

Results

Ward results

2024 Canterbury Bankstown Council election: Ward results
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 72,278 41.3 −6.1 8 1
  Liberal 30,096 17.2 −12.8 3 2
  Independents 19,042 10.9 −2.3 1
  Greens 17,350 9.9 +6.2 1 1
  Libertarian 15,904 9.1 +9.1 0
  Community Voice 10,093 5.8 +5.8 1 1
  Our Local Community 6,308 3.6 +3.6 1 1
  Animal Justice 1,601 0.9 −0.7 0
  Unity 1,556 0.9 +0.9 0
  Democrats 967 0.6 +0.6 0
Formal votes 175,195 89.9
Informal votes 19,577 10.1
Total 194,772 100.0 15
Registered voters / turnout 236,472 82.3

Bankstown

2024 Canterbury Bankstown Council election: Bankstown Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor 1. Bilal El-Hayek (elected 1)
2. Khal Asfour (elected 3)
3. Erika Lam 		15,511 45.2 −13.1
Liberal 1. George Zakhia (elected 2)
2. Long Phan
3. Selina Akhter 		10,203 29.8 −0.8
Libertarian 1. Vanessa Hadchiti
2. Roy El Kazzi
3. Kristofer Seremetkoski 		3,579 10.4 +10.4
Greens 1. Abrar Ahmad
2. Nahed Fraitekh
3. John Ky 		3,050 8.9 +8.9
Community Voice 1. Amer El-Adib
2. Mohammad Kabir
3. Yousef Abu-Samen 		1,254 3.7 +3.7
Independent 1. Mahmoud Hussein
2. Yasmeen Shadid
3. Michel Antonios Tawk 		695 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 34,292 89.6 −3.9
Informal votes 3,995 10.4 +3.9
Turnout 38,287 79.7 −1.2

Bass Hill

2024 Canterbury Bankstown Council election: Bass Hill Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor 1. Rachelle Harika (elected 1)
2. Christopher Cahill (elected 2)
3. Ayman Awad 		17,930 55.0 +3.1
Community Voice 1. Saud Abu-Samen (elected 3)
2. Allan Winterbottom
3. Huzaifa Khan 		6,113 18.8 +0.8
Libertarian 1. Elvis Sinosic
2. John Hadchiti
3. Wissam Ibrahim 		5,985 18.4 +18.4
Independent 1. Talal Saifo
2. Nabil Omari
3. Doha-Donna Elomari 		2,566 7.9 +7.9
Total formal votes 32,594 88.2 −4.7
Informal votes 4,374 11.8 +4.7
Turnout 36,968 79.8 −0.5

Canterbury

2024 Canterbury Bankstown Council election: Canterbury Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor 1. Clare Raffan (elected 1)
2. Con Vaitsas
3. Louis Pan 		14,416 39.3 +5.2
Independent 1. Barbara Coorey (elected 2)
2. Aliki Xanthakos
3. Stephen Haran 		9,850 26.8 +2.6
Greens 1. Conroy Blood (elected 3)
2. Linda Eisler
3. Bradley Schott 		6,379 17.4 −0.3
Independent 1. Christine Barakat
2. Waroud Dargham
3. George Daibes 		2,752 7.5 +7.5
Unity 1. Carol Xie
2. Chuan-Hui Huang
3. Bei Zhong 		1,557 4.2 +4.2
Libertarian 1. Joshua Moore
2. Julie Morkos Douaihy 		1,347 3.7 +3.7
Independent Martin Vella 423 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 36,724 91.3 −2.9
Informal votes 3,479 8.7 +2.9
Turnout 40,203 84.8 −0.3

Revesby

2024 Canterbury Bankstown Council election: Revesby Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1. Wendy Lindsay (elected 1)
2. Jennifer Walther (elected 3)
3. Richard Noonan 		17,610 45.0 +8.5
Labor 1. David Walsh (elected 2)
2. Gemma Ashton
3. Oliver Pocock 		12,515 32.0 −9.9
Greens 1. Natalie Hanna
2. Kath Jordan
3. Ned Cutcher 		4,665 11.9 +11.9
Libertarian 1. Marika Momircevski
2. George Trousas
3. Mario Azar 		1,895 4.8 +4.8
Community Voice 1. Alwalid Al-Miziab
2. Hicham Arabi
3. Rizwan Arif 		1,329 3.4 +3.4
Democrats 1. Phillip Pearce
2. Phan Nguyen
3. Garry Dalrymple 		967 2.5 +2.5
Independent Marlene Marquez-Obeid 140 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 39,121 93.3 −1.6
Informal votes 2,812 6.7 +1.6
Turnout 41,933 85.9 −0.4

Roselands

2024 Canterbury Bankstown Council election: Roselands Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor 1. Khodr Saleh (elected 1)
2. Sherin Akther (elected 3)
3. Hady Saleh 		11,906 36.7 −16.5
Our Local Community 1. Harry Stavrinos (elected 2)
2. Raymond Moujalli
3. Maria Difrancesco 		6,308 19.4 +19.4
Greens 1. Anisha Gautam
2. Shilpa Rajkumar
3. Zoe McClure 		3,256 10.0 +10.0
Libertarian 1. Mark Smaling
2. Carmel Nicholls
3. Raymond O'Reilly 		3,098 9.5 +9.5
Liberal 1. Mohammad Zaman
2. Sazeda Akter 		2,283 7.0 −21.9
Animal Justice 1. Dorlene Abou-Haidar
2. Louise Ward
3. Brad Stafford 		1,601 4.9 −3.3
Community Voice 1. Solaiman Hossain
2. Faizun Pally
3. Sameer Mahmud 		1,397 4.3 +4.3
Independent 1. Rana Sharif
2. Taher Shaikh Mohammed
3. Elsadig Mohammed 		1,377 4.2 +4.2
Independent 1. Ali Shikder
2. Rachael Pickering 		626 1.9 +1.9
Independent 1. Mohammad Mahbub Rahman
2. Maria Mostain
3. Fahmida Khandakur
4. Rakibul Alam 		596 1.8 +1.8
Independent Imad Kadeh 17 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 32,465 86.8 −5.7
Informal votes 4,917 13.2 +5.7
Turnout 37,382 81.6 +0.9

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