2000 Victorian local elections

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2000 Victorian local elections
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  1999 18 March 2000 2001  
Turnout78.5%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
IND
Labor Placeholder.png Liberal Placeholder.png
LeaderN/AN/AN/A
Party Independents Labor Liberal
Last election [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 1]

 Fourth party
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LeaderNo leader
Party Greens
Last election [lower-alpha 1]

The 2000 Victorian local elections were held on 18 March 2000 to elect the councils of 41 of the 78 local government areas in Victoria, Australia. [1]

Until 2008, local elections in Victoria were conducted periodically, meaning 37 councils were not up for election in 2000. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 This only includes the 41 councils up for election in 2000, not councillors in the remaining 37 councils.

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References

  1. "Local council election results timeline". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 2017-03-03.
  2. "VOTING METHOD FOR THE 2008 COUNCIL ELECTIONS" (PDF). City of Melbourne. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-02.