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| Registered | 362,890 [1] | |
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| Turnout | 55.54% ( 1.89) [2] | |
The 2009 Tasmanian local elections were held in October 2009 to elect the councils, mayors and deputy mayors of the 29 local government areas (LGAs) in Tasmania, Australia. [3] [4]
The elections for Break O'Day and Glamorgan–Spring Bay were delayed until December 2009 to allow for the councils to consider a voluntary merger, which ultimately did not occur. [5] [6]
Voting in Tasmanian local elections was not compulsory in 2009. [7] All voting is held via post, and the elections are conducted by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission (TEC). [8]
Councillor elections are conducted using a slightly modified version of the Hare-Clark electoral system, which is also used for Tasmanian House of Assembly elections. [9] Mayors and deputy mayors are elected using preferential voting, which is also used for Tasmanian Legislative Council elections. [9] The Robson Rotation is used to rotate the order in which candidate names appear on ballot papers. [10]
Candidates were required to have council experience to run for the positions of mayor or deputy mayor (a rule which was removed for the 2014 local elections). [11] Half of all councillors were up for election every two years (as part of the "half-in, half-out" system), while all mayors and deputy mayors had two-year terms. [12] [13]
A total of 316 candidates nominated for a total of 150 councillor positions, 55 candidates nominated for 29 mayoral positions and 78 candidates nominated for 29 deputy mayoral positions. [1] 11 mayoral positions and two deputy mayoral positions were uncontested. [1]
The Greens continued to endorse candidates in a number of LGAs. [14] The Labor Party and Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates. [15] [16]
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