2024 Canterbury Bankstown Council election

2024 Canterbury Bankstown Council election

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All 15 seats on Canterbury Bankstown Council 8 seats needed for a majority
Registered	236,472 [1]
Turnout	82.3%
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

• Linda Downey (Revesby) ^[2]
• Bhadra Waiba (Roselands) ^[2]

Independents

• Jessie Nguyen (Canterbury) ^[2]

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

Libertarian (Group A)	Liberal (Group B)	Independent (Group C)
Vanessa Hadchiti Roy El Kazzi Kristofer Seremetkoski	George Zakhia Long Phan Selina Akhter	Mahmoud Hussein Yasmeen Shadid Michel Antonios Tawk
Community Voice (Group D)	Greens (Group E)	Labor (Group F)
Amer El-Adib Mohammad Kabir Yousef Abu-Samen	Abrar Ahmad Nahed Fraitekh John Ky	Bilal El-Hayek Khal Asfour Erika Lam

Bass Hill

Labor (Group A)	Community Voice (Group B)	Libertarian (Group C)	Independent (Group D)
Rachelle Harika Christopher Cahill Ayman Awad	Saud Abu-Samen Allan Winterbottom Huzaifa Khan	Elvis Sinosic John Hadchiti Wissam Ibrahim	Talal Saifo Nabil Omari Doha-Donna Elomari

Canterbury

Independent (Group A)	Unity (Group B)	Labor (Group C)	Independent (Group D)
Christine Barakat Waroud Dargham George Daibes	Carol Xie Chuan-Hui Huang Bei Zhong	Clare Raffan Con Vaitsas Louis Pan	Barbara Coorey Aliki Xanthakos Stephen Haran
Libertarian (Group E)	Greens (Group F)	Ungrouped
Joshua Moore Julie Morkos Douaihy	Conroy Blood Linda Eisler Bradley Schott	Martin Vella (Ind)

Revesby

Greens (Group A)	Community Voice (Group B)	Labor (Group C)	Libertarian (Group D)
Natalie Hanna Kath Jordan Ned Cutcher	Alwalid Al-Miziab Hicham Arabi Rizwan Arif	David Walsh Gemma Ashton Oliver Pocock	Marika Momircevski George Trousas Mario Azar
Liberal (Group E)	Democrats (Group F)	Ungrouped
Wendy Lindsay Jennifer Walther Richard Noonan	Phillip Pearce Phan Nguyen Garry Dalrymple	Marlene Marquez-Obeid (Ind)

Roselands

Our Local Community (Group A)	Labor (Group B)	Community Voice (Group C)	Independent (Group D)	Animal Justice (Group E)	Independent (Group F)
Harry Stavrinos Raymond Moujalli Maria Difrancesco	Khodr Saleh Sherin Akther Hady Saleh	Solaiman Hossain Faizun Pally Sameer Mahmud	Ali Shikder Rachael Pickering	Dorlene Abou-Haidar Louise Ward Brad Stafford	Rana Sharif Taher Shaikh Mohammed Elsadig Mohammed
Greens (Group G)	Libertarian (Group H)	Independent (Group I)	Liberal (Group J)	Ungrouped
Anisha Gautam Shilpa Rajkumar Zoe McClure	Mark Smaling Carmel Nicholls Raymond O'Reilly	Mohammad Mahbub Rahman Maria Mostain Fahmida Khandakur Rakibul Alam	Mohammad Zaman Sazeda Akter	Imad Kadeh (Ind)

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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