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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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The2024 Fairfield City Council election was held on 14 September 2024 to elect amayor and twelve councillors to theFairfield City Council.[1] The election was held as part of thestatewide local government elections inNew South Wales.[2]
Frank Carbone was re-elected to a fourth term as mayor with 81.4% of the vote.[3] TheCarbone-Le Alliance retained its majority, while theLabor Party was reduced to two seats.[4]
Fairfield, located in thewest of Sydney, has often been considered a safe area for theLabor Party.[5] In2016, incumbent mayorFrank Carbone lost Labor preselection but was narrowly re-elected as anindependent.[6]
In2021, Carbone was re-elected mayor in alandslide with 73.5% of the vote.[7] At the same election, Carbone's eponymous ticket won six councillor positions, while another eponymous ticket led byDai Le (also registered as theAustralian Women's Party) won three seats.[1]
Le was elected to theHouse of Representatives at the2022 federal election after winning theDivision of Fowler, becoming the first non-Labor MP to represent the seat.[8] She continued serving as a Fairfield councillor.[9]
Like in all other New South Waleslocal government areas (LGAs), Fairfield City Council elections useoptional preferential voting.[10] Under this system, voters are only required to vote for one candidate or group, although they can choose to preference other candidates.[11] Fairfield was one of 37 LGAs to have adirect mayoral election in 2024.[1]
All elections for councillor positions are elected usingproportional representation.[12] Fairfield has anAustralian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting.[13] The council is divided into twowards, each electing six councillors.[1]
Fairfield was one of two LGAs (the other beingLiverpool) to use theAustralian Election Company to conduct its election in 2024.[14] This was possible because of legislation implemented by theO'Farrell Liberal–National government in 2011, which allowed councils to choose private election providers instead of theNew South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).[15] Following the 2024 local elections, theMinns Labor government introduced legislation which would see the NSWEC conduct all local elections.[16]
Candidates are listed in the order they appeared on the ballot.
| Party | Candidate | Background | |
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| Labor | Basim Shamaon | Candidate forFairfield/Cabravale Ward in 2021 | |
| Frank Carbone | Frank Carbone | Fairfield mayor since 2012 | |
| Independent (Group A) | Frank Carbone (Group B) | Independent (Group C) | Dai Le (Group D) | Labor (Group E) |
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Labor campaigned on "[wanting] a more secure and clean LGA for residents to live in, feel comfortable in their surroundings and be proud of the area they live in".[18] Carbone said his focus was "cost of living pressures and making Fairfield a great place to live".[19]
Nathan Athavle (Family First)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Frank Carbone | Frank Carbone | 89,562 | 81.4 | +7.9 | |
| Labor | Basim Shamaon | 20,512 | 18.6 | −7.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 110,074 | 95.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 5,705 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 115,779 | ||||
| Frank Carbonehold | Swing | +7.9 | |||
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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| Frank Carbone | 45,695 | 44.1 | +1.6 | 6 |  | ||
| Dai Le | 29,455 | 29.5 | +9.3 | 3 | | ||
| Labor | 16,160 | 16.1 | −8.8 | 2 |  1 | ||
| Independents | 10,231 | 10.1 | +6.9 | 1 |  1 | ||
| Family First | 216 | 0.2 | 0 | | |||
| Formal votes | 101,757 | 88.1 | |||||
| Informal votes | 13,722 | 11.9 | |||||
| Turnout | 115,479 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Dai Le | 1.Dai Le(elected 1) 2. Marie Rose Saliba(elected 4) 3. Dennis Suro 4. Leonie Le 5. Emma Tran 6. Ngoc My Tang | 16,975 | 34.6 | +7.1 | |
| Frank Carbone | 1. Charbel Saliba(elected 2) 2. Sam Yousif(elected 5) 3. Jennifer Shahin 4. Helen Nguyen 5. Gina Carbone 6. Antonia Carbone | 13,830 | 28.2 | −3.3 | |
| Labor | 1. Kien Ly(elected 3) 2. Stella Kina 3. Mickey Ngo 4. Michal Walczak 5. Joseph Huan 6. Ngoc Trinh | 8,036 | 16.4 | −10.6 | |
| Independent | 1. Kate Hoang(elected 6) 2. Tien Nguyen 3. Minh Hoang 4. David Cao 5. Van Le 6. Tony Nguyen | 6,018 | 12.3 | +12.3 | |
| Independent | 1. Nguyen Khang Phan 2. Van Dong Pham 3. Thanh Dan Huynh 4. Duc Thang Tran 5. Van Sai Truong 6. Kim Khanh Vo | 4,136 | 8.4 | +8.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 48,995 | 88.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 6,571 | 11.8 | |||
| Turnout | 55,566 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Frank Carbone | 1.Frank Carbone 2. Reni Barkho(elected 1) 3. Hugo Morvillo(elected 4) 4. Milovan Karajcic(elected 5) 5. Michael Mijatovic(elected 6) 6. Martina Hanna | 31,865 | 60.4 | +6.5 | |
| Dai Le | 1. Kevin Lam(elected 2) 2.Andrew Rohan 3. Marsha Kozlova-Gao 4. Monica Falco 5. Valentina Prkic 6. Jose Luis Miranda Garcia | 12,480 | 23.6 | +11.0 | |
| Labor | 1. Ninos Khoshaba(elected 3) 2. Basim Shamaon 3. Peter Pavisic 4. Abrahem Wannous 5. Jarrod Hawkins 6. Inocenta Janina Marc | 8,124 | 15.4 | −7.2 | |
| Family First | Nathan Athavle | 216 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | Huu Tam Luong | 77 | 0.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 52,762 | 88.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 7,151 | 11.9 | |||
| Turnout | 59,913 | ||||
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