2024 Local Government Election:

The local government election period is from Tuesday 17 September, 12pm until Saturday 26 October 2024, 6pm. For more information, visit our Election page.

Published on 17 September 2024

The 2024 local government election

The 2024 Glen Eira City Council election will be held on Saturday 26 October. The 2024 local government election period begins at 12pm today and will run until 6pm Saturday 26 October 2024. 

Election information

The election will be managed by the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC). It will be conducted by postal vote and ballot packs with instructions for postal voting which will be distributed via post to every person enrolled to vote in Glen Eira in early October.  Voting closes on Friday 25 October at 6pm.

If you will be away when ballot packs are mailed out (7–10 October 2024), visit the VEC website to request for your ballot to be sent to a different address.

If you haven’t received your ballot papers in the mail by the middle of October, contact the VEC. 

For detailed and up to date information about how to vote and more, visit www.vec.vic.gov.au or call the VEC on 131 832

New electoral structure for Glen Eira

A new electoral structure and new ward boundaries will take effect from the October 2024 local government election. 

The Victorian Government’s electoral changes moved Glen Eira City Council to nine wards, each represented by a single Councillor. 

The nine new wards are divided along main roads and suburb boundaries. The wards are named Bambra, Booran, Caulfield Park, Jasper, Mallanbool, Moorleigh, Murrumbeena, Orrong and Wattle Grove.

Check which ward you are in on the VEC website: https://maps.vec.vic.gov.au/

Election period

Throughout the election period, councils across Victoria, including Glen Eira City Council, must comply with special arrangements in the lead up to local government elections, in accordance with the Local Government Act 2020

For more information, visit the Council election information page

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