Election results
2021 Orange council election
Elections were held on Saturday 4 December 2021.
The next local Council elections will be held in September 2024.
Past election results
2017 Orange council election
In 2017, the community of Orange elections included a direct election of the mayor for the first time.
2012 Orange council election
As well as the election of councillors, in 2012, the Orange election included a referendum about a proposed change for the direct election of the mayor.
2008 Orange council elections
Thinking about standing for election to Orange City Council?
To help Orange residents decide whether they’d like to stand for election on Orange City Council, and to help them understand the election process, Orange City Council has run series of workshops for prospective councillors.
Topics covered include legislated responsibilities of candidates and councillors, the election process and the rules around campaigning. A forum with a panel consisting of Orange City Council’s CEO David Waddell and two councillors was also be held.
Once you’ve decided to stand for election, there are a number of legal requirements for all candidates in NSW. Before a candidate or group of candidates can accept a political donation or make payments for electoral expenditure they must first register for the election.
The NSW Electoral Commission website includes information about the requirement to register as a candidate.
This page on the Commission website has recently been updated with video recordings of their candidate webinars.
The NSW Office of Local Government has released their Elections 2021 Candidate Handbook which contains a range of information for candidates.
Non-residential roll
If you own rateable land in the Orange local government area but don’t live here, or if you are a rate-paying lessee you ae entitled to have a vote in the local government elections for Orange.
You need to fill out a non-residential roll form to be included.
Use the Form for individual owners, occupiers and ratepaying lessees or Form for nomination of an elector by joint/several, corporate or trustee owners, occupiers or ratepaying lessees to apply to be on a non-residential roll.
You can check your residential enrolment at check.aec.gov.au or by calling the AEC on 13 23 26.
Or contact Orange council to check whether you are enrolled on a non-residential roll.
For more information on the non-residential roll, click here
