Electoral record
Municipal by-elections
A by-election fills one ward’s vacancy between local elections. Each day’s wards, candidates and votes are the IEC’s, with the candidate its results award the seat. Why a seat fell vacant is not published with the results and is not stated here.
- By-election days
- 191
- Ward contests
- 630
- Candidates
- 3 515
- Period
- 9 November 2016 – 24 June 2026
2016–2021 council term
- 12 December 2018
- 5 December 2018
- 21 November 2018
- 14 November 2018
- 7 November 2018
- 31 October 2018
- 24 October 2018
- 3 October 2018
- 26 September 2018
- 5 September 2018
- 22 August 2018
- 15 August 2018
- 8 August 2018
- 25 July 2018
- 18 July 2018
- 17 July 2018
- 20 June 2018
- 13 June 2018
- 6 June 2018
- 30 May 2018
- 23 May 2018
- 25 April 2018
- 11 April 2018
- 4 April 2018
- 7 March 2018
- 28 February 2018
- 21 February 2018
What this record covers
The IEC’s by-election results dashboard publishes the by-elections held since November 2016 (the 2016–2021 and 2021–2026 council terms). Earlier by-elections are not published there and are not in this record yet. Sources and coverage