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
- 4 December 2019
- 27 November 2019
- 13 November 2019
- 6 November 2019
- 23 October 2019
- 9 October 2019
- 18 September 2019
- 28 August 2019
- 21 August 2019
- 7 August 2019
- 24 July 2019
- 17 July 2019
- 10 July 2019
- 26 June 2019
- 19 June 2019
- 12 June 2019
- 22 May 2019
- 15 May 2019
- 10 April 2019
- 27 March 2019
- 6 March 2019
- 20 February 2019
- 13 February 2019
- 30 January 2019
- 16 January 2019
- 9 January 2019
- 8 January 2019
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