Elections to

Brisbane City Council Brisbane City Council (BCC) is the democratic executive local government authority for the City of Brisbane, the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia. The largest City Council in Australia by population and area, BCC's jurisd ...

were held on Saturday 28 March 2020 to elect a councillor to each of the local government area's 26 wards and the

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of the

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. The election resulted in the re-election of the Liberal National Party under

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as Lord Mayor and the Liberal National Party with a majority council. In the Lord Mayoral election,

and the Liberal National Party was declared the winner after defeating Pat Condren and the Labor Party on a

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basis - 56.3% to 43.7%. In the ward elections, there were no changes to the representation of the 26 wards, with the Liberal National Party retaining the 19 wards they previously held, the Labor Party retaining the 5 wards they previously held, along with the Greens and Independents each retaining their single wards.

Pendulum

Results

Mayoral election

Ward elections

2020 Brisbane City Council election first-preference results map by ward

2020 Brisbane City Council election two-candidate-preferred results map by ward

References

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March 2020 events in Australia 2020s in Brisbane

Pendulum

Results

Mayoral election

Ward elections

See also

References