| Country: | Melbourne |
| Type: | presidential |
| Vote Type: | Popular |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Melbourne City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Melbourne City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Votes For Election: | Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne All 9 seats on the City of Melbourne |
| Registered: | 108,434 |
| Turnout: | 64,996 2.32% |
| Image1: | File:Robert Doyle 2013.jpg |
| Image1 Size: | 100px |
| Colour1: | DDDDDD |
| Candidate1: | Robert Doyle |
| Image2 Size: | 100px |
| Colour2: | 10C25B |
| Candidate2: | Alison Parkes |
| Image3: | File:Noimage.png |
| Image3 Size: | 100px |
| Colour3: | DDDDDD |
| Candidate3: | Gary Singer |
| 1Blank: | Deputy candidate |
| 1Data1: | Susan Riley |
| 1Data2: | David Collis |
| 1Data3: | John So Jr. |
| 2Blank: | Voting ticket |
| 2Data1: | Independent |
| 2Data2: | Greens |
| 2Data3: | Independent |
| 3Blank: | First round |
| 3Data1: | 25,342 |
| 3Data2: | 9,197 |
| 3Data3: | 9,714 |
| 4Blank: | First round (%) |
| 4Data1: | 40.76% |
| 4Data2: | 14.79% |
| 4Data3: | 15.63% |
| 5Blank: | Final round |
| 5Data1: | 32,589 |
| 5Data2: | 15,583 |
| 5Data3: | 13,997 |
| 6Blank: | Final round (%) |
| 6Data1: | 52.42% |
| 6Data2: | 25.07% |
| 6Data3: | 22.51% |
| Lord Mayor of Melbourne | |
| Before Election: | Robert Doyle |
| Before Party: | Independent |
| Posttitle: | Elected Lord Mayor |
| After Election: | Robert Doyle |
| After Party: | Independent |
Elections to the City of Melbourne were held via postal ballot in October 2012 to elect 9 councillors to the council, as well as the direct election of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne. The incumbent Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, and Deputy Lord Mayor, Susan Riley, were re-elected for a second four-year term.
At the 2012 election, the number of council seats increased from 7 to 9.
The VEC distributed preliminary preferences until an electoral ticket exceeded 50 per cent of the vote, in this case Independent candidates Robert Doyle and Susan Riley.
| Councillor | Party | ||||
| 1 | Kevin Louey | Independent | |||
| 2 | Cathy Oke | Greens | |||
| 3 | Ken Ong | Independent | |||
| 4 | Arron Wood | Independent | |||
| 5 | Beverley Pinder-Mortimer | Independent | |||
| 6 | Richard Foster | Independent | |||
| 7 | Jackie Watts | Independent | |||
| 8 | Stephen Mayne | Independent | |||
| 9 | Rohan Leppert | Greens | |||