| Country: | Melbourne |
| Vote Type: | Popular |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2012 Melbourne City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Melbourne lord mayoral by-election |
| Next Year: | 2018 by-election |
| Votes For Election: | Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne All 9 seats on the City of Melbourne |
| Registered: | 133,801 |
| Turnout: | 73,795 4.79% |
| Image1: | File:Robert Doyle 2013.jpg |
| Image1 Size: | 100px |
| Colour1: | DDDDDD |
| Candidate1: | Robert Doyle |
| Image2 Size: | 100px |
| Colour2: | 10C25B |
| Candidate2: | Olivia Ball |
| Image3: | PhilCleary.jpg |
| Image3 Size: | 100px |
| Colour3: | DDDDDD |
| Candidate3: | Phil Cleary |
| 1Blank: | Deputy candidate |
| 1Data1: | Arron Wood |
| 1Data2: | Roxane Ingleton |
| 1Data3: | Junxi Su |
| 2Blank: | Voting ticket |
| 2Data1: | Independent |
| 2Data2: | Greens |
| 2Data3: | Independent |
| 3Blank: | First round |
| 3Data1: | 31,743 |
| 3Data2: | 15,131 |
| 3Data3: | 7,745 |
| 4Blank: | First round (%) |
| 4Data1: | 44.62% |
| 4Data2: | 21.72% |
| 4Data3: | 10.89% |
| 5Blank: | Final round |
| 5Data1: | 36,974 |
| 5Data2: | 18,481 |
| 5Data3: | 15,682 |
| 6Blank: | Final round (%) |
| 6Data1: | 51.98% |
| 6Data2: | 25.98% |
| 6Data3: | 22.04% |
| 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 2016 to elect 9 councillors to the council, as well as the direct election of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne. Independent Robert Doyle was re-elected as Lord Mayor for a third term.
Following the resignation of councillor-elect Brooke Wandin, a full recount of councillor ballots was ordered by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal on 14 March 2017.[1]
| Councillor | Party | ||||
| 1 | Kevin Louey | Independent | |||
| 2 | Rohan Leppert | Greens | |||
| 3 | Nicholas Reece | Independent | |||
| 4 | Cathy Oke | Greens | |||
| 5 | Tessa Sullivan | Independent | |||
| 6 | Philip Le Liu | Independent | |||
| 7 | Jackie Watts | Independent | |||
| 8 | Nicolas Frances Gilley | Independent | |||
| 9 | Susan Riley | Independent | |||
On 8 November, councillor-elect Brooke Wandin stood down from her position amid an investigation by the Local Government Investigations and Compliance Inspectorate into her eligibility.[2] Wandin and former councillor Richard Foster were later charged with electoral fraud, with prosecutors alleging Wandin did not live at the Kensington address she had nominated when registering for election.[3] Both parties plead guilty to charges of electoral fraud; Foster received a 12-month good behaviour bond, while Wandin was placed onto a diversion program.[4]
As a result of Wandin standing down from the council, on 5 December 2016 the Municipal Electoral Tribunal ordered a countback of votes cast. The Victorian Electoral Commission appealed this decision to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, seeking a full recount. On 14 March 2017, the Tribunal ruled in the Commission's favour.[1] A full recount elected Nicolas Frances Gilley and Susan Riley as the eighth and ninth councilors respectively, displacing Michael Caiafa who would have been retained in a vote countback.[1] Gilley and Riley were sworn into council on 21 March 2017.