Election Name: | 2023 Indianapolis City-County Council election |
Country: | Indianapolis |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2019 Indianapolis City-County Council election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | Indianapolis City-County Council elections, 2023 |
Next Year: | 2027 |
Seats For Election: | All 25 seats on the Indianapolis City-County Council |
Majority Seats: | 13 |
Image1: | The Stella Development Groundbreaking (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Vop Osili |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Leaders Seat1: | District 12 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 101,009 |
Percentage1: | 66.1% |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 49,003 |
Percentage2: | 32.2% |
Leader2: | Brian Mowery |
Leaders Seat2: | District 25 |
The 2023 Indianapolis City–County Council elections took place on November 7, 2023 with all 25 seats up for election. Before the elections, Democrats held a 20-5 seat majority. New districts were drawn in 2021 that were used for this Election.[1] Primaries for the council were held May 2, 2023.[2] Following the elections, Democrats held their control of the council with a 19-6 majority. In the Indianapolis mayoral election held at the same time, Democrat Joe Hogsett beat Republican Jefferson Shreve 59.5% to 40.5%.[3] With his election to District 4, Nick Roberts became the youngest elected official for any of the 50 largest American cities at age 23.[4] [5]
Parties | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | 2023 | Strength | Vote | Percent | ||
Democratic Party | 20 | 19 | 76% | 101,009 | 66.1% | |
Republican Party | 5 | 6 | 24% | 49,003 | 32.2% | |
Libertarian Party | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2,663 | 1.7% | |
Totals | 25 | 25 | 100% | 152,675 | 100% |
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Other seats that flipped party control: