| Country: | Tasmania |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | October 2026 |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Tasmanian local elections |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2030 Tasmanian local elections |
| Next Year: | 2030 |
| Leader1: | N/A |
| Party1: | Independents |
| Last Election1: | 199 |
| Seats Before1: | 201 |
| Leader2: | Rebecca White |
| Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
| Last Election2: | 16 |
| Seats Before2: | 16 |
| Leader3: | Jeremy Rockliff |
| Party3: | Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) |
| Last Election3: | 13 |
| Seats Before3: | 12 |
| Leader4: | Rosalie Woodruff |
| Party4: | Tasmanian Greens |
| Last Election4: | 11 |
| Seats Before4: | 11 |
| Leader5: | No leader |
| Party5: | National |
| Color5: | 006644 |
| Last Election5: | 1 |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Leader6: | No leader |
| Party6: | Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
| Last Election6: | 2 |
| Seats Before6: | 2 |
| Leader7: | Jacqui Lambie |
| Party7: | Jacqui Lambie Network |
| Last Election7: | 1 |
| Seats Before7: | 1 |
| Seat Change7: | --> |
The 2026 Tasmanian local elections will be held in October 2026 to elect the councils of the 29 local government areas (LGAs) in Tasmania, Australia. Councils will also hold mayoral and deputy mayoral elections.[1]
Councillor elections are conducted using a slightly modified version of the Hare-Clark electoral system, which is also used for Tasmanian House of Assembly elections.[2] Mayors and deputy mayors are elected using preferential voting, which is used for Tasmanian Legislative Council elections.[2]
The Robson Rotation is used to rotate the order in which candidate names appear on ballot papers. All voting in Tasmanian local elections is conducted by post.[1] [2]
A number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2026 elections.
| Council | Councillor | Former party | New party | Date | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset | Greg Howard | Liberal | Independent | 12 July 2023 | |||||
| Hobart | Louise Elliot | Independent | Liberal | November 2023[3] | |||||
| Hobart | Louise Elliot | Liberal | Independent | 20 February 2024[4] | |||||
| Spring Bay | Carole McQueeney | Independent | Labor | 1 March 2024[5] | |||||
| Spring Bay | Carole McQueeney | Labor | Independent Labor | 23 March 2024[6] | |||||