The 2026 Tasmanian local elections will be held in October 2026 to elect the councils, mayors and deputy mayors of the 29 local government areas (LGAs) in Tasmania.
Like at state and federal elections, voting in Tasmanian local elections is compulsory and has been since 2022. All voting is held via post, and the elections are conducted by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission (TEC).
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. Mayors and deputy mayors are elected using preferential voting, which is also used for Tasmanian Legislative Council elections. The Robson Rotation is used to rotate the order in which candidate names appear on ballot papers.
Local Government Minister Kerry Vincent announced plans on 15 September 2025 to reduced the amount of councillors statewide by 60. The proposal was to have councils with 9, 7 or 5 councillors and then put a councils' councillors in one of 6 allowance bands based on a number of factors.
The Tasmanian Liberal Party and the Tasmanian Labor Party generally do not endorse candidates for local elections. The Tasmanian Greens do endorse candidates and had 11 candidates elected in 2022. Pauline Hanson's One Nation have also announced an intention to contest the local elections.
A number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2026 elections.