Lodging an election summary return

Lodging an election summary return

Disclosure returns ensure that transfers of money used to support election participants in a local government election are transparent.

In addition to reporting electoral expenditure in real-time, election summary returns are required after a local government election. The election summary return is a summary of the electoral expenditure incurred for an election and it must include a bank statement from the registered political party’s dedicated local campaign account.

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• Election summary returns for local government participants

Links to further information:

• Fact sheet 14 – Election summary returns
• Fact sheet 18 – Real-time disclosure of electoral expenditure for candidates, group of candidates, and registered political parties