2020 Melbourne City Council election

The 2020 Melbourne City Council election was held in October 2020 to elect nine councillors and a leadership team (consisting of a lord mayor and deputy lord mayor) to the City of Melbourne. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Victoria, Australia.

Incumbent lord mayor Sally Capp, who was first elected at a 2018 by-election, won a second term, defeating incumbent deputy lord mayor Arron Wood.

Key dates
Key dates in relation to the election are:
 * Thursday, 28 August 2020 – Close of electoral rolls (4pm)
 * Tuesday, 22 September 2020 – Close of nominations (12 noon)
 * Tuesday, 6 October 2020 – Mail out of postal ballots commences
 * Friday, 23 October 2020 – Close of voting (6pm)
 * Friday, 30 October 2020 – Last day for receipt of postal votes (12 noon)
 * Friday, 13 November 2020 – Declaration of result

Candidates
A total of 77 candidates nominated for the election, an increase of 19 from 2016.

18 candidates ran for the Leadership Team positions of Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor running on 9 tickets, up from 14 candidates on 7 tickets in 2016.

59 candidates nominated for councillor positions, up from 44 in 2016.

Leadership Team
Incumbent Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Councillors
Incumbent councillors are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one councillor are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).