Several Indian origin councillors are back while some others have made their debut in the NSW Local Government elections.
Among those who have been re-elected as councillors are Sameer Pandey (Parramatta), Moninder Singh (Blacktown) and Susai Benjamin OAM (Blacktown) from Labor and Reena Jethi (The Hills Shire), Sreeni Pillamarri (Parramatta) and Sandhya (Sandy) Reddy (Strathfield) from the Liberals.
Mr Pillamarri was earlier a councillor from Hornsby but this time contested the elections from Epping Ward in Parramatta while Ms Reddy had won her seat as an Independent in the previous election but this time contested as a Liberal candidate.
There are also several new councillors of Indian origin. Mohit Kumar, Pradeep Pathi and Jugandeep Singh from the Liberals have all won from Blacktown. Mandeep Sunny Singh from the Liberals has won in Northern beaches.
Among the Independents, Barbara Ward (lLiberal leaning) has retained her seat in the Ku-ring-gai council while Indu Balachandran has also been elected councillor in the same council for the first time. Both of them have been elected from the Gordon Ward.
The NSW Local Government Elections were held on 14th September 2024. You can catch the full election resulsts at NSW Local Elections website.
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