NSW: Can owners access the voting count for strata committee elections?

This article discusses strata committee election vote counts in NSW, explaining in clear terms that all lot owners can access AGM voting results for committee candidates as part of the strata records.

Question: Are all lot owners entitled to obtain the voting count for committee candidates from an AGM?

Answer: All lot owners are entitled to obtain the voting count for committee candidates from an AGM.

In NSW, lot owners are entitled to obtain the voting results for strata committee elections held at an Annual General Meeting.

Under the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015, the owners corporation is required to keep records of meetings, including motions and election outcomes. These records form part of the strata records, which any lot owner is entitled to inspect or obtain copies of upon request.

This entitlement includes the voting count for strata committee candidates (i.e. the number of votes received by each candidate and the final outcome of the election).

Where an election is conducted by secret ballot, the secrecy relates to how individual owners voted in the meeting. Individual voting papers must disclose the voter’s name and lot details, the overall vote counts, and election results are not confidential and remain accessible to lot owners as part of the strata records.

Accordingly, all lot owners are entitled to obtain the voting count for committee candidates from an AGM.

Sean Bermingham
The Strata Collective
E: info@thestratacollective.com.au
P: 02 9137 2320

This post appears in the March 2026 edition of The NSW Strata Magazine.

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