2025 Snowy Valleys Council de-amalgamation referendum

2025 Snowy Valleys Council
de-amalgamation referendum

29 November 2025 (2025-11-29)
Should the Snowy Valleys Council be de-amalgamated and the former Tumut Shire and Tumbarumba Shire Councils be re-constituted as separate local government areas?
OutcomePassed
Results
Choice
Votes %
Yes 7,917 87.28%
No 1,154 12.72%
Valid votes 9,071 99.33%
Invalid or blank votes 61 0.67%
Total votes 9,132 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 10,396 87.84%

The 2025 Snowy Valleys Council de-amalgamation referendum was held on 29 November 2025 to vote on a proposal to de-amalgamate the Snowy Valleys Council in New South Wales, Australia and return to the former Tumbarumba Shire and Tumut Shire local government areas (LGAs) that were involuntarily merged in 2016.

The referendum required a majority of all 10,396 registered voters to pass, rather than just a majority among those who turn out to vote.

The final count resulted in an overwhelming majoirty in favour of de-amalgamation, easily passing the 5,199 threshold on the first day of counting alone and a final yes result of 87.3% of the vote and 76.2% of all registered voters.