Indianapolis City-County Council elections, 2011

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All 29 seats on the Indianapolis City-County Council
15 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Joanne Sanders (retiring)	Mike McQuillen
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	At-large (did not run for re-election)	District 4
Last election	13 seats	16 seats
Seats before	13 seats	15 seats
Seats won	16 seats	12 seats

The 2011 Indianapolis City–County Council elections took place on November 8, 2011. All 29 seats were up for re-election, 25 districts and 4 at-large seats, on the Indianapolis City–County Council. Prior to the elections Republicans held a 15–13–1 seat majority. Following the elections Democrats gained control of the council with a 16–13 majority. This marked the first time in Indianapolis history that a Republican mayor would lead with a Democratic council.

The Indianapolis mayoral election took place alongside the council elections.

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