Elections to Dundee City Council were held on 3 May 2012 on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the eight wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,^[1] with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 29 Councillors elected.

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2012 Dundee City Council election

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All 29 seats to Dundee City Council 15 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ken Guild Kevin Keenan Derek Scott Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader's seat The Ferry Strathmartine The Ferry Last election 13 seats, 44.8% 10 seats, 34.5% 3 seats, 10.3% Seats before 13 10 3 Seats won 16 10 1 Seats after 10 Seat change 3 0 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Fraser Macpherson Ian Borthwick Party Liberal Democrats Independent Leader's seat West End Strathmartine Last election 2 seats, 6.9% 1 seat, 3.5% Seats before 2 2 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 -
The 8 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Ken Guild SNP Council Leader after election Ken Guild SNP

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After the 2007 Election a Labour-Lib Dem Coalition was formed. This administration subsequently collapsed in 2009 as a result of a by-election loss, and an SNP minority administration was formed.

The 2012 election saw the Scottish National Party gain 3 seats and secure an overall majority on the Council. The Scottish Labour Party retained their 10 seats on the Council while both the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats were reduced to a single Councillor. There also remains a single Independent.^[2]

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Dundee Local Election Result 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	16	3	0	3	55.17	43.35	16,704	3.35
	Labour	10	0	0	0	34.48	30.14	11,612	0.74
	Conservative	1	0	2	2	3.45	11.26	4,340	1.24
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	1	1	3.45	8.98	3,461	2.32
	Independent	1	0	0	0	3.45	4.44	1,709	1.4
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.27	488	New
	Scottish Green	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.56	217	0.04

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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

• † On 16 January 2016 Maryfield SNP Cllr Craig Melville was suspended from the party and became an Independent. He resigned his Council seat on 5 February 2016 and a by-election was held on 31 March 2016 which was held by the SNP's Lynne Short.