Following the election, a coalition between the SNP and Liberal Democrats was formed to run the council, taking over from the incumbent Aberdeen Labour administration; this group had been in control of the council following a deal with the Conservatives in 2017 that was not sanctioned by the party hierarchy and resulted in the group being suspended from Labour.

At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won the most seats on the council for the first time.

Each ward elected either three or four councillors, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.

For the first time in an Aberdeen City election, the Greens contested every ward by fielding 13 candidates – almost double the number they had put forward in 2017.

Unlike the 2017 election, the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), the National Front and Solidarity did not put forward any candidates.

This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Source:[33][34] Labour, the Conservatives and independent candidate Marie Boulton retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Cllr Stewart was elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor in 2017 but subsequently left her party to join the minority Conservative–Aberdeen Labour administration.

Source:[37][38] The Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP retained the seats they won at the previous election.

[46] The SNP's Alex Nicoll and the Liberal Democrats' Ian Yuill were named co-leaders of the council.

[47] Barney Crockett, elected as a Labour councillor, left the party in June 2023 to sit as an independent.