National Party candidate for the Parkes electorate Jamie Chaffey has come under fire for alleged non-compliant corflute signs supporting his campaign for the federal election.

One sign in particular, displayed in the town of Trangie in Narromine Shire has received several complaints from local residents for exceeding council size limits.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) does not restrict the timing or size of electoral advertisements, outside polling periods.

However, the sign does violate local council size regulations and there was no application for development approval.

A spokesperson from Narromine Shire Council says signs erected in rural areas can be up to 3.75 square metres without requiring a development application to be submitted, however the sign in question is closer to 5 square metres in size.

Some residents have complained about the signs on public infrastructure including trees and electricity infrastructure.

The AEC advised there is no restriction in the electoral act around the timing, location or size of electoral advertisements.

The only restriction in the electoral act on the placement of signage is that they cannot appear within six metres of the entrance to a polling place when polling is operating.

There may be restrictions placed on advertising signage (either size, placement or timing) by the relevant local council, the AEC told the Western Plains App.

State Labor MLC Stephen Lawrence has weighed in on the issue, using a social media post on 17 December to draw attention to the signs and encouraged local residents to raise concerns with their local council.

Narromine Shire Council regulations only permit election advertising eight weeks before an election, but the date for the next federal election is yet to be set.

Earlier this week, a council spokesperson said they have been in touch with the National Party and asked them to remove the sign.

When asked for comment, Mr Chaffey said "I’m very grateful to have some wonderful support from people across the Parkes electorate who have been willing to put up corflutes on my behalf.

"Corflutes have been a part of political campaigns for years – they’re an effective and standard campaign tool for informing voters of candidates and are consistently used during elections by all political parties across all three tiers of government.

"Perhaps the fact that I’m currently the only candidate for Parkes for the upcoming federal election means people are more aware of my corflutes, but I’m sure we’ll soon see more pop up once other candidates are announced."

One resident who raised the issue with council has expressed frustration with the situation.

"As far as I'm aware, it hasn't been covered up or taken down," he said. "We have this false idea that everything is okay, but where the National party is concerned they think they can do whatever they like and stuff everyone else.

"I'd rather they rectify their own wrongdoing."

Narromine Shire Council confirmed they had issued another warning on Tuesday 7 January to the Nationals, who responded that they would action the removal immediately.