Salim Mehajer has abandoned an appeal over his jail sentence for rigging the 2012 Auburn Council election after a judge said she thought the original term was only "moderate".

Key points: Salim Mehajer was convicted over 77 counts of electoral fraud relating to the 2012 Auburn Council election

Salim Mehajer was convicted over 77 counts of electoral fraud relating to the 2012 Auburn Council election He appealed to a higher court because he wanted a shorter non-parole period to seek medical treatment

He appealed to a higher court because he wanted a shorter non-parole period to seek medical treatment The judge said she felt the original sentence was only "moderate"

The former deputy mayor of Auburn was last year sentenced to 21 months jail with a non-parole period of 11 months, after being found guilty of using forged documents and providing misleading information to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).

Mehajer, 32, and some members of his family bombarded the AEC with false applications to vote in his council ward in the space of one hour in July 2012.

Staff at the electoral office became suspicious of the large number of forms and it was later confirmed that the forms contained false addresses and more than 50 were forgeries.

The property developer was elected deputy mayor of Auburn in September 2012 and charged with the electoral fraud offences in 2015.

Mr Mehajer was a property developer before his election to deputy mayor. ( Facebook )

Today he appealed his sentence to the NSW District Court, not against the convictions or the maximum term, but because he wanted to reduce his non-parole period.

Mehajer's barrister Avni Djemal said his client needed to get out of jail earlier to seek urgent treatment for bi-polar disorder.

"He has an appointment with a psychiatrist to deal with that issue that doesn't seem to be dealt with inside," Mr Djemal told the court.

"This appeal is about reducing the non-parole period to permit him to be able to undertake treatment.

"That condition [bi-polar disorder] may have had some connection with that offending in 2012."

'Neither here nor there'

The prosecutor said Mehajer had been monitored by mental health nurses and psychologists at the Cooma Correctional Centre and no evidence had been presented to suggest he had serious psychiatric issues.

Judge Helen Syme agreed, telling the court she had read more than 1,000 pages of evidence.

"The fact that Mr Mehajer is not receiving what he thinks is appropriate ... is neither here nor there," Judge Syme said.

"He has been properly treated in my view — I have no criticism of Corrective Services supervision or assistance to Mr Mehajer, it is simply not supported by the evidence."

She also said the original sentence was sympathetic to Mehajer's mental health complaints and a "moderate" length compared to what could be imposed in the District Court.

She told Mehajer's barrister if she was to continue with the hearing she would consider an application from the Crown for a higher sentence.

At that point Mr Djemal said he would like to abandon the appeal and the court was adjourned.

Mehajer will be eligible for parole in May 2019.