New Zealand mayoral election
2016 Dunedin mayoral election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Dunedin_city_coa.gif/50px-Dunedin_city_coa.gif)
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| | | Candidate | Dave Cull | Lee Vandervis | Party | Independent | Independent | Popular vote | 17,441 | 11,938 | Percentage | 59.4 | 40.6 | |
Mayor before election Dave Cull | Elected mayor Dave Cull | |
The 2016 Dunedin mayoral election was held on Saturday, 8 October 2016 and was conducted under the single transferable voting system. Dave Cull, Dunedin's 57th mayor, was re-elected after seeing off ten challengers.
Results
Cull was re-elected, defeating centre-right challenger Lee Vandervis in the tenth and final iteration of votes; however, Cull's first preference vote was severely reduced.
Candidate | Affiliation | First Preference | Last Iteration |
Votes | % | +/- | Votes | % |
Dave Cull | Independent | 10,816 | 27.1 | -22.2 | 17,441 | 59.4 |
Lee Vandervis | Independent | 7,063 | 17.7 | +2.5 | 11,938 | 40.6 |
Barry Timmings | | 5,613 | 14.0 | | | |
Andrew Whiley | | 4,647 | 11.6 | +4.4 | | |
Aaron Hawkins | Green Dunedin | 3,108 | 7.7 | +0.2 | | |
Jim O'Malley | | 2,501 | 6.2 | | | |
Conrad Stedman | Independent | 2,086 | 5.2 | | | |
Rachel Elder | | 1,734 | 4.3 | | | |
Scout Barbour-Evans | | 945 | 2.3 | | | |
Abe Gray | | 734 | 1.8 | | | |
Athold Bayne | Stand up for Dunedin | 612 | 1.5 | | | |
Informal votes | N/A [1] | | |
Turnout | 39,859 | |
References
- ^ "Declaration of Result" (PDF). Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 28 November 2016.