Dunedin mayoral election, 2016

Dunedin mayoral election, 2016
8 October 2016

 
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 Dunedin mayoral election, 2016 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.

CandidateAffiliationFirst PreferenceLast Iteration
Votes%+/-Votes%
Dave CullIndependent10,81627.1-22.217,44159.4
Lee VandervisIndependent7,06317.7+2.511,93840.6
Barry Timmings5,61314.0
Andrew Whiley4,64711.6+4.4
Aaron HawkinsGreen Dunedin3,1087.7+0.2
Jim O'Malley2,5016.2
Conrad StedmanIndependent2,0865.2
Rachel Elder1,7344.3
Scout Barbour-Evans9452.3
Abe Gray7341.8
Athold BayneStand up for Dunedin6121.5
Informal votes N/A [1]
Turnout39,859

References

  1. ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF). Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
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