2016 Dunedin mayoral election

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.

2016 Dunedin mayoral election

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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

Results edit

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 edit

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