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The 2007 Invercargill mayoral election commenced on Saturday, 13 October 2007 and was conducted under the First Past the Post system using the postal voting system. It was held as part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections.
The incumbent mayor Tim Shadbolt was comfortably returned to his position with 83% of the vote. [1]
The following table gives the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Tim Shadbolt | 15,615 | 83.17 | -1.48 | |
| Independent | Corey Vreugdenhil | 3,158 | 16.83 | ||
| Majority | 12,457 | 66.35 | -3.67 | ||
| Turnout | 18,773 | ||||
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