2016 Christchurch mayoral election

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2016 Christchurch mayoral election
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  2013 8 October 2016 2019  
Turnout90,137 (37.4%)
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Candidate Lianne Dalziel John Minto
Party Independent Keep Our Assets
Popular vote75,52413,117
Percentage83.8614.57

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Mayor before election

Lianne Dalziel

Elected mayor

Lianne Dalziel

The 2016 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held on 8 October. The incumbent mayor, former Labour MP and government Minister Lianne Dalziel, who was first elected in the 2013 mayoral election was reelected, winning a commanding 83.9% of formal votes cast in the poll. [1] However New Zealand's local government elections in 2016 were characterized by a nationwide low participation rate which saw only 41.8% of enrolled voters cast a ballot in the election. Christchurch's turnout rate was particularly low with only 38.3% of enrolled voters actually voting, down from 52.2% in 2010. [2]

Contents

Candidates

There were three candidates: [3] [4]

The left-leaning ticket, The People's Choice, represented on the outgoing city council by six councillors, declared that they would not stand a candidate in opposition to Dalziel – and councillor Paul Lonsdale, who came second in the 2013 mayoral campaign, acknowledged that Dalziel had done well in her first term and that he would not challenge her. [7]

Debates

The Press hosted a debate between Dalziel and Minto at the Cardboard Cathedral on 20 September, [8] moderated by its editor, Joanna Norris. [9] The following day, Guyon Espiner interviewed Dalziel and Minto on RNZ National's Morning Report. [10]

Generation Zero hosted a debate at the University of Canterbury's Ilam campus on 22 September 2016. [11] [12]

Results

2016 Christchurch mayoral election [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Best for Christchurch Lianne Dalziel 75,52483.86+12.29
Keep Our Assets John Minto 13,11714.57+14.57
Economic EuthenicsTubby Hansen1,4141.57+1.21
Majority 62,40769.30+20.48
Total valid votes90,05599.91
Informal votes820.09−0.10
Turnout 90,13737.4−5.2
Registered electors 241,210

By ward

Source: [15]

DalzielMintoHansenTotal valid votes
Ward# %# %# %#
Banks Peninsula2,39578.9661220.18260.863,033
Burwood5,17186.6971812.04761.275,965
Cashmere5,63381.95115816.85831.216,874
Central2,98676.6883821.52701.803,894
Coastal4,69480.69103717.83861.485,817
Fendalton6,06688.656719.811061.5568,43
Halswell6,03987.8571510.401201.756,874
Harewood5,67087.9169310.74871.356,450
Heathcote6,03782.34120816.48871.197,332
Hornby4,28582.4080315.441122.155,200
Innes4,10483.0176715.51731.484,944
Linwood4,01578.7998719.37941.845,096
Papanui5,16186.0972812.141061.775,995
Riccarton3,51482.8262814.801012.384,243
Spreydon4,36382.3585216.08831.575,298
Waimairi5,39186.9970211.331041.686,197
Total75,52483.3913,11715.031,4141.5890,055

References

  1. "Christchurch City Council 2016 Triennial Elections Preliminary Result" (PDF). Christchurch City Council . 9 October 2016.
  2. "Preliminary voter turnout 2016". Local Government New Zealand . LGNZ. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. Stylianou, Georgina; Truebridge, Nick (12 August 2016). "Hats in the ring". The Press . p. A7. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. Stylianou, Georgina (2 September 2016). "Mayoral candidates give their vision for Christchurch". The Press . Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  5. "Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel running for second term". The New Zealand Herald . 25 April 2016.
  6. Stylianou, Georgina (12 July 2016). "Keep Our Assets run John Minto as Christchurch mayoral candidate". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  7. Ensor, Blair; Spink, Emily (26 April 2016). "I won't walk away from city – Dalziel". The Press . pp. A1, A3. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  8. Law, Tina (20 September 2016). "Christchurch's cost share agreement to be debated publicly, Mayor says". The Press . Fairfax New Zealand. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022.
  9. Matthews, Philip (10 September 2016). "Lianne's last campaign".
  10. "Christchurch mayoralty rivals Dalziel and Minto debate issues". RNZ National. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  11. "Christchurch Mayoral Debate: A climate-smart Christchurch". University of Canterbury. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016.
  12. "Christchurch mayoral debate sold out". The Press . Fairfax New Zealand. 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017.
  13. "Christchurch City Council – 2016 Triennial Elections – Declaration of Result" (PDF). Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  14. "Christchurch City Council – 2016 Triennial Elections – Election Returns". Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  15. "Christchurch City Council 2016 Triennial Elections Mayoralty – votes by ward" (PDF). Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 3 February 2017.