2016 Dunedin mayoral election

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2016 Dunedin mayoral election
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Candidate Dave Cull Lee Vandervis
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote17,44111,938
Percentage59.440.6

Mayor before election

Dave Cull
Independent

Elected mayor

Dave Cull
Independent

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.

CandidateAffiliationFirst PreferenceLast Iteration
Votes %+/-Votes %
Dave Cull Independent 10,81627.1-22.217,44159.4
Lee Vandervis Independent 7,06317.7+2.511,93840.6
Barry Timmings5,61314.0
Andrew Whiley4,64711.6+4.4
Aaron Hawkins Green Dunedin 3,1087.7+0.2
Jim O'Malley2,5016.2
Conrad Stedman Independent 2,0865.2
Rachel Elder1,7344.3
Scout Barbour-Evans9452.3
Abe Gray 7341.8
Athold BayneStand up for Dunedin6121.5
Informal votes N/A [1]
Turnout 39,859

References

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