2019 Tauranga mayoral election

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2019 Tauranga mayoral election
  2016 12 October 20192024 
  Mayor Greg Brownless.jpg
Candidate Tenby Powell Greg Brownless
Popular vote17,29912,400
Percentage58.2441.75

Mayor before election

Greg Brownless

Elected Mayor

Tenby Powell

The 2019 Tauranga mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections that were 12 October 2019 to elect the Mayor of Tauranga. It was won by Tenby Powell who defeated the incumbent mayor Greg Brownless.

Contents

Key dates

Key dates for the election were: [1]

Candidates

Declared candidates

Withdrawn candidates

Result

Tenby Powell won the election to become mayor of Tauranga, [12] with 17,299 votes over Brownless' 12,400 in the final STV iteration. [13]

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