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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.
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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.
Key dates for the election were: [1]
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]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Independent | Tenby Powell | 32.58% | 12,486 | 12,505 | 12,554 | 12,696 | 12,857 | 13,098 | 13,690 | 15,085 | 17,299 | |
| Independent | Greg Brownless | 20.82% | 7,978 | 7,993 | 8,029 | 8,105 | 8,180 | 8,463 | 8,989 | 9,647 | 12,400 | |
| Independent | Kelvin Clout | 16.42% | 6,295 | 6,315 | 6,375 | 6,484 | 6,610 | 6,959 | 7,533 | 8,635 | ||
| Independent | Andrew Hollis | 10.34% | 3,964 | 4,001 | 4,074 | 4,219 | 4,381 | 4,800 | 5,715 | |||
| Independent | John Robson | 7.78% | 2,982 | 3,011 | 3,044 | 3,132 | 3,235 | 3,474 | ||||
| Independent | Murray Guy | 4.94% | 1,893 | 1,909 | 1,962 | 2,031 | 2,128 | |||||
| Independent | Christopher Stokes | 2.34% | 897 | 916 | 1,003 | 1,142 | ||||||
| Independent | Jos Nagels | 2.39% | 916 | 932 | 974 | |||||||
| Independent | Rangimarie Kingi | 1.81% | 695 | 703 | ||||||||
| Independent | Les Wallen | 0.58% | 222 | |||||||||
| Valid: 38328 Spoilt: 73 + 466 blank Quota: 1st iteration: 19,164; final iteration: 14,850 | ||||||||||||
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