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The 2004 Invercargill mayoral election commenced on Saturday, 9 October 2004 and was conducted under the First Past the Post system using the postal voting system. It was held as part of the 2004 New Zealand local elections.
The incumbent mayor Tim Shadbolt was comfortably returned to his position with 84% of the vote. [1]
The following table gives the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Tim Shadbolt | 16,690 | 84.65 | ||
| Independent | Alan Swallow | 2,884 | 14.62 | ||
| Informal votes | 142 | 0.72 | |||
| Majority | 13,806 | 70.02 | |||
| Turnout | 19,716 | ||||
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