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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.
| Candidate | Affiliation | First Preference | Last Iteration | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | +/- | Votes | % | ||
| Dave Cull | Independent | 10,816 | 27.1 | -22.2 | 17,441 | 59.4 |
| Lee Vandervis | Independent | 7,063 | 17.7 | +2.5 | 11,938 | 40.6 |
| Barry Timmings | 5,613 | 14.0 | ||||
| Andrew Whiley | 4,647 | 11.6 | +4.4 | |||
| Aaron Hawkins | Green Dunedin | 3,108 | 7.7 | +0.2 | ||
| Jim O'Malley | 2,501 | 6.2 | ||||
| Conrad Stedman | Independent | 2,086 | 5.2 | |||
| Rachel Elder | 1,734 | 4.3 | ||||
| Scout Barbour-Evans | 945 | 2.3 | ||||
| Abe Gray | 734 | 1.8 | ||||
| Athold Bayne | Stand up for Dunedin | 612 | 1.5 | |||
| Informal votes | N/A [1] | |||||
| Turnout | 39,859 | |||||
References
- ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF). Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
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