2013 Invercargill mayoral election
The 2013 Invercargill mayoral election finished on Saturday, 12 October 2013 and was conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system using the postal voting system. It was held as part of the 2013 New Zealand local elections.
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| Turnout | 17,509 | |||||||||||||||
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Background
The candidates for mayor included the incumbent Tim Shadbolt who contested a seventh consecutive term. Other candidates included Shadbolt defeated challengers Lindsay Dow and Kevin Middleton. Shadbolt was re-elected with a decreased majority.[1]
Results
The following table gives the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Independent | Tim Shadbolt | 12,050 | 68.82 | -4.31 | |
| Independent | Lindsay Dow | 4,926 | 28.13 | ||
| Independent | Kevin Middleton | 533 | 3.04 | ||
| Majority | 7,124 | 40.68 | -8.58 | ||
| Turnout | 17,509 | ||||
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References
- "2013 Local Authority Election results – Invercargill City Council". Icc.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
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