2013 Invercargill mayoral election

2013 Invercargill mayoral election
Turnout	17,509
Mayor before election; Tim Shadbolt;	Elected mayor ; Tim Shadbolt;

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.

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:

2013 Invercargill mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

References

^ "2013 Local Authority Election results – Invercargill City Council". Icc.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

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[1] "2013 Local Authority Election results – Invercargill City Council". Icc.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

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