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.
2016 Dunedin mayoral election|
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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
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| Votes |
% |
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Votes |
%
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| Dave Cull |
Independent |
10,816 |
27.1 |
-22.2 |
17,441 |
59.4
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| Lee Vandervis |
Independent |
7,063 |
17.7 |
+2.5 |
11,938 |
40.6
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| Barry Timmings |
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5,613 |
14.0 |
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| Andrew Whiley |
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4,647 |
11.6 |
+4.4 |
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| Aaron Hawkins |
Green Dunedin |
3,108 |
7.7 |
+0.2 |
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| Jim O'Malley |
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2,501 |
6.2 |
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| Conrad Stedman |
Independent |
2,086 |
5.2 |
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| Rachel Elder |
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1,734 |
4.3 |
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| Scout Barbour-Evans |
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945 |
2.3 |
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| Abe Gray |
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734 |
1.8 |
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| Athold Bayne |
Stand up for Dunedin |
612 |
1.5 |
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| Informal votes |
N/A [1] |
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| Turnout |
39,859 |
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