2019 Invercargill mayoral election

2019 Invercargill mayoral election
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Turnout20,022 (53.01%)
 
Candidate Tim Shadbolt Darren Ludlow Rebecca Amundsen
Party Independent Independent Independent
Popular vote 9,672 6,425 3,302
Percentage 48.30 32.08 16.49
Mayor before election

Tim Shadbolt

 Elected mayor

Tim Shadbolt

The 2019 Invercargill mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections that were held on 12 October 2019 to elect the Mayor of Invercargill. Incumbent mayor Tim Shadbolt was re-elected to his ninth term with a reduced majority.

Key dates

Key dates for the election were:[1]

  • 1 July: Electoral Commission enrolment campaign starts.
  • 19 July: Nominations open for candidates. Rolls open for inspection.
  • 16 August: Nominations close at noon. Rolls close.
  • 21 August: Election date and candidates' names announced.
  • 20 to 25 September: Voting documents delivered to households. Electors can post the documents back to electoral officers as soon as they have voted.
  • 12 October: Polling day. Voting documents must be at the council before voting closes at noon. Preliminary results will be available as soon as all ordinary votes are counted.
  • 17 to 23 October: Official results, including all valid ordinary and special votes, declared.

Candidates

Declared candidates

  • Rebecca Amundsen, incumbent Deputy Mayor of Invercargill[2]
  • Steve Chernishov,[3] candidate for city council in 2016
  • Darren Ludlow, Invercargill City Councillor and former Deputy Mayor of Invercargill[4]
  • Tim Shadbolt, incumbent Mayor of Invercargill[5]

Rejected candidates

Withdrawn candidates

  • Toni Biddle, Invercargill City Councillor[7][8]

Declined to be candidates

Results

The following table gives the election results:[10]

2019 Invercargill mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tim Shadbolt 9,672 48.30 −7.19
Independent Darren Ludlow 6,425 32.08
Independent Becs Amundsen 3,302 16.49
Independent Steve Chernishov 623 3.11
Majority 3,427 16.22 −10.05
Turnout 20,022 53.01 −1.89

References

  1. ^ "Race for the mayoralty: What you need to know". Radio NZ. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Shadbolt fires up at news his deputy will run for mayoralty". 12 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Bond misses out but Shadbolt confirms nomination for Invercargill mayoralty". 16 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Councillor Darren Ludlow to stand for Invercargill mayoralty". 11 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Shadbolt, 71, to stand for Invercargill mayoralty again next year". 26 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Ria Bond joins Invercargill mayoralty race". 15 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Toni Biddle to battle Tim Shadbolt for Invercargill mayoralty". 5 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Toni Biddle pulls out of mayoralty race, anyone going to take on Sir Tim Shadbolt?". 21 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Paddy O'Brien rules out running for Invercargill mayoralty in 2019". 22 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Final results for Invercargill local authority elections". Invercargill City Council. 17 October 2019.