The 2004 Invercargill mayoral election commenced on Saturday, 9 October 2004 and was conducted under the First Past the Post system using the postal voting system. It was held as part of the 2004 New Zealand local elections.
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| Turnout | 19,716 | |||||||||||||||
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The incumbent mayor Tim Shadbolt was comfortably returned to his position with 84% of the vote.[1]
Results
editThe following table gives the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Tim Shadbolt | 16,690 | 84.65 | ||
| Independent | Alan Swallow | 2,884 | 14.62 | ||
| Informal votes | 142 | 0.72 | |||
| Majority | 13,806 | 70.02 | |||
| Turnout | 19,716 | ||||
References
edit- ^ "2004 local body election results". The Southland Times. 11 October 2004. p. 14.