The 2019 Invercargill mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections that were held on 12 October 2019 to elect the

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. Incumbent mayor

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was re-elected to his ninth term with a reduced majority.

Key dates

Key dates for the election were: *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 *Steve Chernishov, candidate for city council in 2016 *Darren Ludlow, Invercargill City Councillor and former Deputy Mayor of Invercargill *

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Rejected candidates

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list MP

Withdrawn candidates

*Toni Biddle, Invercargill City Councillor

Declined to be candidates

* Paddy O'Brien, ILT board member and former international rugby union referee

Results

The following table gives the election results:

References

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Mayoral elections in Invercargill October 2019 in New Zealand