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Final Election Results - Palmerston North City Council
18 October 2013
Final Election Results
The Final results of the Palmerston North City Council elections 2011 have been released.
Final Mayoral Result
Candidate Affiliation Status Naylor,
Jono Elected Findlay,
Lew Independent Excluded McCann,
Duncan Independent Excluded Barber,
Ross
Easton Excluded Seton,
Grant Dignity Rates Watch
Plus Excluded Philip, Gary
Stewart Excluded
Final Councillor Result (15 Vacancies)
Candidate Affiliation Status Findlay,
Lew Independent Elected Broad,
Adrian Elected McCann,
Duncan Independent Elected Hapeta,
Leonie Elected Jefferies,
Jim Elected Utikere,
Tangi Elected Baty,
Susan Independent Elected Bowen,
Rachel Elected Dennison,
Vaughan Elected Smith,
Grant Elected Rutherford,
Aleisha Elected Teo-Sherrell,
Chris Sustainable Palmerston
North Elected Nixon,
Annette Elected Linklater,
Ross Independent Elected Meehan,
Billy Elected Barnett,
Jan Independent Excluded Johnson,
Lorna Excluded Wilson,
Bruce Excluded Gunning,
Niki Excluded Fitzgerald,
Hayden Excluded Etheridge,
Phil Excluded Eddy,
Nick Independent Excluded Ireland,
David Excluded Martin,
Dion Excluded Paine,
Elizabeth Excluded Pettengill,
James Excluded Korte,
Marilyn Excluded Poppelwell,
David Excluded Reiri,
Riahari
Wiremu Excluded Johnson,
Russell
Mark Excluded Turner,
Charles
Peter Independent Excluded Smith,
Allen Excluded Hartshorne,
Ange Excluded
The tables above show the names of the candidates in the order they have been elected, or reverse order they have been excluded.
Electoral officer, Dr John Annabell says the computer software used to calculate election results for the Councillor election means that candidates with enough support to be elected do not keep more votes than they need to be elected. Rather, the excess votes they receive are redistributed, in order of voter preference, so as to help elect other candidates. At the other end of the scale, where no candidate has sufficient support to achieve the quota and there are still vacancies to fill, the least popular candidate is removed from the count and, again, their votes are used to assist other candidates in being elected. This is done on the basis that it is impossible for that candidate to be elected, even if all remaining votes were transferred to them.
For the election of Palmerston North City Councillors 58 iterations of the voting cycle took place.
The full results can be found here athttp://www.pncc.govt.nz/yourcouncil/citycouncil/elections/election-results-2013/
The total voter turnout was 38.4 per cent. At the 2010 election voter turnout was 42.8 per cent.
Dr Annabell says the successful candidates will take up their positions on Sunday 20th October subject to the final results being advertised on 19th Saturday October.
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