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2004 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand

2004 Invercargill mayoral election

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9 October 2004

2007 →

Turnout

19,716


Candidate	Tim Shadbolt	Alan Swallow
Party	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	16,690	2,884
Percentage	84.65	14.62

Mayor before election

Elected mayor

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.

The incumbent mayor Tim Shadbolt was comfortably returned to his position with 84% of the vote.

Results

The following table gives the election results:

2004 Invercargill mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

"2004 local body election results". The Southland Times. 11 October 2004. p. 14.

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Mayors of Invercargill

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