1986 Auckland City mayoral election

1986 Auckland City mayoral election
Turnout	42,247
Mayor before election; Catherine Tizard;	Elected Mayor ; Catherine Tizard;

The 1986 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1986, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background[edit]

Incumbent Labour Party Mayor Catherine Tizard was re-elected for a second term with a substantial majority over former Citizens & Ratepayers councillor Marie Quinn, while the council saw a landslide result to the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket.

Electoral reforms were implemented at the 1986 municipal elections, the method of electing councillors at large which had been used for decades was replaced with a ward system of local electoral districts.^[1]

Mayoralty results[edit]

The following table gives the election results:

1986 Auckland mayoral election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Tizard	32,064	75.89	+41.52
	Independent	Marie Quinn	10,183	24.11
Majority			21,881	51.79	+42.56
Turnout			42,247

Ward results[edit]

Candidates were also elected from wards to the Auckland City Council.

	Party/ticket	Councillors
	Citizens & Ratepayers	15
	Labour	4
	Independent	1

References[edit]

^ "Local elections on ward basis". The Evening Post. 9 October 1984.
^ "Election 86 Results". The New Zealand Herald. 13 October 1986. p. 2.

[1] "Local elections on ward basis". The Evening Post. 9 October 1984.

[2] "Election 86 Results". The New Zealand Herald. 13 October 1986. p. 2.

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