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The Christchurch mayoral election, 2004 was part of the New Zealand local elections, 2004. On 9 October of that year, elections were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government roles. Incumbent Garry Moore successfully contested a third term in office with a decisive majority. The second-placed candidate, Aaron Keown, received almost 50,000 fewer votes than Moore.[1] Keown ran as an Independent, but contested the 2008 general election for ACT New Zealand, standing in the Waimakariri electorate.[2] The third-placed candidate, Jamie Gough, was only 18 years old at the time.[3]
Participation in local elections has been falling for years. In the 2004 local election, only 38.6% of registered voters cast their vote. The following table shows the voting statistics since the 1989 local elections:[6]
1989
1992
1995
1998
2001
2004
Electors on rolls
200,915
208,533
215,621
223,832
227,793
235,930
Voters
121,680
105,982
107,450
116,511
110,068
91,0271
Percentage voted
60.56%
50.82%
49.83%
52.05%
48.32%
38.58%
Table notes:
1 Note that the number of voters reported in the summary report differs by 75 compared to the declaration of results of election.