The 2016 Dunedin mayoral election was held on Saturday, 8 October 2016 and was conducted under the single transferable voting system. Dave Cull, Dunedin's 57th mayor, was re-elected after seeing off ten challengers.
Results Cull was re-elected, defeating centre-right challenger Lee Vandervis in the tenth and final iteration of votes; however, Cull's first preference vote was severely reduced.
Candidate Affiliation First Preference Last Iteration Votes % +/- Votes % Dave Cull Independent 10,816 27.1 -22.2 17,441 59.4 Lee Vandervis Independent 7,063 17.7 +2.5 11,938 40.6 Barry Timmings 5,613 14.0 Andrew Whiley 4,647 11.6 +4.4 Aaron Hawkins Green Dunedin 3,108 7.7 +0.2 Jim O'Malley 2,501 6.2 Conrad Stedman Independent 2,086 5.2 Rachel Elder 1,734 4.3 Scout Barbour-Evans 945 2.3 Abe Gray 734 1.8 Athold Bayne Stand up for Dunedin 612 1.5 Informal votes N/A Turnout 39,859
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