LGNZ’s Vote2016 campaign has been designed to encourage more Kiwis to get involved in the Local Authority Elections. Local Authority Election turnout has been declining in many areas of New Zealand since the 1980s. LGNZ’s ten-month Vote2016 campaign, which ran until the 8 October polling date, aimed to lift voter numbers above 50 per cent nationally for the first time since 1989.
View the tables below for the final voter turnout statistics from the 2016 local authority elections as provided by the councils. The figures are broken into metro, rural, provincial and regional areas and final results include Special Votes.
For election results in your area, please visit electionz.com website or your local council website.
Last updated: 9:30 am 26/10/2016
| 2010 | 2013 | 2016 | % Change | |
| National voter turnout % | 49.0 | 41.3 | 42.0 | +0.7 |
| Voter turnout % | 2010 | 2013 | 2016 | % Change |
| Metro | 45.0 | 38.0 | 39.3 | +1.3 |
| Provincial | 50.0 | 47.0 | 45.7 | -1.3 |
| Rural | 54.0 | 50.0 | 49.8 | -0.2 |
| Voter turnout % - Metro | 2010 | 2013 | 2016 | % Change |
| Auckland* | 51.0 | 34.9 | 38.5 | +3.7 |
| Christchurch City | 52.2 | 42.9 | 38.3 | -4.6 |
| Dunedin City | 53.0 | 43.1 | 45.2 | +2.1 |
| Hamilton City | 37.8 | 38.3 | 33.6 | -4.7 |
| Hutt City Council | 40.4 | 36.6 | 37.8 | +1.2 |
| Nelson City* | 52.2 | 52.2 | 52.1 | -0.1 |
| Palmerston North City | 43.2 | 38.7 | 39.1 | 0.4 |
| Porirua City | 39.1 | 36.6 | 38.0 | +1.5 |
| Tauranga City | 43.8 | 37.8 | 38.0 | +0.2 |
| Upper Hutt City | 44.3 | 40.8 | 41.0 | +0.2 |
| Wellington City | 40.0 | 41.5 | 45.6 | +4.1 |
| Total | 45.0 | 38.0 | 39.3 | +1.3 |
| Voter turnout % - Provincial | 2010 | 2013 | 2016 | % Change |
| Ashburton District | 58.7 | 53.3 | 53.2 | -0.1 |
| Far North District | 46.9 | 48.9 | 41.7 | -7.2 |
| Gisborne District* | 54.8 | 48.3 | 48.5 | +0.3 |
| Hastings District | 44.3 | 47.8 | 46.8 | -1.0 |
| Horowhenua District | 52.0 | 52.9 | 51.0 | -1.9 |
| Invercargill City | 60.1 | 46.6 | 54.9 | +8.3 |
| Kapiti Coast District | 49.3 | 51.1 | 47.9 | -3.2 |
| Manawatu District | 46.5 | 39.7 | 47.3 | +7.6 |
| Marlborough District* | 56.5 | 54.7 | 53.7 | -1.0 |
| Masterton District | 54.4 | 46.8 | 44.6 | -2.2 |
| Matamata-Piako District | 42.1 | 44.8 | 24.1 | -20.7 |
| Napier City | 44.9 | 47.8 | 43.9 | -3.9 |
| New Plymouth District | 57.7 | 50.6 | 47.8 | -2.8 |
| Queenstown-Lakes District | 50.7 | 46.0 | 54.1 | +8.1 |
| Rotorua District | 43.4 | 43.8 | 45.9 | +2.2 |
| Selwyn District | 43.9 | 43.5 | 44.6 | +1.1 |
| South Taranaki District | 49.0 | 46.4 | 38.4 | -8.0 |
| Southland District | 38.8 | 48.7 | 40.5 | -8.2 |
| Tasman District* | 50.6 | 51.3 | 49.4 | -2.0 |
| Taupo District | 54.8 | 48.5 | 50.2 | +1.8 |
| Thames-Coromandel District | 43.8 | 37.8 | 38.0 | +0.2 |
| Timaru District | 59.4 | 51.6 | 49.0 | -2.6 |
| Waikato District | 34.3 | 31.6 | 30.6 | -0.9 |
| Waimakariri District | 42.1 | 35.0 | 39.3 | +4.4 |
| Waipa District | 41.8 | 39.6 | 38.7 | -0.9 |
| Waitaki District | 59.2 | 58.2 | 50.7 | -7.5 |
| Western Bay of Plenty District | 38.9 | 37.8 | 38.4 | +0.6 |
| Whakatane District | 56.3 | 48.9 | 48.4 | -0.6 |
| Whanganui District | 60.4 | 58.5 | 56.1 | -2.3 |
| Whangarei District | 49.7 | 47.7 | 44.8 | -2.9 |
| Total | 50.0 | 47.0 | 45.7 | -1.3 |
| Voter turnout % - Rural | 2010 | 2013 | 2016 | % Change |
| Buller District | 62.4 | 62.4 | 50.9 | -11.5 |
| Carterton District | 56.7 | 45.7 | 52.3 | +6.6 |
| Central Hawke's Bay District | 56.2 | 55.2 | 62.7 | +7.5 |
| Central Otago District | 58.0 | 52.9 | 62.0 | +9.1 |
| Chatham Islands* | 72.1 | 54.4 | 71.9 | +17.5 |
| Clutha District | 62.8 | 59.8 | 41.1 | -18.7 |
| Gore District | 50.6 | 41.7 | 59.4 | +17.7 |
| Grey District | 47.8 | 45.3 | 49.1 | +3.8 |
| Hauraki District | 42.8 | 40.4 | 44.2 | +3.8 |
| Hurunui District | 55.4 | 44.7 | 41.1 | -3.5 |
| Kaikoura District | 65.5 | 59.3 | 57.2 | -2.1 |
| Kaipara District | 53.5 | 36.1 | 47.8 | +11.7 |
| Kawerau District | 50.0 | 47.7 | 45.6 | -2.1 |
| Mackenzie District | 65.9 | 64.0 | 64.3 | +0.3 |
| Opotiki District | 55.7 | 51.5 | 41.8 | -9.7 |
| Otorohanga District | 36.4 | 50.6 | 25.1 | -25.5 |
| Rangitikei District | 47.1 | 49.5 | 47.9 | -1.6 |
| Ruapehu District | 44.1 | 47.4 | 46.5 | -0.9 |
| South Waikato District | 39.1 | 41.5 | 44.4 | +2.9 |
| South Wairarapa District | 51.9 | 45.1 | 56.3 | +11.2 |
| Stratford District | 45.5 | 47.2 | 45.6 | -1.6 |
| Tararua District | 55.1 | 50.5 | 53.5 | +3.0 |
| Waimate District | 55.6 | 57.0 | 49.6 | -7.3 |
| Wairoa District | 57.4 | 62.0 | 63.0 | +1.0 |
| Waitomo District | 49.0 | 43.6 | 38.4 | -5.2 |
| Westland District | 62.4 | 54.3 | 59.0 | +4.8 |
| Total | 54.0 | 50.0 | 49.8 | -0.2 |
*Unitary councils (combined territorial and regional roles).