2019 Bay of Plenty Regional Council election

The 2019 Bay of Plenty Regional Council election was a local election held from 20 September until 12 October in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected fourteen regional councillors for the 2019–2022 term of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.

2019 Bay of Plenty Regional Council election

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Results

Eastern Bay of Plenty General Constituency (2)

Both candidates were elected.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council election, 2019 – Eastern Bay of Plenty General Constituency (2 vacancies)^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Bill Clark	n/a
	Independent	Y Douglas Leeder	n/a

Kōhī Māori Constituency (1)

Bay of Plenty Regional Council election, 2019 – Kōhī Māori Constituency (1 vacancy)^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Toi Kai Rākau Iti	2,450	60.81%	–
	Independent	N Tiipene Marr	1,579	39.19%	−14.15%
Total valid votes			4,029
Informal votes			8
Turnout			4,037

Mauāo Māori Constituency (1)

Bay of Plenty Regional Council election, 2019 – Mauāo Māori Constituency (1 vacancy)^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Matemoana McDonald	1,547	58.00%	–
	Independent	N Riki Nelson	1,120	41.99%	–
Total valid votes			2,667
Informal votes			49
Turnout			2,716

Ōkurei Māori Constituency (1)

The candidate was elected unopposed.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council election, 2019 – Ōkurei Māori Constituency (1 vacancy)^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Te Taru White	n/a

Rotorua General Constituency (2)

Bay of Plenty Regional Council election, 2019 – Rotorua General Constituency (2 vacancies)^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Kevin Winters	9,573	37.33%	+8.59%
	Independent	Y Lyall Thurston	8,284	32.30%	+1.54%
	Living and Working for Rotorua	N Katie Priscilla Paul	7,787	30.37%	+13.63%
Total valid votes			25,644
Informal votes			5
Turnout			25,649

Tauranga General Constituency (5)

All candidates were elected.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council election, 2019 – Tauranga General Constituency (5 vacancies)^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Stuart Crosby	n/a
	LOVE TAURANGA!	Y David Love	n/a
	Lets BANG This OUT	Y Stacey Rose	n/a
	Independent	Y Paula Thompson	n/a
	ACTION not WORDS	Y Andrew von Dadelszen	n/a

Western Bay of Plenty General Constituency (2)

Bay of Plenty Regional Council election, 2019 – Western Bay of Plenty General Constituency (2 vacancies)^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Jane Nees	7,067	32.45%	–
	Independent	Y Norm Bruning	5,608	25.75%	–
	Independent	N Matthew Farrell	4,563	20.96%	–
	Independent	N Jenny Hobbs	4,537	20.84%	–
Total valid votes			21,775
Informal votes			40
Turnout