2001 Auckland City mayoral election

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13 October 2001

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Turnout

107,928 (42.73%)


Candidate	John Banks	Christine Fletcher	Matt McCarten
Party	Independent	Independent	Alliance
Popular vote	47,059	31,699	15,785
Percentage	43.60	29.37	14.62

Mayor before election

Christine Fletcher

Elected Mayor

John Banks

The 2001 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 2001, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including nineteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Mayoralty results

The following table gives the election results:

2001 Auckland mayoral election^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Banks	47,059	43.60
	Independent	Christine Fletcher	31,699	29.37	-10.92
	Alliance	Matt McCarten	15,785	14.62
	Independent	Tony Gibson	5,714	5.29
	Green	Metiria Turei	2,213	2.05
	Independent	Sue Henry	1,761	1.63	+0.86
	Christians Against Abortion	Phil O'Connor	1,258	1.16	+0.24
	One NZ	Walter Christie	1,189	1.10
	Communist League	Felicity Coggan	610	0.56	+0.30
	Independent	Fran Van Helmond	437	0.40
Informal votes			203	0.18
Majority			15,397	14.26
Turnout			107,928	42.73	-8.47

Ward results

	Party/ticket	Councillors
	Citizens & Ratepayers	9
	City Vision	4
	Labour	2
	Independent	3

References

^ "Banks beats Fletcher for hearts of Aucklanders". The New Zealand Herald. 14 October 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
^ "Final Official Election Results". Archived from the original on 27 June 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2017.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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