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Tawa Community Board by-election

Elections

Tawa Community Board by-election

A by-election was held to fill one extraordinary vacancy on the Tawa Community Board.

The vacancy is a result of Jill Day being elected to the Council. The by-election was held on Friday 17 February 2017.

Nominations

Nominations for candidates closed at 12 noon on 22 December 2016.

A total of five nominations were received.

See the candidate profiles

Election details

The election will be conducted by postal voting under the Single Transferable Vote (STV) electoral system. Candidate names will be listed in random order on the voting papers.

Learn more about STV: Elections - Electoral systems

Electoral rolls

Electors can enrol or amend their enrolment details on the residential electoral roll by:

calling 0800 ENROL NOW (0800 36 76 56)
visiting Elections - Enrol, check or update now
filling out an enrolment form available at Tawa or Wellington Central libraries, or the Service Centre, City Council office, 101 Wakefield Street, Wellington.