New Zealand Local Election

The 2016 new zealand local elections were triennial elections to select local government officials and district health board members.

New zealand local election. New zealand usually has a general election every 3 years. Under section 10 of the local electoral act 2001 a general election of members of every local authority or community board must be held on the second saturday in october in every third year from the date the act came into effect in 2001 meaning 12 october 2019. In general local authorities are responsible for enabling democratic local decision making and promoting the social economic environmental and cultural well being.

If you are enrolled to vote you can vote in a referendum. City district and regional councils. Find out more about election days in new zealand.

New zealand s parliament dates back to 1854 just 14 years after the signing of the treaty of waitangi and the beginning of the european settlement of the country. Unlike general elections elections for the city district and regional councils of new zealand have a fixed election date. New zealand uses a mixed member proportional mmp voting system to elect the house of representatives each voter gets two votes one for a political party the party vote and one for a local candidate the electorate vote.

In some parts of new zealand local elections are also held for local and community boards licensing trusts and some other organisations. Our democracy is better with you in it. The 2019 new zealand local elections were triennial elections to select local government officials and district health board members.

The department of internal affairs thanks all electoral officers and local authorities for providing the data and would also like to thank local government new zealand the new zealand society of local government managers and the local government commission for their assistance with this project. Under section 10 of the local electoral act 2001 24 elections must be held on the second saturday in october in every third year from the date the act came into effect in 2001. Enrol to vote in new zealand s elections and referendums.

New zealand has a unitary system of government in which the authority of the central government defines sub national entities. What is a referendum. Dates and turnout statistics for all new zealand general elections.