2016 Dunedin mayoral election

2016 Dunedin mayoral election

8 October 2016
 
Candidate Dave Cull Lee Vandervis
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 17,441 11,938
Percentage 59.4 40.6

Mayor before election

Dave Cull
Independent

Elected mayor

Dave Cull
Independent

The 2016 Dunedin mayoral election was held on Saturday, 8 October 2016 and was conducted under the single transferable voting system. Dave Cull, Dunedin's 57th mayor, was re-elected after seeing off ten challengers.