Notice Type
Authorities/Other Agencies of State
Notice Title

2011 GENERAL ELECTION

AMENDED OFFICIAL RESULT FOR THE WAITAKERE ELECTORAL DISTRICT
I, Robert Peden, Electoral Commissioner, having been ordered to do so by a District Court Judge under section 180(10) of the Electoral Act 1993, declare the result of the poll taken on the 26th day of November 2011 for the election of a member of Parliament for the Waitakere Electoral District to be as follows:
WAITAKERE
Candidates Votes Received
BENNETT, Paula 13465
BRADFORD, Sue 322
LYE, Jeff 331
MOUNTAIN, Danny 611
OSBORNE, Peter 55
SEPULONI, Carmel 13456
TOLLESTRUP, Steve 1855
Total number of valid votes 30095
Number of votes rejected as informal 652
I therefore declare PAULA LEE BENNETT to be elected.
I further declare the total number of votes received by political parties as a consequence of votes recorded on the party vote part of the ballot paper to be as follows:
Parties Votes Received
ACT New Zealand 259
Alliance 9
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 166
Conservative Party 753
Democrats for Social Credit 4
Green Party 3308
Labour Party 11579
Libertarianz 33
Mana 174
M?ori Party 168
National Party 12533
New Zealand First Party 2011
United Future 125
Number of votes rejected as informal 300
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of December 2011
Robert Peden
Electoral Commissioner