2022 Rotorua mayoral election

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Turnout

23,302


Candidate	Tania Tapsell	Ben Sandford	Fletcher Tabuteau
Party	Independent	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	7,362	4,070	4,043
Percentage	31.59	17.46	17.35

Mayor before election

Steve Chadwick

Elected mayor

Tania Tapsell

The 2022 Rotorua mayoral election took place on 8 October 2022 to determine the Mayor of Rotorua. Incumbent mayor Steve Chadwick did not run for re-election.

Candidates

Declared candidates

Kalaadevi Ananda, businesswoman
Raj Kumar, district councillor
Reynold Macpherson, district councillor
Ben Sandford, lawyer, former winter Olympian, and Labour candidate in the 2017 general election
Fletcher Tabuteau, former New Zealand First MP
Tania Tapsell, district councillor and National candidate in the 2020 general election.

Declined to be candidates

Steve Chadwick, incumbent mayor
Dave Donaldson, deputy mayor
Todd McClay, National MP
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait, district councillor
Mercia Yates, district councillor

Results

2022 Rotorua mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Tania Tapsell	7,362	31.59
	Independent	Ben Sandford	4,070	17.46
	Independent	Fletcher Tabuteau	4,043	17.35
	Independent	Raj Kumar	3,600	15.44
	Residents & Ratepayers	Reynold Macpherson	3,561	15.28
	Independent	Rania Sears	377	1.61
	Independent	Kalaadevi Ananda	289	1.24
Informal votes			29	0.14
Majority			3,292	14.13
Turnout			23,302
Registered electors

References

"Rotorua mayoral race: Kalaadevi Ananda joins field of six candidates". Rotorua Daily Post. New Zealand Herald. 19 July 2022.
^ Desmarais, Felix (27 July 2021). "Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick to stand down after next election". RNZ.
Desmarais, Felix (14 December 2021). "Reynold Macpherson running for Rotorua mayor in 2022 local election". Stuff.
Sparks, Zizi (16 July 2022). "Ben Sandford, Rotorua lawyer, announces mayoralty bid". Rotorua Daily Post. New Zealand Herald.
Desmarais, Felix (10 May 2022). "Tania Tapsell to stand for mayor of Rotorua Lakes Council". Rotorua Daily Post. New Zealand Herald.
Makiha, Kelly (8 August 2022). "Mayoralty consideration: Merepeka Raukawa-Tait mightn't only be eyeing Miss Rotorua crown". Rotorua Daily Post. New Zealand Herald.
"Rotorua Lakes Council - 2022 Triennial Elections" (PDF). Rotorua Lakes Council. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

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