2024 Tauranga mayoral election

2024 Tauranga mayoral election

20 July 2024
Turnout42,632 (38.98 1.43 pp)
 
Candidate Mahé Drysdale Greg Brownless
Affiliation Independent Independent
Primary vote 10,147 5,785
Percentage 23.80% 13.57%
Final vote 16,606 10,510

 
Candidate Ria Hall Tina Salisbury
Affiliation Independent Independent
Primary vote 6,808 5,096
Percentage 15.97% 11.95%
Final vote eliminated eliminated

Margin of victory by ward (primary vote)

Mayor before election

Under commission

Elected mayor

Mahé Drysdale
Independent

The 2024 Tauranga mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of Tauranga as part of the 2024 Tauranga local elections. The election took place between 29 June and 20 July 2024, with the official results released on 25 July. It was the first election since the Minister of Local Government appointed a Crown Commission on 9 February 2021 to oversee all of Tauranga City Council's governance responsibilities. The election was held using the Single Transferable Vote system.

Mahé Drysdale was elected as mayor.