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Christchurch East By-Election Official Results
Electoral Commission
Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri
11 December 2013
Christchurch East By-Election Official Results
The Electoral Commission has released the official results for the 30 November Parliamentary by-election in the electorate of Christchurch East.
Christchurch East By-Election Official Results,
30 November 2013
| Candidate | Party | Number of Votes |
| BAKER, Leighton | Conservative Party | 494 |
| DOOCEY, Matthew | National Party | 3,577 |
| GASKIN, Ian | Independent | 20 |
| HOLLAND, Adam | Independent | 31 |
| LAMBERT, Paula | Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party | 59 |
| LICHTWARK, Jenner | Democrats for Social Credit | 20 |
| MOORHOUSE, David | Green Party | 954 |
| PARK, Sam | Independent | 78 |
| VEALE, Gareth | ACT New Zealand | 58 |
| WILLIAMS, Poto | Labour Party | 8,414 |
| Candidate Informals | 21 | |
| TOTAL | 13,726 |
In
the 2013 Christchurch East by-election there
were:
• 33,569 people enrolled.
• A total of
13,937 votes cast.
• 3,269 advance votes.
• 616
special votes, including 17 overseas votes.
The winning candidate majority was 4,837 votes.
Voter turnout for the 2013 Christchurch East by-election was 41.5% of the 33,569 people enrolled.
The Electoral Commission expects to return the writ showing the successful candidate onTuesday 17 December 2013 (assuming no recounts).
The results by voting place are available from www.electionresults.govt.nz.
Background
The
official results for the 2013 Christchurch East by-election
held on Saturday 30 November 2013 have been determined in
accordance with the electoral legislation. The results are
subject to any applications for judicial recounts.
The scrutiny of the rolls has been completed and the master roll for the Christchurch East electorate has been prepared. All votes cast on election night have been recounted and balanced and special votes have been checked for eligibility before being counted. This has been done in the presence of a Justice of the Peace.
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