State or region
Councillor
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Elected every three years by single transferable vote (STV) (Local Electoral Act 2001). This council is also the region's regional council (unitary authority). Seat count as at the October 2025 elections, excluding the mayor.
- Seats
- 12
Next vote
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, 'Results of the 2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections', read 2026-10-12: Nelson City Council: head (Mayor), councillor count, electoral system. Fallback: Wikipedia (raw wikitext saved under data/raw/wikipedia-nz/), because council websites and the Department of Internal Affairs statistics were not fetched; chair/mayor results as cited there (council minutes or official declarations). For: Councillor
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Local Electoral Act 2001 (second Saturday of October, every three years); dates for 2025 confirmed in Wikipedia, results pages, read 2026-10-12: next triennial election date computed from the statutory schedule. Fallback: not read from the Act or the Department of Internal Affairs this session For: General election, October 14, 2028
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