Local Elections
Voting for the 2025 Local Elections has now closed.
- Progress results are now available.
- Preliminary results are now available.
- Final results are now available.
Elected representatives officially came into office on Friday 17 October 2025.
Voting Paper Return Statistics
You can see the number of voting papers received back at our processing centre on the following page:
View Number of Returned Voting Papers
The Tararua District Council currently operates its elections under the First Past the Post electoral system (FPP).
This form of voting is used in parliamentary elections to elect Members of Parliament to constituency seats.
Electors vote by indicating their preferred candidate(s) and the candidate(s) that receives the most votes is declared the winner, regardless of the proportion of votes that candidate(s) obtained.
For more information about electoral systems and the opportunity to change it, please visit this page.