Vote returns for the Western Bay of Plenty District Council are down with 22.3 per cent of voters having selected which candidates they want to govern the district over the next three years.
As of Friday, just 6969 out of 31317 electors had voted.
In the 2007 election, the total votes counted for Western Bay of Plenty District Council was 37.4 per cent; 11404 out of 30480.
Read the Monday afternoon figures here.
Read about Tauranga City Council vote return numbers here.
3 comments
Don't Vote
Posted on 04-10-2010 15:13 | By bob
Don't Complain
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Posted on 09-10-2010 22:26 | By Capt_Kaveman
should be a null result till over 50% voting return,i guess most of the voters that sent them back in are the elite group that has formed and the rest of the pop has to break it up but has failed this time by not voting,Tauranga is doomed and as an at heart mountie im ashamed to be and part of it and wished the amalgmation never happened
Laughing all the way
Posted on 10-10-2010 23:07 | By SpeakUp
Democracy in apathy and stupidity: a feast for the elite.
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