Hawke's Bay says NO To Amalgamation
- Publish Date
- Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 4:41PM
Hawke's Bay residents have had their say on the binding Re-organisation Poll and voted NO to amalgamation.
This progress result is based upon the counting of approximately 97% of the returned voting papers. The progress result does not include some special votes and voting papers returned today that are still in transit to the processing centre.
A preliminary result is expected tomorrow afternoon, however the overall result won't change.
The voter return is currently at 60.87% with 67,511 voting papers processed.
Here's how the numbers shook down:
Votes Received
FOR Â Â Â Â Â Â 22,649 Â Â 33.55%
AGAINST Â Â 44,681 Â Â Â 66.18%
Napier CityÂ
FOR Â Â Â Â Â Â 4,450 Â Â Â 15.77%
AGAINST Â Â 23,705 Â Â 83.99%
70 Informal/Blank voting papers
Hastings District
FOR Â Â Â Â Â 15,161 Â Â Â 51.46%
AGAINST Â Â 14,212 Â Â 48.24%
89 Blank/informal voting papers
Wairoa District
FOR Â Â Â Â Â 434 Â Â Â Â Â 12.07%
AGAINST Â Â 3,154 Â Â Â 87.68%
9 Blank/informal voting papers
Central Hawke's Bay
FOR Â Â Â Â Â 2,602 Â Â Â Â 41.81%
AGAINST Â 3,608 Â Â Â Â 57.98%
13 Blank/informal voting papers
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