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2025 Christchurch mayoral election

The 2025 Christchurch mayoral election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October in Christchurch, New Zealand, as part of that year's city council election and nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Christchurch for the 2025–2028 term. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used. Incumbent centre-right independent mayor Phil Mauger ran for a second term, with incumbent centre-left independent councillor Sara Templeton as his main challenger; there were six other candidates for the position.

Key dates
The timeline of electoral events were: • Friday, 4 July – Candidate nominations open, roll opens for public inspection • Friday, 1 August – Nominations close at midday, electoral roll closes • Friday, 8 August – Candidates announced • Tuesday, 9 September – Ballots posted out, voting opens • Saturday, 11 October – Voting closes at midday • Sunday, 19 October – Final results declared == Background ==
Campaign
In October 2024, Sara Templeton was the first candidate who announced their candidacy. A city councillor since the 2016 local elections, she would not stand again in the Heathcote ward to focus on the mayoral campaign. The second person to announce their candidacy was Phil Mauger, the incumbent mayor, in January 2025. He has been a city councillor since the 2019 local elections and mayor since the 2022 elections. Mauger had campaigned on a 4 percent rates cap in 2022, but presided over a 9.9 percent rise in the 2024–25 financial year. To lower rates rises, he proposes asset sales. == List of candidates ==
Result
Mauger won the election by a large margin, with Templeton coming second. ==Notes==
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