The Chief Electoral Officer has released the preliminary
results for the 13 June Parliamentary by-election in the
electorate of Mt Albert.
The preliminary
results are based on the 19,992 ordinary votes counted on
election night.
Special declaration votes still to be
counted are estimated to be 1,215 (5.7% of total votes).
This includes an estimated 101 overseas votes.
The
total number of estimated votes (those counted on election
night plus estimated special votes to be counted) is
21,207.
Voter turnout for the 2009 Mt Albert
by-election is estimated to be 47.57% of the 44,584 enrolled
as at 5pm Friday 12 June.
The results by polling
place will be available from www.electionresults.govt.nz.
The Official Results process starts tomorrow Sunday
14 June and is expected to be completed on Wednesday 24
June. All votes counted on election night will be recounted.
Special declaration votes will be processed and counted. The
target to release the Official Results for the Mt Albert
by-election is noon Wednesday 24 June 2009.
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