The voter return was 51.13%, being 20,082 voting papers, excluding special votes.

Final results will be posted later in the week once all Special Votes have been counted.

Watch our animation for a refresher on how the results are decided using Single Transferable Vote (STV).

The preliminary result for the Nelson City Council elections held on Saturday 8th October is as follows.

ITER	The iteration number at which a candidate is elected or rejected
VOTES	The votes received by the candidate at the point of election or exclusion
QUOTA	The quota or the absolute majority determined at the iteration
NTV	The number of non-transferable votes determined at the iteration
KEEP	The candidate's final keep value determined at the last iteration
SURPLUS	The number of transferable votes at the iteration