Declaration of Result of Second Flag Referendum

I declare the result of the referendum taken over the period commencing on 3 March 2016 and ending on 24 March 2016 on the question “What is your choice for the New Zealand flag?” is as follows:

Votes received for Option A – the Silver Fern Flag:		921,876
Votes received for Option B – the current New Zealand Flag:		1,208,702

The votes received for each option and the number of informal votes for each district is as follows:

Electorate	No. of electors on the roll	Total votes received	% Turnout	Valid Votes				Invalid votes
Electorate	No. of electors on the roll	Total votes received	% Turnout	Total valid votes received	Option A: Silver Fern Flag	Option B: Current New Zealand Flag	Informal votes	Invalid votes
Auckland Central	36,083	21,991	61.0%	21,900	9,466	12,359	75	91
Bay of Plenty	47,531	35,607	74.9%	35,540	18,288	17,188	64	67
Botany	47,802	28,869	60.4%	28,832	13,925	14,844	63	37
Christchurch Central	42,918	29,230	68.1%	29,165	12,643	16,455	67	65
Christchurch East	42,173	29,449	69.8%	29,395	12,269	17,080	46	54
Clutha-Southland	44,410	33,124	74.6%	33,070	16,689	16,343	38	54
Coromandel	49,181	37,782	76.8%	37,711	17,074	20,567	70	71
Dunedin North	43,014	28,360	65.9%	28,299	10,077	18,121	101	61
Dunedin South	46,470	35,239	75.8%	35,185	13,494	21,618	73	54
East Coast	47,117	33,408	70.9%	33,337	14,108	19,163	66	71
East Coast Bays	44,207	30,256	68.4%	30,193	15,422	14,714	57	63
Epsom	48,272	32,318	67.0%	32,217	16,010	16,140	67	101
Hamilton East	45,427	29,364	64.6%	29,316	14,035	15,202	79	48
Hamilton West	45,657	29,635	64.9%	29,575	13,196	16,328	51	60
Helensville	43,887	32,101	73.1%	32,038	13,860	18,115	63	63
Hunua	46,438	33,502	72.1%	33,447	15,538	17,864	45	55
Hutt South	48,384	34,219	70.7%	33,920	14,531	19,306	83	299
Ilam	44,203	32,047	72.5%	31,970	16,226	15,684	60	77
Invercargill	45,028	32,608	72.4%	32,561	12,992	19,521	48	47
Kaikōura	46,880	36,314	77.5%	36,266	16,979	19,204	83	48
Kelston	41,890	24,249	57.9%	24,183	8,450	15,673	60	66
Mana	45,872	30,699	66.9%	30,632	13,207	17,341	84	67
Māngere	41,376	17,540	42.4%	17,486	5,054	12,375	57	54
Manukau East	40,111	16,568	41.3%	16,537	5,337	11,142	58	31
Manurewa	40,826	18,451	45.2%	18,406	6,308	12,032	66	45
Maungakiekie	45,757	26,973	59.0%	26,898	10,970	15,861	67	75
Mt Albert	46,125	29,120	63.1%	29,047	11,144	17,815	88	73
Mt Roskill	45,981	27,171	59.1%	27,106	11,240	15,795	71	65
Napier	46,031	34,798	75.6%	34,704	14,452	20,165	87	94
Nelson	48,620	36,024	74.1%	35,944	17,185	18,648	111	80
New Lynn	44,860	27,130	60.5%	27,062	10,664	16,335	63	68
New Plymouth	48,867	35,421	72.5%	35,340	17,342	17,921	77	81
North Shore	49,339	35,240	71.4%	35,149	17,361	17,714	74	91
Northcote	46,519	30,702	66.0%	30,650	13,362	17,202	86	52
Northland	46,503	34,467	74.1%	34,370	13,433	20,848	89	97
Ōhariu	45,205	32,905	72.8%	32,803	15,055	17,669	79	102
Ōtaki	47,062	36,226	77.0%	36,163	15,316	20,768	79	63
Pakuranga	46,310	30,918	66.8%	30,859	14,409	16,391	59	59
Palmerston North	43,100	29,944	69.5%	29,867	12,505	17,295	67	77
Papakura	46,911	29,841	63.6%	29,774	12,175	17,557	42	67
Port Hills	48,846	36,558	74.8%	36,497	16,709	19,689	99	61
Rangitata	46,886	35,513	75.7%	35,474	17,095	18,322	57	39
Rangitīkei	43,531	33,495	77.0%	33,424	14,672	18,710	42	71
Rimutaka	46,712	32,591	69.8%	32,528	13,016	19,438	74	63
Rodney	49,983	38,221	76.5%	38,165	18,070	20,009	86	56
Rongotai	46,365	30,842	66.5%	30,721	11,382	19,215	124	121
Rotorua	43,603	30,879	70.8%	30,817	13,428	17,324	65	62
Selwyn	45,410	36,071	79.4%	36,026	18,604	17,361	61	45
Tāmaki	46,006	32,846	71.4%	32,764	16,992	15,697	75	82
Taranaki-King Country	42,975	32,326	75.2%	32,228	15,477	16,692	59	98
Taupō	47,240	34,853	73.8%	34,806	16,312	18,421	73	47
Tauranga	47,941	35,377	73.8%	35,313	17,554	17,683	76	64
Te Atatū	44,519	27,185	61.1%	27,139	10,280	16,789	70	46
Tukituki	46,017	33,558	72.9%	33,488	14,486	18,939	63	70
Upper Harbour	45,688	28,719	62.9%	28,660	12,621	15,984	55	59
Waikato	46,573	34,842	74.8%	34,779	16,570	18,150	59	63
Waimakariri	45,458	35,520	78.1%	35,480	17,337	18,085	58	40
Wairarapa	47,179	35,619	75.5%	35,553	15,306	20,159	88	66
Waitaki	49,617	38,675	78.0%	38,639	19,092	19,462	85	36
Wellington Central	45,677	29,814	65.3%	29,678	12,124	17,410	144	136
West-Coast Tasman	45,091	33,894	75.2%	33,841	14,158	19,582	101	53
Whanganui	46,271	33,781	73.0%	33,710	13,761	19,888	61	71
Whangarei	48,199	35,574	73.8%	35,519	14,671	20,781	67	55
Wigram	40,167	27,267	67.9%	27,200	11,679	15,465	56	67
Hauraki-Waikato	34,562	15,794	45.7%	15,722	3,996	11,672	54	72
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti	34,691	17,003	49.0%	16,878	3,817	12,985	76	125
Tāmaki Makaurau	34,669	15,531	44.8%	15,431	3,396	11,967	68	100
Te Tai Hauāuru	32,500	16,263	50.0%	16,183	4,190	11,912	81	80
Te Tai Tokerau	34,943	17,905	51.2%	17,805	3,755	13,966	84	100
Te Tai Tonga	33,773	17,274	51.2%	17,201	5,479	11,667	55	73
Waiariki	35,137	17,100	48.7%	17,036	4,056	12,915	65	64
Elector not identifiable	-	195	-	-	-	-	-	195
TOTAL	3,158,576	2,140,895	67.8%	2,135,622	921,876	1,208,702	5,044	5,273

Dated at Wellington this Wednesday the 30th day of March 2016.

ROBERT PEDEN, Returning Officer.

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