| Election Name: | 1986 Porirua mayoral election |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Flag Image: | File:Porirua CoA shield+crest.svg |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1983 Porirua mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 1983 |
| Next Election: | 1989 Porirua mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
| Election Date: | 11 October 1986 |
| Turnout: | 7,176 (37.00%) |
| Candidate1: | John Burke |
| Party1: | New Zealand Labour Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,458 |
| Percentage1: | 62.12 |
| Candidate2: | Charles Hudson |
| Party2: | Independent politician |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,173 |
| Percentage2: | 30.28 |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | John Burke |
| After Election: | John Burke |
The 1986 Porirua mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The elections were held for the role of Mayor of Porirua plus other local government positions including sixteen city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
The incumbent Mayor, John Burke, stood for a second term and was successful. He was re-elected by a comfortable margin over councillor Charles Hudson. Hudson was supported by an independent grouping campaigning for a "new deal" consisting of councillors Margaret Brown, Tom Janes and Eric McKenzie. The trio had left the Labour Party earlier in the year after a period of infighting from policy disagreements and set up their own ticket for the election. Labour won a working majority on the council while the new deal trio all failed to win re-election.[1]
The following table gives the election results:
See also: 1986 Porirua local elections. Candidates were also elected from wards to the Porirua City Council.[2]
| Party/ticket | Councillors | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 8 | ||
| Independent | 7 | ||
| Values | 1 | ||