| Election Name: | 2013 Auckland mayoral election |
| Flag Image: | Auckland Council pōhutukawa logo.png |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2010 Auckland mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Auckland mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Registered: | 995,206 |
| Turnout: | 345,509 (34.72%) |
| Candidate1: | Len Brown |
| Party1: | Independent (politician) |
| Popular Vote1: | 164,338 |
| Percentage1: | 47.8% |
| Candidate2: | John Palino |
| Party2: | Independent (politician) |
| Popular Vote2: | 108,928 |
| Percentage2: | 31.7% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Len Brown |
| Posttitle: | Elected mayor |
| After Election: | Len Brown |
An election was held for the office of Mayor of Auckland on 12 October 2013. It was one of many triennial local elections that took place in Auckland and throughout New Zealand at the time.
Incumbent Len Brown appeared at number seven by the City Mayors Foundation's 2012 World Mayor list.[1]
Brown's priority for the city was the funding and commencement of the City Rail Link, which had 63% public support in June 2009.[9]
Palino ran on a conservative policy platform, and his campaign was managed by Communities and Residents president and former National Party president John Slater.[8] He opposed the urban intensification of some Auckland communities, including those on the North Shore,[10] instead proposing a second central business district model based in Manukau.[8]
Postal ballots were sent to voters from 20 September.[11]
– Some polls were taken after voting began on 20 September.
| Poll source | Date(s) | class=small | Sample size | error | Len Brown | John Palino | John Minto | Uesifili Unasa | Other | None of these/Unsure/Refused |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Research[12] | 1,106 | ±2.8% | 36.7% | 6.8% | 6.7% | — | 41.1% | 8.7% | ||
| ±2.9% | 57.4% | 42.6% | — | — | — | — | ||||
| UMR Research[13] | 19 August 2013 | 500 | ±4.4% | 47% | 14% | 5% | 1% | 4% | 29% | |
| Horizon Research[14] | 2 October 2013 | 1072 | ±2.9% | 38.2% | 24.1% | 2.8% | 1.3% | 10.0% | 23.6% | |
| Herald on Sunday–Key Research[15] | 6 October 2013 | 514 | ±4.9% | 66% | 21% | 2% | 1% | 9% | — | |
| Horizon Research | 9 October 2013 | 1162 | ±2.8% | 38.5% | 24.4% | 3.5% | 1.4% | 9.8% | 22.6% |
| Local boards and wards won by Brown | |
| Local boards and wards won by Palino |
| Len Brown | John Palino | Stephen Berry | Penny Bright | John Minto | Others | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Board | Ward | % | % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||
| Albert–Eden | Albert–Eden–Roskill | 12,114 | 51.98 | 6,574 | 28.21 | 637 | 2.73 | 741 | 3.18 | 1,335 | 5.73 | 1,904 | 8.17 | 23,305 | ||
| Devonport–Takapuna | North Shore | 6,418 | 38.10 | 7,620 | 45.23 | 584 | 3.47 | 508 | 3.02 | 456 | 2.71 | 1,260 | 7.48 | 16,846 | ||
| Franklin | Franklin | 7,364 | 44.24 | 6,310 | 37.91 | 734 | 4.41 | 716 | 4.30 | 328 | 1.97 | 1,194 | 7.17 | 16,646 | ||
| Great Barrier | Waitematā and Gulf | 222 | 50.23 | 80 | 18.10 | 33 | 7.47 | 19 | 4.30 | 39 | 8.82 | 49 | 11.09 | 442 | ||
| Henderson–Massey | data-sort-value="Waitakere" | Waitākere | 10,309 | 45.26 | 6,168 | 27.08 | 1,154 | 5.07 | 991 | 4.35 | 906 | 3.98 | 3,250 | 14.27 | 22,778 | |
| Hibiscus and Bays | Albany | 8,306 | 32.85 | 11,760 | 46.51 | 1,180 | 4.67 | 1,182 | 4.68 | 563 | 2.23 | 2,292 | 9.07 | 25,283 | ||
| Howick | Howick | 16,549 | 48.97 | 11,790 | 34.89 | 1,284 | 3.80 | 1,027 | 3.04 | 485 | 1.44 | 2,555 | 7.58 | 33,690 | ||
| Kaipātiki | North Shore | 7,673 | 38.94 | 7,609 | 38.61 | 1,081 | 5.49 | 727 | 3.69 | 658 | 3.34 | 1,959 | 9.94 | 19,707 | ||
| Māngere–Ōtāhuhu | Manukau | 9,369 | 66.55 | 1,155 | 8.20 | 399 | 2.83 | 269 | 1.91 | 721 | 5.12 | 2,166 | 15.38 | 14,079 | ||
| Manurewa | Manurewa–Papakura | 9,949 | 63.87 | 2,671 | 17.15 | 526 | 3.38 | 364 | 2.34 | 529 | 3.40 | 1,534 | 9.85 | 15,573 | ||
| Maungakiekie–Tāmaki | Maungakiekie–Tāmaki | 8,616 | 52.20 | 4,018 | 24.34 | 655 | 3.97 | 557 | 3.37 | 615 | 3.73 | 2,045 | 12.39 | 16,506 | ||
| Orākei | Orākei | 9,682 | 38.69 | 12,041 | 48.11 | 656 | 2.62 | 488 | 1.95 | 434 | 1.73 | 1,725 | 6.89 | 25,026 | ||
| Ōtara–Papatoetoe | Manukau | 10,285 | 68.24 | 1,539 | 10.21 | 464 | 3.08 | 310 | 2.06 | 568 | 3.77 | 1,906 | 12.65 | 15,072 | ||
| Papakura | Manurewa–Papakura | 5,476 | 54.08 | 2,762 | 27.28 | 356 | 3.52 | 342 | 3.38 | 302 | 2.98 | 887 | 8.76 | 10,125 | ||
| Puketāpapa | Albert–Eden–Roskill | 6,957 | 51.98 | 3,385 | 25.29 | 640 | 4.78 | 471 | 3.52 | 467 | 3.48 | 1,464 | 10.94 | 13,384 | ||
| Rodney | Rodney | 5,119 | 34.65 | 6,110 | 41.35 | 818 | 5.54 | 753 | 5.10 | 498 | 3.37 | 1,477 | 10.17 | 14,775 | ||
| Upper Harbour | Albany | 3,869 | 33.07 | 5,308 | 45.37 | 688 | 5.88 | 462 | 3.95 | 241 | 2.06 | 1,131 | 9.67 | 11,699 | ||
| Waiheke | Waitematā and Gulf | 2,098 | 59.00 | 677 | 19.04 | 108 | 3.04 | 154 | 4.33 | 234 | 6.58 | 285 | 8.01 | 3,556 | ||
| Waitākere Ranges | data-sort-value="Waitakere" | Waitākere | 6,179 | 49.95 | 3,239 | 26.18 | 517 | 4.18 | 545 | 4.41 | 629 | 5.08 | 1,261 | 10.19 | 12,370 | |
| Waitematā | Waitematā and Gulf | 9,108 | 56.76 | 4,163 | 25.94 | 393 | 2.45 | 437 | 2.72 | 847 | 5.28 | 1,099 | 6.85 | 16,047 | ||
| Whau | Whau | 8,676 | 50.99 | 3,949 | 23.21 | 743 | 4.37 | 660 | 3.88 | 696 | 4.09 | 2,292 | 13.47 | 17,016 | ||
| Total | data-sort-value="Z" | 164,338 | 47.78 | 108,928 | 31.67 | 13,650 | 3.97 | 11,723 | 3.41 | 11,591 | 3.37 | 33,695 | 9.80 | 343,925 | ||