| Election Name: | 2022 Christchurch local elections |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Christchurch local elections |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2025 Christchurch local elections |
| Next Year: | 2025 |
| Election Date: | 8 October 2022 |
The 2022 Christchurch local elections were held via postal voting between September and October 2022 as part of the wider 2022 New Zealand local elections. Elections in Christchurch covered one territorial authority, the Christchurch City Council, and six community boards.[1]
Each ward of the Christchurch City Council returned one councillor to the city council. The first-past-the-post system was used to elect the Mayor of Christchurch and city councillors for the 2022–2025 term.[2] Voter turnout was 43.31%.[3] The positions of mayor and sixteen city councillors were contested by the following candidates:
See main article: 2022 Christchurch mayoral election. Incumbent three-term mayor Lianne Dalziel chose not to stand for a fourth term.[4] [5] [6] Phil Mauger, first elected as a city councillor at the 2019 local elections, was elected to succeed her as mayor.
Incumbent candidate
Depending on where in Christchurch they lived, voters also voted in concurrent local elections for the:[1] [2] [7] [8]