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People planning to mail back their voting papers for the local elections need to get them in the post by Tuesday 4 October.

The Mayoralty and all 16 Christchurch City Council seats will be contested in October’s local body elections.

Progress results show Lianne Dalziel has won Christchurch’s mayoralty race and will serve a third term as Mayor.

With local body elections only six months away, people in Christchurch and Banks Peninsula are being encouraged to consider becoming a candidate and to make sure they are registered to vote.

Time is running out for the 69 per cent of eligible voters in Christchurch and Banks Peninsula who have yet to complete and return their voting papers for the local elections.

Mt Herbert voters have the chance to decide who will represent them on the Banks Peninsula Community Board, with voting now open in the February by-election.

Postal voting opens this week for a Community Board seat representing the Christchurch City Council’s Central ward.

With two months to go to the local body elections, two important deadlines are looming – the deadline to get on the electoral roll and the deadline for candidate nominations.

Progress results show Phil Mauger has won Christchurch’s mayoralty race.