title: 2004 Dunedin mayoral election
text: # 2004 Dunedin mayoral election
  
  The 2004 Dunedin mayoral election elected Peter Chin as Mayor of Dunedin. The election was conducted under the Single transferable vote voting system. Chin replaced Sukhi Turner, who retired from the mayoralty.
  
  ## Results
  
  The following table shows the detailed results for the 9 October 2004 election:
  
  2004 Dunedin mayoral election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Peter Chin | 19,862 | 43.4 |
  | | Independent | Malcolm Farry | 17,674 | 38.7 |
  | | Independent | Leah McBey | 3,688 | 8.1 |
  | | Independent | Teresa Stevenson | 2,893 | 6.3 |
  | | Independent | Lee Vandervis | 1,414 | 3.1 |
  | | Independent | Jimmy Knowles | 189 | 0.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 45,720 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Independent | Peter Chin | 23,017 | 53.5 |
  | | Independent | Malcolm Farry | 20,029 | 46.5 |
  