The 2025 Nelson City Council election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October in Nelson, New Zealand, as part of that year's territorial authority elections and other local elections held nation-wide.
Voters elected the mayor of Nelson and 12 city councillors for the 2025âÂÂ2028 term of the Nelson City Council. Postal voting and the single transferable voting system were used in two four-seat wards, an at-large three-seat contest and two single-winner contests (for mayor and Maori member).
Incumbent mayor Nick Smith won re-election to a second term.
The council introduced a MÃÂori ward at the 2022 election; in a referendum on its future held at this election (as part of a nation-wide series of referendums) voters elected to keep the MÃÂori ward.
Voters in the city elected the mayor of Nelson and 12 city councillors in 4 separate contests (three in wards and one at-large).
Whakatà « MÃÂori ward returned one councillor to the city council.
The Central ward returned four councillors to the city council.
The Stoke-TÃÂhunanui ward returned four councillors to the city council.
Three councillors were elected at-large to the city council.
Overall turnout for the election was 48.14%, with 18,789 voting papers returned.
With the final results, the following candidates were declared elected:
Incumbent mayor Nick Smith won re-election to a second-term.