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1998 Hutt City Council election

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10 October 1998

Position of Lower Hutt within the Wellington Region

The 1998 Hutt City Council election was part of the 1998 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Hutt City elections covered one regional council (the Wellington Regional Council), city council and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Independent	17,034	55.37	+21.76
	Positive Focus	7,372	23.96	+3.78
	Independent	5,715	18.57
638	2.07	−0.54
9,662	31.41	+17.98
30,759	46.93	+2.43

The Central Ward elected two members to the Hutt City Council

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Vision	2,881	47.18
	City Vision	2,473	40.50
	Positive Focus	2,071	33.91	+4.56
	Independent	1,455	23.82	−7.83
	Positive Focus	1,371	22.45
	Independent	1,230	20.14
	Independent	512	8.38
220	3.60	+0.64
6,106

The Eastern Ward elected two members to the Hutt City Council

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Vision	2,686	58.67
	Positive Focus	1,911	41.74	+7.55
	Independent	1,556	33.98	−7.40
	Independent	1,273	27.80
	Positive Focus	889	19.41
	Independent	691	15.09	−5.98
150	3.27	−2.09
4,578

The Harbour Ward elected two members to the Hutt City Council

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	2,409	45.85	+2.63
	Independent	2,224	42.32	+2.12
	Positive Focus	1,528	29.08
	Positive Focus	1,320	25.12
	City Vision	1,262	24.01
	Independent	867	16.50
	Independent	752	14.31
147	2.79	−1.93
5,254

The Northern Ward elected two members to the Hutt City Council

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Vision	2,045	49.80	+16.36
	Independent	1,926	46.90	+7.30
	Positive Focus	1,573	38.30
	Positive Focus	1,009	24.57
	Independent	650	15.83
	Independent	485	11.81
	Independent	446	10.86
78	1.89	−0.18
4,106

The Wainuiomata Ward elected three members to the Hutt City Council

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	3,771	77.13	+8.03
	Independent	2,081	42.56	−0.45
	City Vision	1,377	28.16
	Independent	1,257	25.71	−2.12
	Independent	1,097	22.43
195	3.98	+1.68
4,889

The Western Ward elected two members to the Hutt City Council

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	1,847	53.16	+5.25
	City Vision	1,521	43.78
	Independent	1,319	37.96
	Independent	1,097	31.57	−0.88
	Positive Focus	1,068	30.74	+13.17
96	2.76	−1.10
3,474

The Lower Hutt Ward elected four members to the Wellington Regional Council

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Vision	14,905	60.30
	Independent	14,358	58.09
	Positive Focus	13,198	53.40	+11.66
	Positive Focus	12,704	51.40	+14.17
	Independent	10,367	41.94
	Independent	8,609	34.83	−18.87
24,714	37.70

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