Ōpōtiki district's number of electors for the local government elections in October has grown by 11.5 per cent since the last election.
A pre-election report by electoral officer Dale Ofsoske was received at a meeting of Ōpōtiki District Council yesterday showing the number of voters is expected to be 6400, compared to 5741 electors for the 2019 election.
Ōpōtiki Mayor Lyn Riesterer said she was "quite excited" to see how many voters Ōpōtiki had gained. "It shows quite a dramatic population growth."
It was also decided at the meeting that candidates' names would appear in alphabetical order on voting forms in the triennial local government elections.