Progress results in the local government elections 2022 indicate that Central Hawke's Bay District Council will remain unchanged, and the currently serving councillors and mayor will continue to represent the district into the next triennium.
In August councillors Tim Aitken, Jerry Greer, Brent Muggeridge, and Kate Taylor were re-elected unopposed to represent the Aramoana - Ruahine (Rural) Ward, and Alex Walker was re-elected unopposed as mayor.
This left just a contest for the four Ruataniwha (Urban) Ward seats. Five candidates stood in this ward - Kelly Annand, Pip Burne, Kaye Harrison, Gerard Minehan, and Exham Wichman.
After 90 per cent of the returned votes were counted, the highest polling candidate was Pip Burne with 1780 votes, followed by Gerard Minehan with 1771 votes, Kelly Annand with 1549 votes, and Exham Wichman with 1199 votes. All served as councillors in the previous term. New candidate Kaye Harrison received 873 votes.
This progress result does not include some special votes and votes returned today that are still in transit to the processing centre, meaning the final vote count and result may change once all votes are counted.