A coin toss has decided who will take the final seat on the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
The toss took place at 3pm and fell in favour of Glyn Lewers who will take the last seat at the table for the council.
The recount of votes at the district court ended with AJ Mason and Glyn Lewers tied on 2183 votes.
Glyn Lewers applied for the recount on October 21.
The preliminary results of the election, released on October 12, had Lewers in front of Mason by two votes, 2132 to 2130, for the sixth Wakatipu ward seat.