Check the timetable below for the key dates in the Tauranga by-election, including when you need to enrol by and when you can vote.
| TAURANGA BY-ELECTION TIMETABLE | |
| Wednesday 6 April | Tauranga electorate by-election dates formally announced |
| Tuesday 10 May | Regulated period for election expenses starts day after notice of vacancy published |
| Wednesday 11 May | Writ Day Governor General issues writ directing the Electoral Commission to hold the Tauranga by-election Tauranga electoral roll closes for printing Voters enrolled in the Tauranga electorate after this date cast a special declaration vote |
| Tuesday 17 May, noon | Nominations close for candidates in the Tauranga by-election |
| Tuesday 17 May, 4pm target | Tauranga by-election candidates announced by the Electoral Commission Voting place and advance voting place details available Ballot paper printing starts |
| Wednesday 1 June | Overseas voting starts |
| Saturday 4 June | Advance voting starts EasyVote packs will be sent out before voting starts |
| Friday 17 June, midnight | End of regulated period All political advertising ceases and election signs taken down by midnight Last day for overseas voters to enrol |
| Saturday 18 June | Election day for Tauranga By-election Last day for voters in New Zealand to enrol Voting places open from 9am to 7pm |
| Preliminary results progressively available from 7pm on www.electionresults.govt.nz Targets for release are: by 9pm: results from 50% of voting places by 10.30pm: results from 95% of voting places These are targets not guarantees |
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| Friday 1 July, 2pm target | Official results declared (including special declaration and overseas votes) |
| Wednesday 6 July | Deadline for applications for judicial recount |
| Thursday 7 July | Return of Writ by Electoral Commission naming successful candidate (presuming no recount) |
| Monday 26 September | Deadline for returns of candidate election expenses and donations |