"It shows obviously very good interest from the community," he said yesterday.
Lampp said over the next few weeks, profiles and photos of the candidates would be compiled and when they were ready they would go up on the council website.
"We'll encourage people at that point to get to know those candidates before the voter packs go out on the 9th of April," he said.
The 20 confirmed candidate names on the council website are:
•Sheldon Nesdale (Fix our Traffic! Fix our Recycling!)
•Buddy Mikaere (TOP – The Opportunities Party)
•Lester Gray (Putting People First)
•MJ Anderson (Independent)
•Tony Christiansen (Committed to Tauranga)
•Rosie Dawson-Hewes (Independent)
•Yvette Lamare
•Mark Wassung
•Douglas Owens (Independent)
•Bill Faulkner
•Anne Pankhurst
•Gillian Cook
•Andrew Ragg
•Talia Harvey
•David Leo Tank
•Robert Curtis (Independent)
•Murray Guy (Community First)
•John Robson (Real Change – Guaranteed)
•Peter Stanley (Independent)
•Zeepra Lemoto
To be eligible to stand in the byelection, the nominees had to be New Zealand citizens, over 18 years of age and on the electoral roll.
They do not have to live in Tauranga City, but the nominator and seconder must.
A candidate cannot nominate themselves and each candidate had to pay a $200 nomination fee.
Tauranga residents need to be enrolled to vote.
People who own a property in Tauranga but live outside of the area are also eligible to vote.
Timeline
March 5: Nominations closed
April 9-14: Voting papers will be sent out
May 1: Polling day (voting closes at noon) and preliminary results will be announced
May 7: Swearing in of the candidate at an extraordinary council meeting
