The incumbent mayor, Phil Goff, sought a second term and was re-elected ahead of second highest polling candidate John Tamihere.

[1] Twenty members were elected to the Auckland Council, across thirteen wards, using the first past the post vote system.

[2] The Auckland Future ticket, holding four local body seats since 2016, announced in March 2019 that it would not field candidates.

[3] Mike Lee, sitting councillor for Waitemata and Gulf ward, announced in late-June 2019 that he would run again.

Bernard Orsman and Simon Wilson, the local government reporters from The New Zealand Herald, both assessed the performance of each elected member at the end of the term.