Results of the 2023 New Zealand general election
This article summarises results of the 14 October 2023 New Zealand general election, including both party vote and electorate vote outcomes.
Release of results
Preliminary results were released gradually after polling booths closed at 19:00 (NZDT) on 14 October.[1] The preliminary count only includes advance ordinary and election day ordinary votes; it does not include any special votes, which have a deadline ten days later (24 October).[2] Special votes include votes from those who enrolled after the deadline of 10 September, those who voted outside their electorate (including all overseas votes), voters in hospital or prison, and those voters enrolled on the unpublished roll.[3]
Party vote
Overall results
Party | Party vote | Electorate vote sum | Total seats | +/- | |||||||
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Votes | Of total (%) | Change (pp) | Seats | Votes | Of total (%) | Change (pp) | Seats | ||||
National | 1,085,851 | 38.08 | 12.51 | 5 | 1,192,251 | 43.47 | 9.34 | 43 | 48 | 16 | |
Labour | 767,540 | 26.92 | 23.09 | 17 | 855,963 | 31.21 | 16.86 | 17 | 34 | 31 | |
Green | 330,907 | 11.61 | 3.75 | 12 | 226,575 | 8.26 | 2.52 | 3 | 15 | 5 | |
ACT | 246,473 | 8.64 | 1.06 | 9 | 149,507 | 5.45 | 1.99 | 2 | 11 | 1 | |
NZ First | 173,553 | 6.09 | 3.49 | 8 | 76,676 | 2.80 | 1.73 | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
Te Pāti Māori | 87,844 | 3.08 | 1.92 | 0 | 106,584 | 3.89 | 1.73 | 6 | 6 | 4 | |
Opportunities (TOP) | 63,344 | 2.22 | 0.72 | 0 | 27,975 | 1.02 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | ||
NZ Loyal | 34,478 | 1.20 | new | 0 | 32,240 | 1.18 | new | 0 | 0 | new | |
NewZeal[a] | 16,126 | 0.56 | 0.28 | 0 | 3,585 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | 13,025 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0 | 12,566 | 0.46 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | ||
Freedoms NZ | 9,586 | 0.33 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
DemocracyNZ | 6,786 | 0.23 | new | 0 | 12,060 | 0.44 | new | 0 | 0 | new | |
Animal Justice | 5,018 | 0.17 | new | 0 | 5,829 | 0.21 | new | 0 | 0 | new | |
New Conservative | 4,532 | 0.15 | 1.32 | 0 | 3,167 | 0.12 | 1.64 | 0 | 0 | ||
Women's Rights | 2,513 | 0.08 | new | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | new | 0 | 0 | new | |
Leighton Baker Party | 2,105 | 0.07 | new | 0 | 2,623 | 0.10 | new | 0 | 0 | new | |
New Nation | 1,530 | 0.05 | new | 0 | 433 | 0.02 | new | 0 | 0 | new | |
Unregistered parties | |||||||||||
Independent | 34,277 | 1.25 | 0.87 | ||||||||
Valid votes | 2,851,211 | 2,742,677 | |||||||||
Informal votes | 16,267 | 40,353 | |||||||||
Disallowed votes | 16,633 | 59,043 | |||||||||
Below electoral threshold | |||||||||||
Total | 2,884,111 | 100.00 | 51 | 2,842,073 | 100.00 | 71 | 122 | ||||
Eligible voters and turnout | 3,688,292 | 78.20 | 4.04 | 3,688,292 | 77.06 | 5.18 |
- ^ Formerly known as ONE Party.
By electorate
The following is a breakdown of the party vote received in each electorate, for parties receiving at least 1% of the nationwide party vote.[5]
Electorate | National | Labour | Green | ACT | NZ First | Māori | TOP | Loyal |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Auckland Central | 33.22 | 22.69 | 24.03 | 9.33 | 3.82 | 1.59 | 3.53 | 0.61 |
Banks Peninsula | 31.96 | 26.63 | 19.70 | 7.91 | 5.36 | 0.78 | 4.84 | 0.78 |
Bay of Plenty | 47.20 | 17.39 | 8.00 | 11.47 | 8.71 | 1.27 | 1.97 | 1.57 |
Botany | 59.04 | 20.46 | 5.87 | 7.40 | 3.02 | 0.50 | 1.17 | 0.74 |
Christchurch Central | 31.25 | 28.61 | 19.52 | 6.67 | 5.22 | 1.02 | 5.14 | 0.64 |
Christchurch East | 28.71 | 34.37 | 14.53 | 7.14 | 6.85 | 1.06 | 3.43 | 1.03 |
Coromandel | 43.09 | 19.67 | 7.83 | 11.92 | 10.44 | 0.77 | 1.09 | 3.37 |
Dunedin | 22.71 | 30.96 | 26.93 | 5.79 | 5.64 | 1.44 | 4.26 | 0.95 |
East Coast | 36.86 | 29.96 | 7.45 | 8.91 | 9.67 | 2.29 | 1.14 | 1.35 |
East Coast Bays | 57.80 | 14.68 | 8.89 | 9.69 | 3.93 | 0.35 | 1.66 | 0.99 |
Epsom | 51.69 | 14.67 | 13.59 | 12.44 | 2.61 | 0.74 | 3.22 | 0.30 |
Hamilton East | 42.85 | 24.85 | 12.35 | 8.07 | 5.01 | 1.48 | 2.72 | 0.89 |
Hamilton West | 41.37 | 26.44 | 9.97 | 8.77 | 6.22 | 1.84 | 2.50 | 0.83 |
Hutt South | 34.05 | 32.47 | 15.51 | 5.75 | 5.20 | 1.34 | 3.34 | 0.75 |
Ilam | 43.15 | 21.97 | 14.97 | 8.32 | 4.04 | 0.62 | 5.00 | 0.35 |
Invercargill | 42.85 | 25.64 | 6.23 | 10.61 | 7.43 | 0.74 | 1.29 | 2.94 |
Kaikōura | 41.21 | 20.78 | 7.83 | 14.09 | 9.11 | 0.51 | 1.68 | 2.03 |
Kaipara ki Mahurangi | 47.78 | 17.02 | 9.60 | 12.11 | 6.67 | 0.68 | 1.84 | 1.76 |
Kelston | 31.24 | 37.28 | 14.09 | 5.95 | 4.73 | 1.77 | 1.94 | 0.71 |
Mana | 28.83 | 38.21 | 15.02 | 5.37 | 5.28 | 1.89 | 2.76 | 0.72 |
Māngere | 19.25 | 61.40 | 7.85 | 2.12 | 3.31 | 2.14 | 0.93 | 0.32 |
Manurewa | 29.41 | 52.17 | 5.93 | 2.69 | 3.46 | 2.11 | 0.60 | 0.46 |
Maungakiekie | 41.61 | 27.31 | 13.83 | 7.98 | 3.84 | 0.94 | 2.65 | 0.44 |
Mount Albert | 32.05 | 26.07 | 25.30 | 6.76 | 3.08 | 1.61 | 3.72 | 0.37 |
Mount Roskill | 43.40 | 30.04 | 12.12 | 6.11 | 3.55 | 0.79 | 2.10 | 0.36 |
Napier | 41.00 | 26.59 | 8.55 | 11.08 | 6.87 | 0.93 | 1.53 | 1.26 |
Nelson | 32.45 | 29.32 | 14.41 | 10.37 | 6.12 | 0.80 | 2.48 | 1.50 |
New Lynn | 37.31 | 26.90 | 16.74 | 7.77 | 4.93 | 1.23 | 2.20 | 1.11 |
New Plymouth | 42.18 | 24.19 | 8.51 | 10.16 | 7.26 | 1.43 | 1.96 | 2.18 |
North Shore | 50.92 | 17.70 | 11.73 | 10.98 | 3.88 | 0.50 | 2.55 | 0.51 |
Northcote | 43.67 | 23.19 | 14.27 | 8.70 | 4.22 | 0.76 | 3.11 | 0.56 |
Northland | 35.44 | 22.04 | 8.00 | 10.21 | 14.08 | 1.55 | 1.25 | 3.30 |
Ōhariu | 34.60 | 29.04 | 20.10 | 5.88 | 3.36 | 1.21 | 4.39 | 0.26 |
Ōtaki | 37.31 | 30.96 | 10.62 | 7.47 | 7.76 | 1.15 | 1.56 | 1.44 |
Pakuranga | 58.74 | 16.65 | 7.20 | 9.89 | 3.80 | 0.50 | 1.44 | 0.64 |
Palmerston North | 33.99 | 31.48 | 12.41 | 8.28 | 6.25 | 1.74 | 2.29 | 1.22 |
Panmure-Ōtāhuhu | 26.55 | 52.70 | 8.55 | 3.62 | 3.29 | 1.35 | 1.21 | 0.41 |
Papakura | 51.95 | 20.96 | 6.39 | 10.05 | 5.27 | 1.06 | 1.28 | 0.99 |
Port Waikato | 48.96 | 18.67 | 5.86 | 12.05 | 7.25 | 0.92 | 1.16 | 1.29 |
Rangitata | 44.90 | 26.35 | 5.81 | 10.09 | 7.44 | 0.39 | 1.29 | 1.45 |
Rangitīkei | 41.23 | 21.79 | 7.42 | 13.70 | 9.13 | 1.40 | 1.53 | 1.51 |
Remutaka | 30.49 | 38.34 | 12.14 | 5.93 | 5.85 | 1.22 | 2.75 | 0.63 |
Rongotai | 21.33 | 31.35 | 32.06 | 3.94 | 3.31 | 2.36 | 4.21 | 0.30 |
Rotorua | 41.60 | 24.23 | 7.84 | 9.62 | 7.70 | 2.31 | 1.73 | 1.68 |
Selwyn | 49.39 | 18.15 | 8.95 | 12.15 | 5.43 | 0.48 | 2.70 | 0.89 |
Southland | 48.43 | 16.49 | 8.77 | 13.64 | 5.69 | 0.48 | 2.04 | 2.45 |
Taieri | 33.62 | 34.33 | 10.84 | 7.92 | 7.71 | 0.58 | 2.20 | 1.13 |
Takanini | 52.98 | 28.13 | 5.73 | 5.54 | 3.19 | 1.11 | 0.84 | 0.34 |
Tāmaki | 52.58 | 16.82 | 10.99 | 12.41 | 2.87 | 0.69 | 2.35 | 0.40 |
Taranaki-King Country | 47.22 | 17.20 | 6.93 | 13.43 | 8.32 | 1.21 | 1.58 | 1.96 |
Taupō | 45.52 | 22.08 | 6.32 | 11.31 | 8.00 | 1.29 | 1.47 | 2.19 |
Tauranga | 46.11 | 18.27 | 8.98 | 10.66 | 8.95 | 1.05 | 2.23 | 1.12 |
Te Atatū | 37.82 | 33.56 | 11.31 | 6.50 | 4.53 | 1.58 | 1.62 | 0.76 |
Tukituki | 41.54 | 25.45 | 7.95 | 12.38 | 6.17 | 0.99 | 1.42 | 1.50 |
Upper Harbour | 50.24 | 22.62 | 9.40 | 8.46 | 4.06 | 0.80 | 2.15 | 0.67 |
Waikato | 50.41 | 17.64 | 5.51 | 12.27 | 7.69 | 0.96 | 1.72 | 1.67 |
Waimakariri | 42.74 | 24.22 | 8.55 | 10.58 | 7.03 | 0.51 | 2.21 | 0.94 |
Wairarapa | 38.94 | 27.36 | 8.23 | 10.64 | 8.18 | 1.02 | 1.58 | 2.30 |
Waitaki | 43.43 | 21.57 | 9.04 | 12.33 | 6.99 | 0.41 | 1.97 | 2.03 |
Wellington Central | 21.49 | 24.94 | 37.79 | 4.52 | 2.24 | 2.41 | 5.53 | 0.17 |
West Coast-Tasman | 33.45 | 23.75 | 10.77 | 13.08 | 9.90 | 0.69 | 1.89 | 3.55 |
Whanganui | 37.00 | 27.95 | 7.57 | 9.52 | 11.42 | 1.53 | 1.18 | 1.38 |
Whangaparāoa | 53.21 | 15.27 | 7.60 | 11.93 | 6.26 | 0.47 | 1.63 | 1.34 |
Whangārei | 37.93 | 22.37 | 9.40 | 9.12 | 13.09 | 1.36 | 1.68 | 2.09 |
Wigram | 35.39 | 29.71 | 14.88 | 6.51 | 5.08 | 0.83 | 4.71 | 0.67 |
Hauraki-Waikato | 5.02 | 44.68 | 7.35 | 1.14 | 3.78 | 33.01 | 0.72 | 1.20 |
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti | 3.63 | 55.66 | 6.78 | 0.78 | 3.51 | 25.37 | 0.53 | 0.98 |
Tāmaki Makaurau | 4.76 | 43.39 | 12.11 | 0.95 | 3.48 | 30.17 | 0.93 | 0.65 |
Te Tai Hauāuru | 4.54 | 41.29 | 7.93 | 1.05 | 4.24 | 36.15 | 0.69 | 1.28 |
Te Tai Tokerau | 5.43 | 44.44 | 9.59 | 1.08 | 6.73 | 27.01 | 0.74 | 1.41 |
Te Tai Tonga | 8.73 | 36.99 | 16.38 | 2.34 | 5.54 | 22.94 | 1.95 | 1.68 |
Waiariki | 3.40 | 43.72 | 5.55 | 0.75 | 3.76 | 38.32 | 0.54 | 0.82 |
Electorate results
The table below shows the official results of the electorate vote in the 2023 general election:
- Key
Labour
National
Green
ACT
Te Pāti Māori
NZ First
Opportunities
Vision NZ
Legalise Cannabis
Outdoors
Independent
Electorate | Incumbent | Winner | Majority | Runner up | Third place | ||||
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Auckland Central | Chlöe Swarbrick | 3,896 | Mahesh Muralidhar | Oscar Sims | |||||
Banks Peninsula | Tracey McLellan | Vanessa Weenink | 396 | Tracey McLellan | Lan Pham | ||||
Bay of Plenty | Todd Muller | Tom Rutherford | 15,405 | Pare Taikato | Cameron Luxton | ||||
Botany | Christopher Luxon | 16,337 | Kharag Singh | Bo Burns | |||||
Christchurch Central | Duncan Webb | 1,981 | Dale Stephens | Kahurangi Carter | |||||
Christchurch East | Poto Williams | Reuben Davidson | 2,397 | Matt Stock | Sahra Ahmed | ||||
Coromandel | Scott Simpson | 17,014 | Beryl Riley | Pamela Grealey | |||||
Dunedin | David Clark | Rachel Brooking | 7,980 | Michael Woodhouse | Francisco Hernandez | ||||
East Coast | Kiri Allan | Dana Kirkpatrick | 3,117 | Tāmati Coffey | Craig Sinclair | ||||
East Coast Bays | Erica Stanford | 20,353 | Naisi Chen | Michael McCook | |||||
Epsom | David Seymour | 8,142 | Paul Goldsmith | Camilla Belich | |||||
Hamilton East | Jamie Strange | Ryan Hamilton | 5,060 | Georgie Dansey | Himanshu Parmar | ||||
Hamilton West | Tama Potaka | 6,488 | Myra Williamson | Benjamin Doyle | |||||
Hutt South | Ginny Andersen | Chris Bishop | 1,332 | Ginny Andersen | Neelu Jennings | ||||
Ilam | Sarah Pallett | Hamish Campbell | 7,830 | Raf Manji | Sarah Pallett | ||||
Invercargill | Penny Simmonds | 9,874 | Liz Craig | Scott Ian Donaldson | |||||
Kaikōura | Stuart Smith | 11,412 | Emma Dewhirst | Jamie Arbuckle | |||||
Kaipara ki Mahurangi | Chris Penk | 19,459 | Guy Wishart | Zephyr Brown | |||||
Kelston | Carmel Sepuloni | 4,396 | Ruby Schaumkel | Golriz Ghahraman | |||||
Mana | Barbara Edmonds | 7,372 | Frances Hughes | Gina Dao-Mclay | |||||
Māngere | William Sio | Lemauga Lydia Sosene | 11,700 | Rosemary Burke | Peter Sykes | ||||
Manurewa | Arena Williams | 7,113 | Siva Kilari | Rangi McLean | |||||
Maungakiekie | Priyanca Radhakrishnan | Greg Fleming | 4,617 | Priyanca Radhakrishnan | Sapna Samant | ||||
Mount Albert | Jacinda Ardern | Helen White | 18 | Melissa Lee | Ricardo Menéndez March | ||||
Mount Roskill | Michael Wood | Carlos Cheung | 1,565 | Michael Wood | Suveen Sanis Walgampola | ||||
Napier | Stuart Nash | Katie Nimon | 8,870 | Mark Hutchinson | Julienne Dickey | ||||
Nelson | Rachel Boyack | 26 | Blair Cameron | Jace Hobbs | |||||
New Lynn | Deborah Russell | Paulo Garcia | 1,013 | Deborah Russell | Steve Abel | ||||
New Plymouth | Glen Bennett | David MacLeod | 6,991 | Glen Bennett | Bruce McGechan | ||||
North Shore | Simon Watts | 16,330 | George Hampton | Pat Baskett | |||||
Northcote | Shanan Halbert | Dan Bidois | 9,270 | Shanan Halbert | Andrew Shaw | ||||
Northland | Willow-Jean Prime | Grant McCallum | 6,087 | Willow-Jean Prime | Shane Jones | ||||
Ōhāriu | Greg O'Connor | 1,260 | Nicola Willis | Stephanie Rodgers | |||||
Ōtaki | Terisa Ngobi | Tim Costley | 6,271 | Terisa Ngobi | Ali Muhammad | ||||
Pakuranga | Simeon Brown | 18,710 | Nerissa Henry | Parmjeet Parmar | |||||
Palmerston North | Tangi Utikere | 3,087 | Ankit Bansal | Teanau Tuiono | |||||
Panmure-Ōtāhuhu | Jenny Salesa | 7,970 | Navtej Randhawa | Efeso Collins | |||||
Papakura | Judith Collins | 13,459 | Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki | Mike McCormack | |||||
Port Waikato | Electorate vote cancelled as a result of candidate death[6] | ||||||||
Rangitata | Jo Luxton | James Meager | 10,846 | Jo Luxton | Robert Ballantyne | ||||
Rangitīkei | Ian McKelvie | Suze Redmayne | 9,785 | Zulfiqar Butt | Andrew Hoggard | ||||
Remutaka | Chris Hipkins | 8,859 | Emma Chatterton | Chris Norton | |||||
Rongotai | Paul Eagle | Julie Anne Genter | 2,717 | Fleur Fitzsimons | Karunā Muthu | ||||
Rotorua | Todd McClay | 8,923 | Ben Sandford | Merepeka Raukawa-Tait | |||||
Selwyn | Nicola Grigg | 19,782 | Luke Jones | Ben Harvey | |||||
Southland | Joseph Mooney | 17,211 | Simon McCallum | Dave Kennedy | |||||
Taieri | Ingrid Leary | 1,443 | Matthew French | Scott Willis | |||||
Takanini | Neru Leavasa | Rima Nakhle | 8,775 | Neru Leavasa | Rae Ah Chee | ||||
Tāmaki | Simon O'Connor | Brooke van Velden | 4,158 | Simon O'Connor | Fesaitu Solomone | ||||
Taranaki-King Country | Barbara Kuriger | 14,355 | Angela Roberts | Bill Burr | |||||
Taupō | Louise Upston | 16,505 | Aladdin Al-Bustanji | George O'Connor-Patena | |||||
Tauranga | Sam Uffindell | 9,370 | Jan Tinetti | Christine Young | |||||
Te Atatū | Phil Twyford | 131 | Angee Nicholas | Zooey Neumann | |||||
Tukituki | Anna Lorck | Catherine Wedd | 10,118 | Anna Lorck | Nick Ratcliffe | ||||
Upper Harbour | Vanushi Walters | Cameron Brewer | 11,192 | Vanushi Walters | Thea Doyle | ||||
Waikato | Tim van de Molen | 18,046 | Jamie Toko | Stuart Husband | |||||
Waimakariri | Matt Doocey | 13,010 | Dan Rosewarne | Ross Eric Campbell | |||||
Wairarapa | Kieran McAnulty | Mike Butterick | 2,816 | Kieran McAnulty | Simon Francis Casey | ||||
Waitaki | Jacqui Dean | Miles Anderson | 12,151 | Ethan Reille | Pleasance Hansen | ||||
Wellington Central | Grant Robertson | Tamatha Paul | 6,066 | Ibrahim Omer | Scott Sheeran | ||||
West Coast-Tasman | Damien O'Connor | Maureen Pugh | 1,017 | Damien O'Connor | Patrick Sean Phelps | ||||
Whanganui | Steph Lewis | Carl Bates | 5,417 | Steph Lewis | William Arnold | ||||
Whangaparāoa | Mark Mitchell | 23,376 | Estefania Muller Pallarès | Lorraine Newman | |||||
Whangārei | Emily Henderson | Shane Reti | 11,424 | Angie Warren-Clark | Gavin Benney | ||||
Wigram | Megan Woods | 1,187 | Tracy Summerfield | Richard Wesley | |||||
Māori electorates | |||||||||
Hauraki-Waikato | Nanaia Mahuta | Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke | 2,911 | Nanaia Mahuta | Donna Pokere-Phillips | ||||
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti | Meka Whaitiri | Cushla Tangaere-Manuel | 2,843 | Meka Whaitiri | Ata Tuhakaraina | ||||
Tāmaki Makaurau | Peeni Henare | Takutai Moana Kemp | 42 | Peeni Henare | Darleen Tana | ||||
Te Tai Hauāuru | Adrian Rurawhe | Debbie Ngarewa-Packer | 9,222 | Soraya Peke-Mason | Harete Hipango | ||||
Te Tai Tokerau | Kelvin Davis | Mariameno Kapa-Kingi | 517 | Kelvin Davis | Hūhana Lyndon | ||||
Te Tai Tonga | Rino Tirikatene | Tākuta Ferris | 2,824 | Rino Tirikatene | Rebecca Robin | ||||
Waiariki | Rawiri Waititi | 15,891 | Toni Boynton | Charles Tiki Hunia |
List results
The following list candidates are presumed elected based on the preliminary results:
National | Labour | Green | ACT | NZ First |
Nicola Willis (2) | Kelvin Davis (2) | Marama Davidson (1) | Nicole McKee (3) | Winston Peters (1) |
MP changes
The following MP changes:
Maps
Results by electorate
- Electorate vote by party
- Electorate vote by bloc
- Party vote by party
- Party gaining or holding each electorate
Other diagrams
- Electorate vote by bloc (equal-area map)
References
- ^ "What happens after the election?". Vote NZ. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "How are general election votes counted?". Elections. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "Casting your vote from anywhere – special and overseas voting – New Zealand Parliament". Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "2023 General Election – Summary of Overall Results". New Zealand Election Results. Electoral Commission. 3 November 2023.
- ^ "2023 General Election – Preliminary Count". Electoral Commission.
- ^ "An extra Port Waikato seat in Parliament: What you need to know". Radio New Zealand. 10 October 2023. Archived from the original on 15 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "Andrew Little resigns from politics". Te Ao Māori News. Retrieved 17 October 2023.