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The Electoral Body · Election 2026

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2026 election result

No votes counted here yet. Results come in after voting closes at 7pm on 7 November.

Before the election

MP before the election: Christopher Luxon (National).

Candidates

CandidatePartyVotes
Ali DahcheACT–
Anae Neru LeavasaLabour–
Christopher LuxonNational–
Craig StoboNZ First–

Seat history

An electorate since 2008.

2023 result (2023 boundaries): National beat Labour by 16,323 votes (43.1 points).

Boundary changes since the 2023 election: Gains Mission Heights, Whitford, Beachlands and Maraetai. Loses Cockle Bay and Shelly Park to Pakuranga and Clover Park to Ōtāhuhu.

  1. 2020– Christopher Luxon, National
  2. 2011–2020 Jami-Lee Ross, National
  3. 2008–2011 Pansy Wong, National

We update this from the Electoral Commission’s preliminary count through election night, as accurately as we can. Calls are ours. Special votes come later, and official results are declared on 27 November. Sources: electorates from the Representation Commission’s 2025 boundary review, MPs from Parliament, candidates from the Electoral Commission, and electorate histories from Wikipedia’s electorate pages and the Electoral Commission’s past results.