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The Electoral Body · Election 2026

Coromandel

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: Scott Simpson (National).

Candidates

CandidatePartyVotes
Vincent AndersenNZ First–
Glen BennettLabour–
Ray CobbNZ Outdoors & Freedom Party–
Pamela GrealeyGreen–
Steven HartIndependent–
Mike McCormickACT–
Scott SimpsonNational–

Seat history

An electorate since 1996.

2023 result (2023 boundaries): National beat Labour by 17,349 votes (36.8 points).

Boundary changes since the 2023 election: None. The boundaries are the same as in 2023.

  1. 2011– Scott Simpson, National
  2. 2002–2011 Sandra Goudie, National
  3. 1999–2002 Jeanette Fitzsimons, Green
  4. 1996–1999 Murray McLean, 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.