The Electoral Body · Election 2026
Rangitīkei
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: Suze Redmayne (National).
Candidates
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Cedric Backhouse | NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party | – |
| Steve Gibson | NZ First | – |
| Andrew Hoggard | ACT | – |
| Bernard Long | Green | – |
| Suze Redmayne | National | – |
| Karl Severinsen | Labour | – |
| Jason Smith | New Zealand Loyal | – |
Seat history
An electorate since 1861. Spelled Rangitikei before 2008.
2023 result (2023 boundaries): National beat Labour by 9,785 votes (23.6 points).
Boundary changes since the 2023 election: Gains Foxton, Levin and Manakau. No longer includes communities around Palmerston North or in Ruapehu District.
- 2023– Suze Redmayne, National
- 2011–2023 Ian McKelvie, National
- 1999–2011 Simon Power, National
- 1984–1999 Denis Marshall, 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.