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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: Megan Woods (Labour), who isn’t standing here this time. An open seat.

Candidates

CandidatePartyVotes
William Donald AlexanderFree Palestine Party–
Laura McClureACT–
Geoff McTagueIndependent–
Shreejan PandeyGreen–
Bryce ParkNZ First–
Tracy SummerfieldNational–
Dominik YanzickLabour–

Seat history

An electorate since 1996.

2023 result (2023 boundaries): Labour beat National by 1,179 votes (3.1 points).

Boundary changes since the 2023 election: Shifts south and west: gains Prebbleton and Templeton from Selwyn. Loses the Addington–Spreydon area.

  1. 2011– Megan Woods, Labour
  2. 2002–2011 Jim Anderton, Progressive
  3. 1996–2002 Jim Anderton, Alliance

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.