Results of the 2023 New Zealand general election explained

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outside their electorate (including all overseas votes), voters in hospital or prison, and those voters enrolled on the unpublished roll.[3]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

| colspan=12 align=center| |- style="text-align:center;"! colspan=2 rowspan=2 style="width:213px;" | Party! colspan=4 | Party vote! colspan=4 | Electorate vote sum! rowspan=2 | Total
seats! rowspan=2 | +/-|- style="text-align:center;"! Votes! Of total
(%)! Change
(pp)! Seats! Votes! Of total
(%)! Change
(pp)! Seats|-| | 1,085,851| 38.08| 12.51| 5| 1,192,251| 43.47| 9.34| 43| 48| 16|-| | 767,540| 26.92| 23.09| 17| 855,963| 31.21| 16.86| 17| 34| 31|-| | 330,907| 11.61| 3.75| 12| 226,575| 8.26| 2.52| 3| 15| 5|-| | 246,473| 8.64| 1.06| 9| 149,507| 5.45| 1.99| 2| 11| 1|-| | 173,553| 6.09| 3.49| 8| 76,676| 2.80| 1.73| 0| 8| 8|-| | 87,844| 3.08| 1.92| 0| 106,584| 3.89| 1.73| 6| 6| 4|-| (TOP)| 63,344| 2.22| 0.72| 0| 27,975| 1.02| 0.13| 0| 0| |-| | 34,478| 1.20| new | 0| 32,240| 1.18| new| 0| 0| new|-| | 16,126| 0.56| 0.28| 0| 3,585| 0.13| 0.11| 0| 0| |-| | 13,025| 0.45| 0.00| 0| 12,566| 0.46| 0.17| 0| 0| |-| | 9,586| 0.33| 0.08| 0| | | | 0| 0| |-| | 6,786| 0.23| new | 0| 12,060| 0.44| new| 0| 0| new|-| | 5,018| 0.17| new | 0| 5,829| 0.21| new| 0| 0| new|-| | 4,532| 0.15| 1.32| 0| 3,167| 0.12| 1.64| 0| 0| |-| | 2,513| 0.08| new | 0| 0| 0.00| new| 0| 0| new |-| | 2,105| 0.07| new | 0| 2,623| 0.10| new| 0| 0| new|-| | 1,530| 0.05| new | 0| 433| 0.02| new| 0| 0| new|-| style="background-color:#ffffff" || style="text-align:left;" | Unregistered parties| | | | | | | | |||-| | | | | | 34,277| 1.25| 0.87| | | |-! colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Valid votes! 2,851,211!!! ! 2,742,677!!! colspan=3 ||-| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Informal votes| 16,267||!| 40,353||| colspan=3 ||-| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Disallowed votes| 16,633| | !| 59,043| | | colspan=3 ||-| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Below electoral threshold| | | !| | | | colspan=3 ||-! colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Total! 2,884,111! 100.00!! 51! 2,842,073! 100.00! ! 71! 122!|-| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Eligible voters and turnout| 3,688,292| 78.20| 4.04!| 3,688,292| 77.06| 5.18| colspan=3 ||}

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.[4]

ElectorateNationalLabourGreenACTNZ FirstMāoriTOPLoyal
33.2222.6924.039.333.821.593.530.61
Banks Peninsula31.9626.6319.707.915.360.784.840.78
47.2017.398.0011.478.711.271.971.57
Botany59.0420.465.877.403.020.501.170.74
Christchurch Central31.2528.6119.526.675.221.025.140.64
Christchurch East28.7134.3714.537.146.851.063.431.03
Coromandel43.0919.677.8311.9210.440.771.093.37
Dunedin22.7130.9626.935.795.641.444.260.95
East Coast36.8629.967.458.919.672.291.141.35
East Coast Bays57.8014.688.899.693.930.351.660.99
Epsom51.6914.6713.5912.442.610.743.220.30
Hamilton East42.8524.8512.358.075.011.482.720.89
Hamilton West41.3726.449.978.776.221.842.500.83
34.0532.4715.515.755.201.343.340.75
43.1521.9714.978.324.040.625.000.35
Invercargill42.8525.646.2310.617.430.741.292.94
Kaikōura41.2120.787.8314.099.110.511.682.03
Kaipara ki Mahurangi47.7817.029.6012.116.670.681.841.76
Kelston31.2437.2814.095.954.731.771.940.71
Mana28.8338.2115.025.375.281.892.760.72
Māngere19.2561.407.852.123.312.140.930.32
Manurewa29.4152.175.932.693.462.110.600.46
Maungakiekie41.6127.3113.837.983.840.942.650.44
Mount Albert32.0526.0725.306.763.081.613.720.37
Mount Roskill43.4030.0412.126.113.550.792.100.36
Napier41.0026.598.5511.086.870.931.531.26
Nelson32.4529.3214.4110.376.120.802.481.50
New Lynn37.3126.9016.747.774.931.232.201.11
New Plymouth42.1824.198.5110.167.261.431.962.18
North Shore50.9217.7011.7310.983.880.502.550.51
Northcote43.6723.1914.278.704.220.763.110.56
Northland35.4422.048.0010.2114.081.551.253.30
Ōhariu34.6029.0420.105.883.361.214.390.26
Ōtaki37.3130.9610.627.477.761.151.561.44
Pakuranga58.7416.657.209.893.800.501.440.64
Palmerston North33.9931.4812.418.286.251.742.291.22
Panmure-Ōtāhuhu26.5552.708.553.623.291.351.210.41
Papakura51.9520.966.3910.055.271.061.280.99
Port Waikato48.9618.675.8612.057.250.921.161.29
Rangitata44.9026.355.8110.097.440.391.291.45
Rangitīkei41.2321.797.4213.709.131.401.531.51
Remutaka30.4938.3412.145.935.851.222.750.63
21.3331.3532.063.943.312.364.210.30
Rotorua41.6024.237.849.627.702.311.731.68
Selwyn49.3918.158.9512.155.430.482.700.89
Southland48.4316.498.7713.645.690.482.042.45
Taieri33.6234.3310.847.927.710.582.201.13
52.9828.135.735.543.191.110.840.34
Tāmaki52.5816.8210.9912.412.870.692.350.40
Taranaki-King Country47.2217.206.9313.438.321.211.581.96
Taupō45.5222.086.3211.318.001.291.472.19
Tauranga46.1118.278.9810.668.951.052.231.12
Te Atatū37.8233.5611.316.504.531.581.620.76
Tukituki41.5425.457.9512.386.170.991.421.50
Upper Harbour50.2422.629.408.464.060.802.150.67
Waikato50.4117.645.5112.277.690.961.721.67
Waimakariri42.7424.228.5510.587.030.512.210.94
Wairarapa38.9427.368.2310.648.181.021.582.30
Waitaki43.4321.579.0412.336.990.411.972.03
21.4924.9437.794.522.242.415.530.17
West Coast-Tasman33.4523.7510.7713.089.900.691.893.55
Whanganui37.0027.957.579.5211.421.531.181.38
Whangaparāoa53.2115.277.6011.936.260.471.631.34
Whangārei37.9322.379.409.1213.091.361.682.09
Wigram35.3929.7114.886.515.080.834.710.67
Hauraki-Waikato5.0244.687.351.143.7833.010.721.20
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti3.6355.666.780.783.5125.370.530.98
Tāmaki Makaurau4.7643.3912.110.953.4830.170.930.65
Te Tai Hauāuru4.5441.297.931.054.2436.150.691.28
Te Tai Tokerau5.4344.449.591.086.7327.010.741.41
Te Tai Tonga8.7336.9916.382.345.5422.941.951.68
Waiariki3.4043.725.550.753.7638.320.540.82

Electorate results

The table below shows the official results of the electorate vote in the 2023 general election:

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|-|-| Port Waikato| colspan="9"| Electorate vote cancelled as a result of candidate death[5] |-|- | colspan=10 style="background-color:#FFDEAD;text-align:left;" | Māori electorates|-|}

List results

See also: Party lists in the 2023 New Zealand general election. The following list candidates are presumed elected based on the preliminary results:

NationalLabourGreenACTNZ First
valign=topNicola Willis (2)
Paul Goldsmith (5)
Melissa Lee (13)
Gerry Brownlee (14)
Andrew Bayly (15)
valign=topKelvin Davis (2)
Grant Robertson (4)
Jan Tinetti (6)
Ayesha Verrall (7)
Willie Jackson (8)
Willow-Jean Prime (9)
Damien O'Connor (10)
Adrian Rurawhe (11)
David Parker (13)
Peeni Henare (14)
Priyanca Radhakrishnan (15)
Kieran McAnulty (16)
Ginny Andersen (17)
Jo Luxton (19)
Rino Tirikatene (21)
Deborah Russell (22)
Camilla Belich (26)
valign=topMarama Davidson (1)
James Shaw (2)
Teanau Tuiono (5)
Lan Pham (6)
Golriz Ghahraman (7)
Ricardo Menéndez March (8)
Steve Abel (9)
Hūhana Lyndon (10)
Efeso Collins (11)
Scott Willis (12)
Darleen Tana (13)
Kahurangi Carter (14)
valign=topNicole McKee (3)
Todd Stephenson (4)
Andrew Hoggard (5)
Karen Chhour (6)
Mark Cameron (7)
Simon Court (8)
Parmjeet Parmar (9)
Laura Trask (10)
Cameron Luxton (11)
valign=topWinston Peters (1)
Shane Jones (2)
Casey Costello (3)
Mark Patterson (4)
Jenny Marcroft (5)
Jamie Arbuckle (6)
Andy Foster (7)
Tanya Unkovich (8)

MP changes

The following MP changes:

Party New or returning MPs Resigned or retired MPs Defeated MPs MPs switching seat type
Suze Redmayne
Katie Nimon
Catherine Wedd
Paulo Garcia
Vanessa Weenink
Rima Nakhle
Dana Kirkpatrick
Carl Bates
Carlos Cheung
Miles Anderson
Dan Bidois
Mike Butterick
Cameron Brewer
Hamish Campbell
Tim Costley
Greg Fleming
Ryan Hamilton
David MacLeod
Grant McCallum
James Meager
Tom Rutherford
Jacqui Dean
David Bennett
Ian McKelvie
Todd Muller
Harete Hipango
Simon O'Connor
Michael Woodhouse
Chris Bishop (to electorate)
Shane Reti (to electorate)
Andrew Bayly (to list)
Maureen Pugh (to electorate)
Reuben Davidson
Cushla Tangaere-Manuel
David Clark
Paul Eagle
Marja Lubeck
William Sio
Jamie Strange
Poto Williams
Jacinda Ardern
Emily Henderson
Stuart Nash
Kiri Allan
Andrew Little[6]
Tracey McLellan
Shanan Halbert
Glen Bennett
Vanushi Walters
Dan Rosewarne
Naisi Chen
Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki
Angela Roberts
Tāmati Coffey
Ibrahim Omer
Neru Leavasa
Anna Lorck
Angie Warren-Clark
Liz Craig
Michael Wood
Terisa Ngobi

Steph Lewis
Sarah Pallett
Nanaia Mahuta
Soraya Peke-Mason
Grant Robertson (to list)
Willow-Jean Prime (to list)
Damien O'Connor (to list)
Adrian Rurawhe (to list)
Priyanca Radhakrishnan (to list)
Kieran McAnulty (to list)
Ginny Andersen (to list)
Jo Luxton (to list)
Rino Tirikatene (to list)
Deborah Russell (to list)
Rachel Brooking (to electorate)
Helen White (to electorate)
Lemauga Lydia Sosene (to electorate)
Lan Pham
Steve Abel
Hūhana Lyndon
Efeso Collins
Scott Willis
Darleen Tana
Kahurangi Carter
Tamatha Paul
Jan Logie
Eugenie Sage
Julie Anne Genter (to electorate)
Todd Stephenson
Andrew Hoggard
Parmjeet Parmar
Laura Trask
Cameron Luxton
Damien Smith
James McDowall
Toni Severin
Chris Baillie
Brooke van Velden (to electorate)
Winston Peters
Shane Jones
Casey Costello
Mark Patterson
Jenny Marcroft
Jamie Arbuckle
Andy Foster
Tanya Unkovich
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke
Tākuta Ferris
Takutai Moana Kemp
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi
Meka WhaitiriDebbie Ngarewa-Packer (to electorate)
Elizabeth Kerekere

Maps

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: What happens after the election? . 14 October 2023 . Vote NZ . en-NZ.
  2. Web site: How are general election votes counted? . 14 October 2023 . Elections . en-NZ.
  3. News: Casting your vote from anywhere – special and overseas voting – New Zealand Parliament . en . 14 October 2023.
  4. Web site: 2023 General Election – Preliminary Count . Electoral Commission.
  5. Web site: An extra Port Waikato seat in Parliament: What you need to know . . 10 October 2023 . 14 October 2023 . 15 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231015040421/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/election-2023/499821/an-extra-port-waikato-seat-in-parliament-what-you-need-to-know . live .
  6. Web site: Andrew Little resigns from politics . 2023-10-17 . Te Ao Māori News . en.