Results of the 2020 New Zealand general election

This article summarises results of the 17 October 2020 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 17 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 (27 October).^[2] Special votes include votes from those who enrolled after the deadline of 13 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outside their electorate (including all overseas votes), voters in hospital or prison, and those voters enrolled on the unpublished roll.^[3] The votes in the cannabis referendum and the euthanasia referendum were counted after election day, with preliminary results released on 30 October.^[1]

All voting papers, counterfoils and electoral rolls are returned to the electorate's returning officer for a mandatory recount; this also includes approving and counting any special votes, and compiling a master roll to ensure no voter has voted more than once. To simplify processing and counting, overseas votes will be sent to and counted at the Electoral Commission's central processing centre in Wellington, rather than to electorate returning officers.^[4] Official results, including all recounted ordinary votes and special votes, as well as the official results of the two referendums, are expected to be released by the Electoral Commission on 6 November 2020.^[1]

Parties and candidates have three working days after the release of the official results to apply for a judicial recount. These recounts take place under the auspices of a District Court judge (the Chief District Court Judge in case of a nationwide recount),^[5]^[6] and may delay the return of the election writ by a few days.^[7]

Party vote

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Popular vote

Labour			50.0%
National			25.7%
Green			7.9%
ACT			7.6%
NZ First			2.7%
New Conservative			1.5%
Opportunities			1.4%
Māori			1.2%
Others			2.0%

Parliament seats

Labour			53.33%
National			29.17%
ACT			8.33%
Green			8.33%
Māori			0.83%

Party vote 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.^[8]

Electorate	Labour	National	Green	ACT	NZ First	New Conservative	TOP	Māori
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Auckland Central	46.22	21.19	19.14	7.52	1.72	0.54	2.14	0.31
Banks Peninsula	50.47	21.03	14.26	7.00	1.99	1.26	2.18	0.29
Bay of Plenty	42.80	32.57	4.76	10.09	2.95	2.14	1.66	0.43
Botany	47.59	37.14	3.29	6.81	1.44	1.44	0.63	0.19
Christchurch Central	53.64	19.60	12.78	6.20	2.13	1.18	2.19	0.35
Christchurch East	60.26	16.58	8.46	6.16	2.49	2.03	1.43	0.35
Coromandel	43.55	32.76	5.63	9.74	3.03	1.63	0.85	0.25
Dunedin	55.39	14.14	17.82	5.29	1.72	0.91	2.82	0.33
East Coast	50.40	26.96	5.53	7.78	3.44	1.09	0.91	0.75
East Coast Bays	40.25	38.38	6.16	8.81	1.72	1.79	1.14	0.17
Epsom	36.05	37.46	10.99	10.41	1.46	0.50	1.97	0.26
Hamilton East	49.14	27.44	8.00	6.92	2.11	2.01	2.19	0.49
Hamilton West	52.65	25.31	5.68	6.92	2.56	2.05	2.08	0.53
Hutt South	55.14	21.99	9.43	5.63	2.35	1.16	2.16	0.44
Ilam	44.93	29.64	10.34	8.77	1.77	1.23	1.97	0.25
Invercargill	48.09	29.97	3.46	9.61	3.04	2.15	1.08	0.19
Kaikōura	44.60	30.28	5.31	11.45	2.90	1.86	1.15	0.16
Kaipara ki Mahurangi	40.31	33.97	6.31	11.27	2.58	1.49	1.29	0.28
Kelston	62.50	17.33	8.29	4.37	2.59	1.37	1.15	0.52
Mana	58.55	18.48	9.70	5.57	2.21	0.98	1.99	0.56
Mangere	77.37	9.11	3.99	1.55	2.76	1.73	0.41	0.90
Manurewa	73.91	13.03	3.03	1.73	2.87	1.69	0.46	0.82
Maungakiekie	50.75	25.97	9.14	7.14	2.10	1.12	1.87	0.43
Mount Albert	48.90	18.75	20.06	6.00	1.83	0.58	2.53	0.49
Mount Roskill	56.17	24.44	8.02	4.99	1.92	1.20	1.31	0.37
Napier	50.94	28.10	5.86	8.18	2.16	1.47	1.29	0.28
Nelson	53.98	20.71	9.08	8.20	1.90	1.56	1.75	0.20
New Lynn	53.33	21.88	11.45	6.31	2.33	1.16	1.30	0.46
New Plymouth	48.46	30.21	4.63	8.00	2.27	1.73	1.78	0.48
North Shore	41.35	34.05	8.34	9.86	1.90	1.21	1.90	0.25
Northcote	49.56	27.67	8.69	7.32	1.93	1.34	1.85	0.23
Northland	43.98	27.48	6.10	9.51	5.83	1.85	1.01	0.40
Ōhariu	51.07	22.30	13.61	6.10	1.89	0.86	2.80	0.35
Ōtaki	52.56	26.60	6.45	7.18	2.66	1.38	1.06	0.31
Pakuranga	42.05	38.53	4.64	8.57	2.16	1.33	0.93	0.20
Palmerston North	54.89	21.92	7.41	6.76	2.98	1.81	1.95	0.46
Panmure-Ōtāhuhu	73.66	12.75	4.12	2.39	2.48	1.23	0.75	0.65
Papakura	42.74	37.11	4.04	8.81	2.78	1.58	0.82	0.32
Port Waikato	40.38	36.40	3.35	10.71	2.94	1.69	0.92	0.32
Rangitata	48.85	31.48	3.12	9.66	2.00	2.01	0.97	0.13
Rangitīkei	44.56	30.25	4.61	11.39	3.37	1.98	1.41	0.43
Remutaka	58.55	19.11	7.17	6.02	2.99	1.58	1.90	0.39
Rongotai	52.61	13.25	23.72	3.88	1.95	0.51	2.80	0.44
Rotorua	46.68	28.65	4.75	9.06	3.62	1.84	1.59	0.91
Selwyn	42.12	34.01	4.87	12.56	2.00	1.77	1.31	0.14
Southland	38.85	36.07	5.28	12.70	2.01	1.49	1.56	0.15
Taieri	59.43	21.29	5.45	7.37	2.63	1.12	1.28	0.12
Takanini	55.00	30.08	3.31	4.64	1.98	1.70	0.60	0.44
Tāmaki	38.61	37.06	7.68	11.73	1.62	0.69	1.34	0.30
Taranaki-King Country	37.71	36.50	4.82	11.42	2.76	2.74	1.23	0.46
Taupō	45.27	32.75	3.80	9.83	2.78	1.54	1.34	0.37
Tauranga	42.33	32.75	5.49	9.02	3.64	2.36	1.93	0.35
Te Atatū	58.05	22.72	6.51	5.13	2.54	1.41	1.06	0.67
Tukituki	48.29	29.79	5.41	8.91	2.07	2.15	1.08	0.39
Upper Harbour	48.31	31.39	5.33	7.59	1.97	1.86	1.38	0.36
Waikato	39.48	37.72	3.52	10.52	2.71	2.55	1.26	0.35
Waimakariri	49.69	28.50	4.67	9.31	2.13	3.01	0.94	0.16
Wairarapa	48.18	29.27	5.18	9.19	3.43	1.49	1.09	0.28
Waitaki	44.08	31.26	5.66	11.65	1.98	1.92	1.30	0.12
Wellington Central	43.57	14.48	30.44	4.88	1.12	0.43	3.74	0.53
West Coast-Tasman	47.34	25.22	8.24	9.77	2.96	1.68	1.28	0.20
Whanganui	51.71	26.37	4.88	7.94	3.33	1.68	0.95	0.54
Whangaparāoa	40.04	36.70	4.89	10.61	2.15	2.29	1.22	0.20
Whangārei	47.28	26.19	6.18	8.24	5.12	1.84	1.50	0.34
Wigram	55.17	21.57	9.11	5.78	2.03	1.64	2.46	0.32
Hauraki-Waikato	64.73	3.73	6.35	1.31	3.66	0.41	1.02	12.26
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti	67.33	2.33	6.48	0.88	3.76	0.38	0.74	12.16
Tāmaki Makaurau	61.09	3.16	10.65	1.08	4.28	0.52	1.04	12.93
Te Tai Hauāuru	61.98	3.04	6.82	1.22	3.57	0.33	1.01	15.69
Te Tai Tokerau	61.10	3.67	7.48	1.33	7.23	0.40	1.02	10.35
Te Tai Tonga	59.54	5.72	11.70	2.79	3.50	0.71	1.86	8.81
Waiariki	60.67	2.39	5.95	0.94	3.67	0.38	0.90	17.75

Electorate vote

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List results

Labour	National	Green	ACT	Māori
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Andrew Little (07) David Parker (09) Trevor Mallard (11) Kris Faafoi (15) Ayesha Verrall (17) Willie Jackson (19) Louisa Wall (27) Camilla Belich (30) Jan Tinetti (32) Marja Lubeck (34) Angie Warren-Clark (35) Tāmati Coffey (37) Naisi Chen (38) Liz Craig (41) Ibrahim Omer (42) Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki (44) Rachel Brooking (46) Helen White (48) Angela Roberts (50)	Gerry Brownlee (02) Paul Goldsmith (03) Shane Reti (05) Chris Bishop (07) David Bennett (11) Michael Woodhouse (12) Nicola Willis (13) Melissa Lee (16) Nick Smith (18) Maureen Pugh (19)	Marama Davidson (01) James Shaw (02) Julie Anne Genter (04) Jan Logie (05) Eugenie Sage (06) Golriz Ghahraman (07) Teanau Tuiono (08) Elizabeth Kerekere (09) Ricardo Menéndez March (10)	Brooke van Velden (02) Nicole McKee (03) Chris Baillie (04) Simon Court (05) James McDowall (06) Karen Chhour (07) Mark Cameron (08) Toni Severin (09) Damien Smith (10)	Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (01)

MP changes

Based on preliminary results, there were 40 new MPs: 22 for Labour, 5 for National, 9 for ACT, 3 for the Greens, and 1 for the Māori Party.^[9] When final results were announced on 6 November, this rose to 42 new members, the two additional new members being Emily Henderson (Labour) and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (Māori).^[10]^[11]

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Party		New MPs	Resigned or retired MPs	Defeated MPs
Labour	Ayesha Verrall Vanushi Walters Camilla Belich Naisi Chen Ibrahim Omer Rachel Brooking Helen White Barbara Edmonds Angela Roberts Shanan Halbert Neru Leavasa Tracey McLellan Steph Lewis Rachel Boyack Arena Williams Ingrid Leary Sarah Pallett Gaurav Sharma Emily Henderson Terisa Ngobi Glen Bennett Tangi Utikere Anna Lorck	Ruth Dyson Clare Curran Raymond Huo Iain Lees-Galloway		Kris Faafoi (to list) Kiri Allan (to electorate) Kieran McAnulty (to electorate) Louisa Wall (to list) Priyanca Radhakrishnan (to electorate) Willow-Jean Prime (to electorate) Tāmati Coffey (to list) Jo Luxton (to electorate) Jamie Strange (to electorate) Ginny Andersen (to electorate)
National	Nicola Grigg Christopher Luxon Joseph Mooney Penny Simmonds Simon Watts	David Carter Alastair Scott Nathan Guy Maggie Barry Sarah Dowie Nicky Wagner Anne Tolley Paula Bennett Hamish Walker Jian Yang Nikki Kaye Amy Adams Andrew Falloon^[a]	Harete Hipango Jonathan Young Tim Macindoe Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi Paulo Garcia Parmjeet Parmar Agnes Loheni Alfred Ngaro Lawrence Yule Denise Lee Brett Hudson Matt King Dan Bidois Jo Hayes	Gerry Brownlee (to list) Shane Reti (to list) Chris Bishop (to list) David Bennett (to list) Nick Smith (to list)
ACT	Brooke van Velden Nicole McKee Chris Baillie Simon Court James McDowall Karen Chhour Mark Cameron Toni Severin Damien Smith
Green	Teanau Tuiono Elizabeth Kerekere Ricardo Menéndez March	Gareth Hughes		Chlöe Swarbrick (to electorate)
Māori Party	Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Rawiri Waititi
NZ First		Clayton Mitchell	Winston Peters Fletcher Tabuteau Tracey Martin Shane Jones Ron Mark Darroch Ball Mark Patterson Jenny Marcroft
Advance NZ			Jami-Lee Ross

Footnotes

^ The resignation of Andrew Falloon was effective immediately, but since it took place less than six months before the general election, a by-election to fill the vacancy was not required.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "About the 2020 General Election". vote.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
^ "How are general election votes counted?". Elections.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ "Can't get to a voting place?". Elections.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ "Party Secretary Handbook – 2020 General Election and Referendums" (PDF). Elections.nz. Electoral Commission.
^ Electoral Act 1993, sections 190 and 191.
^ "Election recounts and petitions". Elections.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ "Writ Day – New Zealand Parliament". Parliament.nz. New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ "Votes for Registered Parties by Electorate". Electoral Commission.
^ "Election 2020: The 40 diverse new MPs entering Parliament". The New Zealand Herald. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020 – via Newstalk ZB.
^ Lynch, Jenna (6 November 2020). "NZ Election 2020: Judith Collins will 'definitely not' stand down as leader despite National's crushing defeat". Newshub. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
^ Moir, Jo (6 November 2020). "Special votes: National loses two MPs, one each to Labour, Māori Party". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

[12] The resignation of Andrew Falloon was effective immediately, but since it took place less than six months before the general election, a by-election to fill the vacancy was not required.

[about_the_election-1] "About the 2020 General Election". vote.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[2] "How are general election votes counted?". Elections.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[3] "Can't get to a voting place?". Elections.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[4] "Party Secretary Handbook – 2020 General Election and Referendums" (PDF). Elections.nz. Electoral Commission.

[5] Electoral Act 1993, sections 190 and 191.

[6] "Election recounts and petitions". Elections.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[7] "Writ Day – New Zealand Parliament". Parliament.nz. New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[8] "Votes for Registered Parties by Electorate". Electoral Commission.

[9] "Election 2020: The 40 diverse new MPs entering Parliament". The New Zealand Herald. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020 – via Newstalk ZB.

[10] Lynch, Jenna (6 November 2020). "NZ Election 2020: Judith Collins will 'definitely not' stand down as leader despite National's crushing defeat". Newshub. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

[11] Moir, Jo (6 November 2020). "Special votes: National loses two MPs, one each to Labour, Māori Party". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

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