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Port Waikato (New Zealand electorate)

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Port Waikato
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General electorate of the
New Zealand House of Representatives
Member(s)
MPAndrew Bayly
PartyNational
Geography
Region(s)Auckland
Waikato
History
Created1996
2020
Abolished2008

Port Waikato is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives.

Election results

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2023 by-election

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The following table shows the preliminary results of the by-election.[1]

2023 Port Waikato by-election

Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list prior to the by-election.
Yellow background denotes the winner of the by-election, who was a list MP prior to the by-election.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Green tickY Andrew Bayly 14,023 76.55 +37.81
NZ First Casey Costello 2,778 15.17
NewZeal Alfred Ngaro 402 2.19 +1.75
Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand Anna Rippon 287 1.57
New Zealand Loyal Kim Turner 228 1.24
DemocracyNZ Scotty Bright 217 1.18
Women's Rights Party Jill Ovens 181 0.99
Independent Gordon Dickson 86 0.47
Vision NZ Vijay Sudhamalla 45 0.25
Informal votes 71 0.39 -1.28
National hold Majority 11,245 61.39 +50.71

2023 election

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The electorate vote was cancelled due to the death of ACT candidate Neil Christensen. Only the party vote is shown below, with candidates as originally nominated at the close of nominations.

2023 general election: Port Waikato[2]
Notes:

A blue background means the winner of the electorate vote.
A pink background means a candidate elected from their party list.
A yellow background means an electorate win by a list member, or by another incumbent.
A Green tickY means an incumbent won re-election.
A Red XN means an incumbent lost re-election.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Andrew Bayly 21,277 49.88 +13.71
Labour Gwendoline Keel 7,918 18.56 -21.56
ACT Neil Christensen 5,107 11.97 +1.33
NZ First Casey Costello 3,146 7.38 +4.46
Green Karla Buchanan 2,486 5.83 +2.50
New Zealand Loyal Kim Turner 552 1.29
Opportunities   508 1.19 +0.27
Te Pāti Māori   381 0.89 +0.57
DemocracyNZ Scotty Bright 232 0.54
NewZeal   229 0.54 +0.21
Legalise Cannabis   177 0.41 +0.05
Freedoms New Zealand   150 0.35 +0.18
Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand Anna Rippon 94 0.22
New Conservative   66 0.15 -1.53
Women's Rights Party   29 0.07
Leighton Baker Party   25 0.06
New Nation Party   22 0.05
Vision NZ Vijay Sudhamalla
Informal votes 258
Total Valid votes 42,657

References

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  1. "Port Waikato - Preliminary Count". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  2. New Zealand Electoral Commission. "Port Waikato – Official Result". electionresults.govt.nz. Retrieved 25 November 2023.