Results of the 2020 New Zealand general election

Results of the 2020 general election. From left to right: general electorate winners, Māori electorate winners, and numbers of List MPs.

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. 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). 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outside their electorate (including all overseas votes), voters in hospital or prison, and those voters enrolled on the unpublished roll. The votes in the cannabis referendum and the euthanasia referendum were counted after election day, with preliminary results released on 30 October.

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. 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.

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), and may delay the return of the election writ by a few days.

Party vote

Party vote percentage

  Labour (50.01%)

  National (25.58%)

  Green (7.86%)

  ACT (7.59%)

  NZ First (2.60%)

  Opportunities (1.51%)

  New Conservative (1.48%)

  Māori (1.17%)

  Other (2.2%)

Summary of the 17 October 2020 election for the House of Representatives

Party		Party vote				Electorate vote sum				Total seats	+/-
		Votes	%	Change (pp)	Seats	Votes	%	Change (pp)	Seats
	Labour	1,443,545	50.01	13.12	19	1,357,501	48.07	10.19	46	65	19
	National	738,275	25.58	18.87	10	963,845	34.13	9.92	23	33	23
	Green	226,757	7.86	1.59	9	162,245	5.74	1.17	1	10	2
	ACT	219,031	7.59	7.08	9	97,697	3.46	2.45	1	10	9
	NZ First	75,020	2.60	4.60	0	30,209	1.07	4.38	0	0	9
	Opportunities (TOP)	43,449	1.51	0.94	0	25,181	0.89	0.14	0	0
	New Conservative	42,613	1.48	1.24	0	49,598	1.76	1.52	0	0
	Māori Party	33,630	1.17	0.01	1	60,837	2.15	0.04	1	2	2
	Advance NZ	28,429	0.98	new	0	25,054	0.89	new	0	0	new
	Legalise Cannabis	13,329	0.46	0.15	0	8,044	0.28	0.12	0	0
	ONE	8,121	0.28	new	0	6,830	0.24	new	0	0	new
	Vision NZ	4,237	0.15	new	0	2,139	0.08	new	0	0	new
	Outdoors	3,256	0.11	0.05	0	7,982	0.28	0.23	0	0
	TEA	2,414	0.08	new	0	2,764	0.10	new	0	0	new
	Sustainable NZ	1,880	0.07	new	0	2,421	0.09	new	0	0	new
	Social Credit	1,520	0.05	0.02	0	2,699	0.11	0.09	0	0
	Heartland	914	0.03	new	0	8,462	0.30	new	0	0	new
	Unregistered parties	—	—	—	—	3,391	0.12	0.08	0	0
	Independent	—	—	—	—	7,299	0.26	0.24	0	0
Valid votes		2,886,420	98.88	0.34		2,824,198	96.75	0.58
Informal votes		21,372	0.73	0.32		57,138	1.96	0.80
Disallowed votes		11,281	0.39	0.66		37,737	2.66	1.37
Below electoral threshold		225,182	7.71			—	—	—
Total		2,919,073	100		48	2,919,073	100		72	120
Eligible voters and turnout		3,549,580	82.24	2.49		3,549,580	82.24	2.49

Popular vote Labour   50.0% National   25.6% Green   7.9% ACT   7.6% NZ First   2.6% Opportunities   1.5% New Conservative   1.5% Māori   1.2% Others   2.2%

Parliament seats Labour   54.17% National   27.50% ACT   8.33% Green   8.33% Māori   1.67%

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.

Electorate	Labour	National	Green	ACT	NZ First	New Conservative	TOP	Māori
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

Party affiliation of winning electorate candidates.

The table below shows the results of the 2020 general election:

Key

  National
  Labour
  ACT
  Green
  NZ First
  New Conservative
  Opportunities
  Māori Party
  Heartland
  Advance NZ
  Legalise Cannabis
  Vision NZ
  Independent

Electorate results of the 2020 New Zealand general election

Electorate	Incumbent		Winner		Majority	Runner up		Third place
Auckland Central		Nikki Kaye		Chlöe Swarbrick	1,068		Helen White		Emma Mellow
Banks Peninsula	New electorate			Tracey McLellan	13,156		Catherine Chu		Eugenie Sage
Bay of Plenty		Todd Muller			3,415		Angie Warren-Clark		Bruce Carley
Botany		Jami-Lee Ross		Christopher Luxon	3,999		Naisi Chen		Damien Smith
Christchurch Central		Duncan Webb			14,098		Dale Stephens		Chrys Horn
Christchurch East		Poto Williams			17,336		Lincoln Platt		Nikki Berry
Coromandel		Scott Simpson			3,505		Nathaniel Blomfield		Pamela Grealey
Dunedin	New electorate			David Clark	15,521		Michael Woodhouse		Jack Brazil
East Coast		Anne Tolley		Kiri Allan	6,331		Tania Tapsell		Meredith Akuhata-Brown
East Coast Bays		Erica Stanford			8,764		Monina Hernandez		Dan Jones
Epsom		David Seymour			9,224		Camilla Belich		Paul Goldsmith
Hamilton East		David Bennett		Jamie Strange	2,973		David Bennett		Rimu Bhooi
Hamilton West		Tim Macindoe		Gaurav Sharma	6,267		Tim Macindoe		Roger Weldon
Hutt South		Chris Bishop		Ginny Andersen	3,777		Chris Bishop		Richard McIntosh
Ilam		Gerry Brownlee		Sarah Pallett	3,463		Gerry Brownlee		David Bennett
Invercargill		Sarah Dowie		Penny Simmonds	224		Liz Craig		Rochelle Francis
Kaikōura		Stuart Smith			2,295		Matt Flight		Richard McCubbin
Kaipara ki Mahurangi	New electorate			Chris Penk	4,435		Marja Lubeck		Beth Houlbrooke
Kelston		Carmel Sepuloni			15,660		Bala Beeram		Jessamine Fraser
Mana		Kris Faafoi		Barbara Edmonds	16,224		Jo Hayes		Jan Logie
Māngere		William Sio			19,396		Agnes Loheni		Peter Brian Sykes
Manurewa		Louisa Wall		Arena Williams	17,179		Nuwi Samarakone		John Hall
Maungakiekie		Denise Lee		Priyanca Radhakrishnan	635		Denise Lee		Ricardo Menéndez March
Mount Albert		Jacinda Ardern			21,246		Melissa Lee		Luke Wijohn
Mount Roskill		Michael Wood			13,853		Parmjeet Parmar		Golriz Ghahraman
Napier		Stuart Nash			5,856		Katie Nimon		James Crow
Nelson		Nick Smith		Rachel Boyack	4,525		Nick Smith		Aaron Stallard
New Lynn		Deborah Russell			13,134		Lisa Whyte		Steve Abel
New Plymouth		Jonathan Young		Glen Bennett	2,555		Jonathan Young		Murray Chong
North Shore		Maggie Barry		Simon Watts	3,734		Romy Udanga		Liz Rawlings
Northcote		Dan Bidois		Shanan Halbert	2,534		Dan Bidois		Natasha Fairley
Northland		Matt King		Willow-Jean Prime	163		Matt King		Shane Jones
Ōhāriu		Greg O'Connor			11,961		Brett Hudson		Jessica Hammond
Ōtaki		Nathan Guy		Terisa Ngobi	2,988		Tim Costley		Bernard Long
Pakuranga		Simeon Brown			10,050		Nerissa Henry		Lawrence Xu-Nan
Palmerston North		Iain Lees-Galloway		Tangi Utikere	12,508		William Wood		Teanau Tuiono
Panmure-Ōtāhuhu	New electorate			Jenny Salesa	18,626		Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi		Mark Simiona
Papakura		Judith Collins			5,583		Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki		Sue Cowie
Port Waikato	New electorate			Andrew Bayly	4,313		Baljit Kaur		Mark Ball
Rangitata		Vacant		Jo Luxton	4,408		Megan Hands		Hamish Hutton
Rangitīkei		Ian McKelvie			2,961		Soraya Peke-Mason		Ali Hale Tilley
Remutaka		Chris Hipkins			20,497		Mark Crofskey		Chris Norton
Rongotai		Paul Eagle			19,207		Teall Crossen		David Patterson
Rotorua		Todd McClay			825		Claire Mahon		Kaya Sparke
Selwyn		Amy Adams		Nicola Grigg	4,968		Reuben Davidson		Stuart Armstrong
Southland	New electorate			Joseph Mooney	5,645		Jon Mitchell		David Kennedy
Taieri	New electorate			Ingrid Leary	12,398		Liam Kernaghan		Scott Willis
Takanini	New electorate			Neru Leavasa	7,724		Rima Nakhle		Mike McCormick
Tāmaki		Simon O'Connor			8,068		Shirin Brown		Sylvia Boys
Taranaki-King Country		Barbara Kuriger			3,134		Angela Roberts		Brent Miles
Taupō		Louise Upston			5,119		Ala' Al-Bustanji		Danna Glendining
Tauranga		Simon Bridges			1,856		Jan Tinetti		Josh Cole
Te Atatū		Phil Twyford			10,508		Alfred Ngaro		Scott Hindman
Tukituki		Lawrence Yule		Anna Lorck	1,590		Lawrence Yule		Chris Perley
Upper Harbour		Paula Bennett		Vanushi Walters	2,392		Jake Bezzant		Ryan Nicholls
Waikato		Tim van de Molen			5,216		Kerrin Leoni		James McDowall
Waimakariri		Matt Doocey			1,507		Dan Rosewarne		Leighton Baker
Wairarapa		Alastair Scott		Kieran McAnulty	6,545		Mike Butterick		Ron Mark
Waitaki		Jacqui Dean			3,281		Liam Wairepo		Sampsa Kiuru
Wellington Central		Grant Robertson			18,878		Nicola Willis		James Shaw
West Coast-Tasman		Damien O'Connor			6,208		Maureen Pugh		Steve Richards
Whanganui		Harete Hipango		Steph Lewis	8,191		Harete Hipango		Alan Clay
Whangaparāoa	New electorate			Mark Mitchell	7,823		Lorayne Ferguson		Paul Grace
Whangārei		Shane Reti		Emily Henderson	431		Shane Reti		David Seymour
Wigram		Megan Woods			14,770		Hamish Campbell		Richard Wesley
Māori electorates
Hauraki-Waikato		Nanaia Mahuta			9,660		Donna Pokere-Phillips		Philip Lambert
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti		Meka Whaitiri			6,045		Heather Te Au-Skipworth		Elizabeth Kerekere
Tāmaki Makaurau		Peeni Henare			927		John Tamihere		Marama Davidson
Te Tai Hauāuru		Adrian Rurawhe			1,053		Debbie Ngarewa-Packer		Noeline Apiata
Te Tai Tokerau		Kelvin Davis			8,164		Mariameno Kapa-Kingi		Maki Herbert
Te Tai Tonga		Rino Tirikatene			6,855		Tākuta Ferris		Ariana Paretutanganui-Tamati
Waiariki		Tāmati Coffey		Rawiri Waititi	836		Tāmati Coffey		Hannah Tamaki

List results

Labour	National	Green	ACT	Māori
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. 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).

Party		New MPs	Resigned or retired MPs	Defeated MPs	MPs switching seat type
	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	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