57% counted ·
Invercargill: National leads by 4,722 votes
Candidate vote
| Candidate | Now | Share bar | Votes | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAT Penny SIMMONDS | 53.5% | 11,388 | 55.6% (won in 2023) | |
| LAB Liz CRAIG | 31.3% | 6,666 | 29.2% | |
| ACT Scott Ian DONALDSON | 5.3% | 1,131 | 5.3% | |
| LOY David KOWALEWSKI | 4.7% | 1,000 | 4.7% | |
| ALC Kevin Patrick O'CONNELL | 2.9% | 609 | 2.9% | |
| 1 other candidate | 0.8% | 174 |
NAT leads by 4,722 · 2023 majority 9,874 (NAT)
Networks own wording
1News
“Called”
NAT SIMMONDSFirst
RNZ
“Wins”
NAT SIMMONDSFirst
NZ Herald
“Projected winner”
NAT SIMMONDS
Stuff
“Called”
NAT SIMMONDS
ThreeNews
“Called”
NAT SIMMONDS
Summary
5 of 5 networks have called it for National
Only calls count as called. Characterisations such as “too close to call” are each network’s own words.
Party vote
| Party | Now | Share bar | 2023 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | 39.6% | 42.5% | −2.9 | |
| Labour | 27.4% | 25.4% | +2.0 | |
| ACT | 11.2% | 10.5% | +0.7 | |
| NZ First | 8.0% | 7.4% | +0.6 | |
| Green | 5.6% | 6.2% | −0.6 | |
| NZ Loyal | 2.7% | 2.9% | −0.2 | |
| Opportunities | 1.1% | 1.3% | −0.1 | |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0.8% | 0.7% | +0.0 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | 0.6% | 0.6% | +0.0 | |
| NewZeal | 0.6% | 0.6% | +0.0 |