55% counted ·
Waitaki: National leads by 7,904 votes
Candidate vote
| Candidate | Now | Share bar | Votes | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAT Miles ANDERSON | 53.6% | 13,139 | 51.2% (won in 2023) | |
| LAB Ethan REILLE | 21.4% | 5,235 | 23.8% | |
| GRN Pleasance HANSEN | 7.9% | 1,934 | 7.9% | |
| ACT Sean BEAMISH | 5.6% | 1,371 | 5.6% | |
| NZF Anthony ODERING | 4.1% | 1,009 | 4.1% | |
| LOY Ray BAILEY | 2.5% | 623 | 2.5% | |
| 2 other candidates | 3.8% | 920 |
NAT leads by 7,904 · 2023 majority 12,151 (NAT)
Networks own wording
1News
“Called”
NAT ANDERSONFirst
RNZ
“Wins”
NAT ANDERSON
NZ Herald
“Projected winner”
NAT ANDERSON
Stuff
“Called”
NAT ANDERSON
ThreeNews
“Called”
NAT ANDERSON
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 | 40.9% | 43.2% | −2.3 | |
| Labour | 23.0% | 21.5% | +1.5 | |
| ACT | 13.2% | 12.3% | +0.9 | |
| Green | 8.6% | 9.0% | −0.4 | |
| NZ First | 7.5% | 7.0% | +0.5 | |
| NZ Loyal | 2.0% | 2.0% | +0.0 | |
| Opportunities | 1.8% | 2.0% | −0.2 | |
| NewZeal | 0.6% | 0.6% | +0.0 | |
| DemocracyNZ | 0.6% | 0.6% | +0.0 |