NZ General Election 2026

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Simulated count, network calls and projections, replaying official 2023 results on 2020 boundaries. Not live results.

Latest calls

Wigram: NZ Herald calls it for Megan WOODS · “Projected winner”

Wigram

LAB Megan WOODS41.5% 10,446

NAT Tracy SUMMERFIELD9,630 38.2%

LAB leads by 81667% counted

1News “Called” WOODS 9:25 PM · First
RNZ “Wins” WOODS 9:35 PM
NZ Herald “Projected winner” WOODS 9:41 PM
Stuff “No statement”
ThreeNews “Called” WOODS 9:40 PM

Latest network calls, newest first, in each network’s own words
Time	Network	Electorate	Statement
9:41 PM	NZ Herald	Wigram	“Projected winner” · LAB WOODS · +16m
9:40 PM	NZ Herald	Wairarapa	“Projected winner” · NAT BUTTERICK · +31m
9:40 PM	ThreeNews	Wigram	“Called” · LAB WOODS · +15m
9:36 PM	ThreeNews	Hutt South	“Called” · NAT BISHOP · +5m
9:35 PM	1News	Hutt South	“Called” · NAT BISHOP · +3m
9:35 PM	RNZ	Wigram	“Wins” · LAB WOODS · +10m

Standing calls by network
Network	Called	First
1News	60	31
RNZ	61	35
NZ Herald	59	5
Stuff	56	4
ThreeNews	61	20

Every electorate

72 electorates · north to south · 2023 is the notional result on the new boundaries where they changed

Every electorate: who leads now, lead, counted, party-vote leader and 2023 holder
	Leading	Second				Party vote
Northland	NAT MCCALLUM 35.3%	LAB PRIME 22.6%	4,212	12.7%	73%	NAT 33.8%	NAT 13.3%
Whangārei	NAT RETI 48.1%	LAB WARREN-CLARK 22.1%	5,691	26.0%	51%	NAT 36.9%	NAT 26.5%
Auckland Central	GRN SWARBRICK 47.4%	NAT MURALIDHAR 37.1%	2,071	10.2%	58%	NAT 31.6%	GRN 11.2%
Kaipara ki Mahurangi	NAT PENK 57.7%	LAB WISHART 17.9%	10,079	39.8%	52%	NAT 46.7%	NAT 39.6%
Whangaparāoa	NAT MITCHELL 62.5%	LAB MULLER PALLARÈS 18.9%	11,113	43.6%	54%	NAT 53.2%	NAT 50.0%
East Coast Bays	NAT STANFORD 73.8%	LAB CHEN 16.7%	13,489	57.1%	61%	NAT 56.6%	NAT 52.6%
North Shore	NAT WATTS 64.0%	LAB HAMPTON 17.6%	10,338	46.4%	54%	NAT 49.7%	NAT 39.9%
Upper Harbour	NAT BREWER 54.1%	LAB WALTERS 23.9%	7,464	30.2%	61%	NAT 46.7%	NAT 27.5%
Northcote	NAT BIDOIS 56.6%	LAB HALBERT 27.8%	7,303	28.8%	66%	NAT 41.7%	NAT 24.2%
Te AtatūClose	LAB TWYFORD 38.5%	NAT NICHOLAS 38.3%	30	0.1%	59%	NAT 36.2%	LAB 0.4%
Tāmaki	ACT VAN VELDEN 43.5%	NAT O'CONNOR 32.8%	3,205	10.7%	72%	NAT 52.3%	ACT 10.1%
Mt AlbertClose	LAB WHITE 33.7%	NAT LEE 33.7%	11	0.1%	55%	NAT 30.3%	LAB 0.0%
Epsom	ACT SEYMOUR 45.6%	NAT GOLDSMITH 23.0%	5,038	22.6%	56%	NAT 48.5%	ACT 20.3%
Pakuranga	NAT BROWN 73.8%	LAB HENRY 17.8%	15,050	56.0%	73%	NAT 56.2%	NAT 51.2%
Kelston	LAB SEPULONI 45.1%	NAT SCHAUMKEL 29.0%	2,757	16.1%	52%	LAB 37.8%	LAB 13.3%
Maungakiekie	NAT FLEMING 47.1%	LAB RADHAKRISHNAN 35.4%	3,221	11.7%	78%	NAT 41.1%	NAT 13.0%
Mt Roskill	NAT CHEUNG 43.7%	LAB WOOD 38.6%	819	5.0%	45%	NAT 41.0%	NAT 4.3%
New LynnClosePotential flip	LAB RUSSELL 38.1%	NAT GARCIA 37.8%	48	0.3%	43%	NAT 34.1%	NAT 2.5%
Botany	NAT LUXON 69.8%	LAB SINGH 19.5%	10,350	50.3%	55%	NAT 56.0%	NAT 43.9%
Panmure-Ōtāhuhu	LAB SALESA 52.9%	NAT RANDHAWA 23.5%	5,374	29.4%	61%	LAB 55.1%	LAB 26.8%
Māngere	LAB SOSENE 58.9%	NAT BOURKE 20.0%	9,852	38.9%	87%	LAB 62.2%	LAB 40.4%
Takanini	NAT NAKHLE 56.8%	LAB LEAVASA 32.8%	5,958	24.0%	63%	NAT 51.9%	NAT 22.4%
Manurewa	LAB WILLIAMS 57.7%	NAT KILARI 29.8%	4,467	27.9%	55%	LAB 56.3%	LAB 24.5%
Papakura	NAT COLLINS 58.9%	LAB KANONGATA'A 24.2%	8,831	34.7%	61%	NAT 50.9%	NAT 32.4%
Coromandel	NAT SIMPSON 55.5%	LAB RILEY 14.7%	11,493	40.8%	60%	NAT 42.7%	NAT 37.1%
Port Waikato	No contest						—
Waikato	NAT VAN DE MOLEN 61.6%	LAB TOKO 23.7%	11,366	37.8%	71%	NAT 47.4%	NAT 43.5%
Tauranga	NAT UFFINDELL 47.1%	LAB TINETTI 21.8%	5,150	25.3%	49%	NAT 45.6%	NAT 22.6%
Hamilton East	NAT HAMILTON 49.4%	LAB DANSEY 32.7%	2,683	16.7%	43%	NAT 39.0%	NAT 13.5%
Hamilton West	NAT POTAKA 45.4%	LAB WILLIAMSON 29.7%	3,533	15.7%	59%	NAT 40.0%	NAT 17.0%
Bay of Plenty	NAT RUTHERFORD 51.2%	LAB TAIKATO 18.0%	6,332	33.2%	42%	NAT 46.4%	NAT 34.1%
East Coast	NAT KIRKPATRICK 42.7%	LAB COFFEY 34.4%	2,447	8.3%	74%	NAT 35.7%	NAT 8.0%
Rotorua	NAT MCCLAY 54.6%	LAB SANDFORD 26.9%	5,512	27.7%	54%	NAT 37.7%	NAT 24.4%
Taranaki-King Country	NAT KURIGER 62.8%	LAB ROBERTS 24.0%	12,375	38.9%	79%	NAT 46.2%	NAT 35.4%
Taupō	NAT UPSTON 57.9%	LAB AL-BUSTANJI 18.4%	12,362	39.5%	72%	NAT 44.6%	NAT 37.9%
Napier	NAT NIMON 53.8%	LAB HUTCHINSON 30.0%	7,388	23.9%	77%	NAT 39.9%	NAT 22.1%
New Plymouth	NAT MACLEOD 51.5%	LAB BENNETT 36.9%	3,785	14.6%	60%	NAT 39.6%	NAT 16.3%
Whanganui	NAT BATES 48.0%	LAB LEWIS 32.2%	4,173	15.9%	67%	NAT 37.1%	NAT 14.0%
Rangitīkei	NAT REDMAYNE 48.5%	LAB BUTT 20.2%	7,176	28.2%	62%	NAT 40.2%	NAT 23.9%
Tukituki	NAT WEDD 51.2%	LAB LORCK 31.2%	4,693	20.0%	57%	NAT 41.4%	NAT 24.6%
Palmerston North	LAB UTIKERE 42.6%	NAT BANSAL 34.9%	1,616	7.6%	59%	NAT 32.8%	LAB 8.7%
Ōtaki	NAT COSTLEY 49.2%	LAB NGOBI 37.0%	2,677	12.2%	50%	NAT 35.7%	NAT 14.2%
Wairarapa	NAT BUTTERICK 46.2%	LAB MCANULTY 38.8%	1,781	7.4%	54%	NAT 37.1%	NAT 6.3%
Mana	LAB EDMONDS 49.9%	NAT HUGHES 29.6%	3,548	20.3%	42%	LAB 41.0%	LAB 17.6%
Remutaka	LAB HIPKINS 53.1%	NAT CHATTERTON 32.9%	4,895	20.2%	58%	LAB 40.2%	LAB 21.2%
Ōhāriu	LAB O'CONNOR 41.4%	NAT WILLIS 37.9%	838	3.5%	56%	NAT 33.0%	LAB 3.0%
NelsonClose	LAB BOYACK 41.1%	NAT CAMERON 41.0%	17	0.1%	63%	NAT 32.2%	LAB 0.1%
Wellington Central	GRN PAUL 40.1%	LAB OMER 27.6%	3,508	12.5%	62%	GRN 34.4%	GRN 13.3%
Hutt South	NAT BISHOP 44.4%	LAB ANDERSEN 41.2%	904	3.2%	66%	NAT 34.3%	NAT 3.1%
Kaikōura	NAT SMITH 46.5%	LAB DEWHIRST 25.2%	3,861	21.3%	43%	NAT 38.8%	NAT 27.2%
West Coast-TasmanClose	NAT PUGH 30.6%	LAB O'CONNOR 30.5%	31	0.1%	59%	NAT 32.3%	NAT 2.4%
Waimakariri	NAT DOOCEY 56.0%	LAB ROSEWARNE 31.4%	6,111	24.6%	53%	NAT 40.1%	NAT 28.0%
Selwyn	NAT GRIGG 64.6%	LAB JONES 25.1%	14,802	39.5%	78%	NAT 47.3%	NAT 41.1%
Christchurch East	LAB DAVIDSON 38.7%	NAT STOCK 33.3%	1,193	5.5%	56%	LAB 34.8%	LAB 6.2%
Ilam	NAT CAMPBELL 44.2%	TOP MANJI 25.3%	5,793	18.9%	72%	NAT 42.4%	NAT 18.4%
Christchurch Central	LAB WEBB 39.8%	NAT STEPHENS 34.9%	1,095	4.9%	57%	LAB 30.8%	LAB 4.7%
Wigram	LAB WOODS 41.5%	NAT SUMMERFIELD 38.2%	816	3.2%	67%	NAT 33.1%	LAB 3.1%
Rangitata	NAT MEAGER 54.7%	LAB LUXTON 31.3%	3,380	23.4%	36%	NAT 43.1%	NAT 26.8%
Banks PeninsulaClose	NAT WEENINK 36.2%	LAB MCLELLAN 35.4%	288	0.8%	70%	NAT 31.6%	NAT 0.8%
Rongotai	GRN GENTER 39.2%	LAB FITZSIMONS 32.4%	1,750	6.8%	61%	LAB 33.5%	GRN 6.4%
Waitaki	NAT ANDERSON 53.6%	LAB REILLE 21.4%	7,904	32.3%	55%	NAT 40.9%	NAT 27.5%
Southland	NAT MOONEY 60.6%	LAB MCCALLUM 13.6%	13,243	47.0%	71%	NAT 45.0%	NAT 43.6%
Dunedin	LAB BROOKING 41.1%	NAT WOODHOUSE 21.2%	5,272	20.0%	63%	LAB 33.2%	LAB 18.9%
TaieriClosePotential flip	NAT FRENCH 37.7%	LAB LEARY 37.6%	29	0.1%	49%	LAB 34.7%	LAB 3.4%
Invercargill	NAT SIMMONDS 53.5%	LAB CRAIG 31.3%	4,722	22.2%	57%	NAT 39.6%	NAT 26.4%
Te Tai TokerauClose	TPM KAPA-KINGI 36.8%	LAB DAVIS 36.4%	44	0.3%	48%	LAB 47.4%	TPM 1.9%
Tāmaki MakaurauClose	TPM KEMP 39.3%	LAB HENARE 39.1%	20	0.2%	41%	LAB 45.0%	TPM 0.2%
Hauraki-Waikato	TPM MAIPI-CLARKE 51.6%	LAB MAHUTA 40.0%	1,803	11.6%	62%	LAB 47.5%	TPM 11.6%
Waiariki	TPM WAITITI 70.3%	LAB BOYNTON 23.3%	8,026	46.9%	59%	LAB 46.4%	TPM 54.9%
Te Tai Hauāuru	TPM NGAREWA-PACKER 67.4%	LAB PEKE-MASON 22.2%	6,084	45.2%	52%	LAB 41.4%	TPM 35.1%
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti	LAB TANGAERE-MANUEL 53.5%	TPM WHAITIRI 40.8%	1,893	12.7%	57%	LAB 55.6%	LAB 11.0%
Te Tai Tonga	TPM FERRIS 46.7%	LAB TIRIKATENE 36.6%	1,757	10.2%	63%	LAB 38.0%	TPM 10.3%

72 electorates