Auckland Central
General electorate · Auckland · 2026 election, preliminary results
Chlöe Swarbrick (Green) won Auckland Central with 13,942 votes (46.6%), a majority of 2,831 over Candace Kinser (National). National won the party vote with 26.6%. Turnout was 58.4%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Chlöe Swarbrick | Green | 13,942 | 46.6% | +26.6 pts |
| Candace Kinser | National | 11,111 | 37.2% | +10.6 pts |
| Naisi Chen | Labour | 2,819 | 9.4% | −16.4 pts |
| Antonia Modkova | ACT | 996 | 3.3% | −7.7 pts |
| Johan Chang | Opportunity | 861 | 2.9% | −7.7 pts |
| Christopher Manaia | Legalise Cannabis | 162 | 0.5% | +0.4 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 7,976 | 26.6% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 7,747 | 25.8% | 29.4% |
| Green | 6,017 | 20.0% | 13.3% |
| ACT | 3,313 | 11.0% | 10.9% |
| Opportunity | 3,176 | 10.6% | 6.0% |
| NZ First | 1,573 | 5.2% | 9.8% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 62 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 48 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Animal Justice | 28 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Free Palestine | 16 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Did you know?
- A split result: National won the party vote here (26.6%), but the Greens' Chlöe Swarbrick won the seat.
- Chlöe Swarbrick won 46.6% of the electorate vote, while the Greens won 20.0% of the party vote here: a gap of 26.6 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, Opportunity's party vote rose 7.7 points since 2023, more than its national rise of 3.7 points. National's fell 5.9 points.
- Opportunity's 3rd-highest party vote in the country: 10.6%.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Ponsonby Primary School, National's party vote fell 10.4 points since 2023.
- Labour topped the party vote at 14 of 32 polling places here, National at 9.
30,110 votes cast from an estimated 51,558 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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