Botany
General electorate · Auckland · 2026 election, preliminary results
Christopher Luxon (National) won Botany with 20,855 votes (65.9%), a majority of 13,073 over Anae Neru Leavasa (Labour). National won the party vote with 51.2%. Turnout was 59.1%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Christopher Luxon | National | 20,855 | 65.9% | +14.7 pts |
| Anae Neru Leavasa | Labour | 7,782 | 24.6% | +6.3 pts |
| Craig H. Stobo | NZ First | 1,667 | 5.3% | −1.9 pts |
| Ali Dahche | ACT | 1,362 | 4.3% | −8.3 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 16,328 | 51.2% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 5,846 | 18.3% | 29.4% |
| ACT | 4,013 | 12.6% | 10.9% |
| NZ First | 2,285 | 7.2% | 9.8% |
| Green | 1,839 | 5.8% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 1,406 | 4.4% | 6.0% |
| Animal Justice | 29 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 24 | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Women’s Rights | 22 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 20 | 0.1% | 0.6% |
Did you know?
- National's highest party vote in the country: 51.2%.
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, National's party vote fell 12.3 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). NZ First's rose 3.6 points.
- Christopher Luxon won 65.9% of the electorate vote, while National won 51.2% of the party vote here: a gap of 14.7 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- National held on, but its candidate's lead at the same polling places shrank from 56.3 points in 2023 to 42.1 points.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Chinatown, National's party vote fell 16.1 points since 2023.
- The Greens' lowest party vote in the country: 5.8%, against 13.3% nationally.
32,069 votes cast from an estimated 54,262 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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