Dunedin
General electorate · Otago · 2026 election, preliminary results
Rachel Brooking (Labour) won Dunedin with 16,088 votes (46.1%), a majority of 8,718 over Francisco Bagkus Hernandez (Green). Labour won the party vote with 33.4%. Turnout was 67.9%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Rachel Brooking | Labour | 16,088 | 46.1% | +12.8 pts |
| Francisco Bagkus Hernandez | Green | 7,370 | 21.1% | −4.8 pts |
| Kristine Asuncion | National | 7,088 | 20.3% | +3.5 pts |
| Kym McDonald-King | NZ First | 2,223 | 6.4% | −1.1 pts |
| David Bainbridge-Zafar | Opportunity | 1,367 | 3.9% | −5.0 pts |
| Adrian McDermott | Legalise Cannabis | 290 | 0.8% | +0.6 pts |
| Benedict Ong | Independent | 265 | 0.8% | – |
| Victor Billot | Alliance | 191 | 0.5% | +0.4 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| Labour | 11,691 | 33.4% | 29.4% |
| Green | 9,096 | 26.0% | 13.3% |
| National | 5,885 | 16.8% | 29.2% |
| Opportunity | 3,123 | 8.9% | 6.0% |
| NZ First | 2,634 | 7.5% | 9.8% |
| ACT | 2,305 | 6.6% | 10.9% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 76 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 66 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Alliance | 56 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Women’s Rights | 32 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- Rachel Brooking won 46.1% of the electorate vote, while Labour won 33.4% of the party vote here: a gap of 12.8 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- The Greens' 3rd-highest party vote in the country: 26.0%.
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, National's party vote fell 5.7 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). Opportunity's rose 5.1 points.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at University of Otago, Labour's party vote rose 10.9 points since 2023.
- Labour topped the party vote at 31 of 41 polling places here, the Greens at 8.
35,196 votes cast from an estimated 51,835 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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