Epsom
General electorate · Auckland · 2026 election, preliminary results
David Seymour (ACT) won Epsom with 11,786 votes (36.8%), a majority of 2,044 over Paul Goldsmith (National). National won the party vote with 42.8%. Turnout was 56.2%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| David Seymour | ACT | 11,786 | 36.8% | +21.3 pts |
| Paul Goldsmith | National | 9,742 | 30.5% | −12.4 pts |
| Camilla Belich | Labour | 5,798 | 18.1% | +1.3 pts |
| Lawrence Xu-Nan | Green | 3,105 | 9.7% | −2.0 pts |
| Paul Jackson | Opportunity | 1,181 | 3.7% | −4.7 pts |
| Martin Gummer | NZ First | 359 | 1.1% | −3.2 pts |
| Sawan Jerry | Vision NZ | 22 | 0.1% | +0.0 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 13,754 | 42.8% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 5,414 | 16.9% | 29.4% |
| ACT | 4,976 | 15.5% | 10.9% |
| Green | 3,751 | 11.7% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 2,688 | 8.4% | 6.0% |
| NZ First | 1,401 | 4.4% | 9.8% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 29 | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| Animal Justice | 22 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 19 | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Women’s Rights | 18 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- A split result: National won the party vote here (42.8%), but ACT's David Seymour won the seat.
- David Seymour won 36.8% of the electorate vote, while ACT won 15.5% of the party vote here: a gap of 21.3 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, National's party vote fell 9.8 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). Opportunity's rose 5.7 points.
- ACT held on, but its candidate's lead at the same polling places shrank from 23.6 points in 2023 to 7.4 points.
- Labour's lowest party vote in the country: 16.9%, against 29.4% nationally.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Greyfriars Presbyterian Church, National's party vote fell 13.1 points since 2023.
32,201 votes cast from an estimated 57,297 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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