Hamilton East
General electorate · Waikato · 2026 election, preliminary results
Ryan Hamilton (National) won Hamilton East with 14,139 votes (45.7%), a majority of 456 over Georgie Dansey (Labour). National won the party vote with 31.9%. Turnout was 62.1%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Ryan Hamilton | National | 14,139 | 45.7% | +13.8 pts |
| Georgie Dansey | Labour | 13,683 | 44.2% | +13.9 pts |
| Nicola Laboyrie | NZ First | 1,589 | 5.1% | −3.6 pts |
| Naomi Pocock | Opportunity | 1,373 | 4.4% | −2.0 pts |
| Jacobus Gielen | Independent | 166 | 0.5% | – |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 9,960 | 31.9% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 9,480 | 30.3% | 29.4% |
| Green | 3,883 | 12.4% | 13.3% |
| ACT | 2,958 | 9.5% | 10.9% |
| NZ First | 2,715 | 8.7% | 9.8% |
| Opportunity | 2,007 | 6.4% | 6.0% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 52 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Conservative | 42 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 37 | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Animal Justice | 27 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, National's party vote fell 11.4 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). Labour's rose 5.4 points.
- National held on, but its candidate's lead at the same polling places shrank from 12.9 points in 2023 to 0.8 points.
- One of the six closest races in the country: a majority of 456.
- Ryan Hamilton won 45.7% of the electorate vote, while National won 31.9% of the party vote here: a gap of 13.8 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Chartwell Shopping Centre, National's party vote fell 13.0 points since 2023.
- Labour topped the party vote at 17 of 30 polling places here, National at 12.
31,391 votes cast from an estimated 50,549 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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