Invercargill
General electorate · Southland · 2026 election, preliminary results
Penny Simmonds (National) won Invercargill with 19,727 votes (59.4%), a majority of 9,615 over Janice Lee (Labour). National won the party vote with 33.7%. Turnout was 69.2%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Penny Simmonds | National | 19,727 | 59.4% | +25.8 pts |
| Janice Lee | Labour | 10,112 | 30.5% | +3.3 pts |
| Dave Kennedy | Green | 2,066 | 6.2% | −1.2 pts |
| Anntwinette Grumball | Legalise Cannabis | 824 | 2.5% | +2.0 pts |
| Hayden John Seager | Independent | 475 | 1.4% | – |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 11,280 | 33.7% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 9,090 | 27.1% | 29.4% |
| ACT | 4,488 | 13.4% | 10.9% |
| NZ First | 4,440 | 13.2% | 9.8% |
| Green | 2,504 | 7.5% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 1,295 | 3.9% | 6.0% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 165 | 0.5% | 0.2% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 45 | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| Outdoors & Freedom | 37 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Women’s Rights | 36 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- Penny Simmonds won 59.4% of the electorate vote, while National won 33.7% of the party vote here: a gap of 25.8 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 9.7 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). NZ First's rose 5.7 points.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Invercargill Central, National's party vote fell 14.4 points since 2023.
- National topped the party vote at 42 of 59 polling places here, Labour at 15.
33,772 votes cast from an estimated 48,803 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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