Kapiti
General electorate · Wellington · 2026 election, preliminary results
Tim Costley (National) won Kapiti with 20,689 votes (47.5%), a majority of 2,077 over Sophie Handford (Labour). Labour won the party vote with 31.1%. Turnout was 73.1%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Tim Costley | National | 20,689 | 47.5% | +19.3 pts |
| Sophie Handford | Labour | 18,612 | 42.7% | +11.6 pts |
| Melody Willis | Green | 1,803 | 4.1% | −8.7 pts |
| Penny Gaylor | NZ First | 1,443 | 3.3% | −5.9 pts |
| Chee Khiang (CK) Sng | Opportunity | 930 | 2.1% | −6.6 pts |
| Michael Walker | Progressive Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 50 | 0.1% | +0.1 pts |
| Richard Goode | NAP | 33 | 0.1% | +0.1 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| Labour | 13,581 | 31.1% | 29.4% |
| National | 12,321 | 28.2% | 29.2% |
| Green | 5,616 | 12.9% | 13.3% |
| NZ First | 4,006 | 9.2% | 9.8% |
| ACT | 4,004 | 9.2% | 10.9% |
| Opportunity | 3,819 | 8.8% | 6.0% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 57 | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 56 | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Animal Justice | 51 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Women’s Rights | 36 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- A split result: Labour won the party vote here (31.1%), but National's Tim Costley won the seat.
- The highest turnout of the general electorates so far: 73.1%.
- Tim Costley won 47.5% of the electorate vote, while National won 28.2% of the party vote here: a gap of 19.3 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 10.7 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). Opportunity's rose 7.1 points.
- National held on, but its candidate's lead at the same polling places shrank from 18.4 points in 2023 to 5.6 points.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Waikanae Baptist Church, National's party vote fell 12.3 points since 2023.
43,774 votes cast from an estimated 59,882 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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