Mt Albert
General electorate · Auckland · 2026 election, preliminary results
Helen White (Labour) won Mt Albert with 14,067 votes (43.3%), a majority of 4,678 over Melissa Lee (National). Labour won the party vote with 31.1%. Turnout was 59.1%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Helen White | Labour | 14,067 | 43.3% | +12.2 pts |
| Melissa Lee | National | 9,389 | 28.9% | +3.9 pts |
| Qiulae Wong | Opportunity | 3,960 | 12.2% | +1.9 pts |
| Ricardo Menendez March | Green | 3,595 | 11.1% | −9.2 pts |
| Sheldon Eden-Whaitiri | NZ First | 703 | 2.2% | −3.0 pts |
| Alex Price | ACT | 668 | 2.1% | −5.4 pts |
| Luke Bones | Independent | 87 | 0.3% | – |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| Labour | 10,148 | 31.1% | 29.4% |
| National | 8,177 | 25.0% | 29.2% |
| Green | 6,625 | 20.3% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 3,360 | 10.3% | 6.0% |
| ACT | 2,451 | 7.5% | 10.9% |
| NZ First | 1,695 | 5.2% | 9.8% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 49 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 38 | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Animal Justice | 29 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Women’s Rights | 19 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, National's party vote fell 10.1 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). Opportunity's rose 7.3 points.
- Helen White won 43.3% of the electorate vote, while Labour won 31.1% of the party vote here: a gap of 12.2 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Mt Roskill War Memorial Hall, National's party vote fell 18.0 points since 2023.
- Labour's lead at the same polling places grew from 2.3 points in 2023 to 15.3 points.
- Labour topped the party vote at 15 of 23 polling places here, National at 5.
32,781 votes cast from an estimated 55,467 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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