Mt Maunganui
General electorate · Bay of Plenty · 2026 election, preliminary results
Tom Rutherford (National) won Mt Maunganui with 21,579 votes (58.8%), a majority of 14,059 over Rhieve Grey (Labour). National won the party vote with 38.6%. Turnout was 68.0%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Tom Rutherford | National | 21,579 | 58.8% | +20.2 pts |
| Rhieve Grey | Labour | 7,520 | 20.5% | +1.4 pts |
| Tracey Coxhead | NZ First | 2,664 | 7.3% | −5.5 pts |
| Pualele Joan Westhead | Green | 2,536 | 6.9% | −1.3 pts |
| Cameron Luxton | ACT | 2,041 | 5.6% | −9.3 pts |
| Caitlin Grattan | Animal Justice | 249 | 0.7% | +0.5 pts |
| Greer Young | NZ Loyal | 107 | 0.3% | +0.2 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 14,240 | 38.6% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 7,040 | 19.1% | 29.4% |
| ACT | 5,461 | 14.8% | 10.9% |
| NZ First | 4,717 | 12.8% | 9.8% |
| Green | 3,016 | 8.2% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 2,068 | 5.6% | 6.0% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 69 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Animal Justice | 62 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 59 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Outdoors & Freedom | 30 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- Tom Rutherford won 58.8% of the electorate vote, while National won 38.6% of the party vote here: a gap of 20.2 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 9.0 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). NZ First's rose 4.0 points.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Bayfair Shopping Centre, National's party vote fell 12.8 points since 2023.
- National topped the party vote at 25 of 28 polling places here, Labour at 2.
36,998 votes cast from an estimated 54,409 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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