Ōtāhuhu
General electorate · Auckland · 2026 election, preliminary results
Jenny Salesa (Labour) won Ōtāhuhu with 13,826 votes (67.8%), a majority of 10,558 over Lalit Arya (National). Labour won the party vote with 63.6%. Turnout was 42.7%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Jenny Salesa | Labour | 13,826 | 67.8% | +4.3 pts |
| Lalit Arya | National | 3,268 | 16.0% | +0.4 pts |
| Te Whatanui Leka Skipwith | Green | 1,552 | 7.6% | +0.5 pts |
| Henrietta Devoe | ACT | 595 | 2.9% | +0.7 pts |
| Adam Macrae-Martin | Opportunity | 417 | 2.0% | −0.1 pts |
| Karl Mokaraka | Vision NZ | 242 | 1.2% | +0.9 pts |
| John Alcock | NZ Loyal | 142 | 0.7% | +0.4 pts |
| Eseta Haunga | People's Party New Zealand | 118 | 0.6% | +0.6 pts |
| Phillip Harry Faleu | Independent | 117 | 0.6% | – |
| James Gordon Robb | Independent | 107 | 0.5% | – |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| Labour | 13,093 | 63.6% | 29.4% |
| National | 3,212 | 15.6% | 29.2% |
| NZ First | 1,639 | 8.0% | 9.8% |
| Green | 1,472 | 7.1% | 13.3% |
| ACT | 466 | 2.3% | 10.9% |
| Opportunity | 448 | 2.2% | 6.0% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 55 | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| Vision NZ | 55 | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| NZ Loyal | 52 | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 26 | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Did you know?
- The 2nd-safest seat in the country, won by 51.8 points of the electorate vote.
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, National's party vote fell 8.8 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). Labour's rose 6.4 points.
- Labour's 2nd-highest party vote in the country: 63.6%.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Hunters Plaza Shopping Centre, Labour's party vote rose 14.6 points since 2023.
- ACT's lowest party vote in the country: 2.3%, against 10.9% nationally.
- Labour's lead at the same polling places grew from 37.9 points in 2023 to 57.1 points.
20,907 votes cast from an estimated 48,963 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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