Pakuranga
General electorate · Auckland · 2026 election, preliminary results
Simeon Brown (National) won Pakuranga with 21,264 votes (66.8%), a majority of 13,691 over Campbell Henry Matthews (Labour). National won the party vote with 46.6%. Turnout was 60.2%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Simeon Brown | National | 21,264 | 66.8% | +20.2 pts |
| Campbell Henry Matthews | Labour | 7,573 | 23.8% | +3.6 pts |
| Kevin Huang | Opportunity | 2,005 | 6.3% | +1.1 pts |
| Parmjeet Parmar | ACT | 981 | 3.1% | −9.6 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 14,919 | 46.6% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 6,459 | 20.2% | 29.4% |
| ACT | 4,054 | 12.7% | 10.9% |
| NZ First | 2,459 | 7.7% | 9.8% |
| Green | 2,236 | 7.0% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 1,655 | 5.2% | 6.0% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 37 | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 31 | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| Women’s Rights | 31 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Animal Justice | 27 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, National's party vote fell 12.5 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). Labour's rose 4.1 points.
- Simeon Brown won 66.8% of the electorate vote, while National won 46.6% of the party vote here: a gap of 20.2 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- National held on, but its candidate's lead at the same polling places shrank from 53.8 points in 2023 to 42.6 points.
- National's 2nd-highest party vote in the country: 46.6%.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Cockle Bay School, National's party vote fell 14.5 points since 2023.
- National topped the party vote at 21 of 23 polling places here, Labour at 2.
32,170 votes cast from an estimated 53,439 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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