Port Waikato
General electorate · Auckland · 2026 election, preliminary results
Matthew Paul (National) won Port Waikato with 18,348 votes (51.7%), a majority of 10,437 over Matt Brachi (Labour). National won the party vote with 37.9%. Turnout was 65.8%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Matthew Paul | National | 18,348 | 51.7% | +13.7 pts |
| Matt Brachi | Labour | 7,911 | 22.3% | +1.7 pts |
| Casey Costello | NZ First | 4,334 | 12.2% | −1.7 pts |
| Carl Morgan | Green | 2,457 | 6.9% | +0.3 pts |
| Sarah Lochead-Macmillan | ACT | 2,456 | 6.9% | −9.1 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 13,486 | 37.9% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 7,333 | 20.6% | 29.4% |
| ACT | 5,692 | 16.0% | 10.9% |
| NZ First | 4,943 | 13.9% | 9.8% |
| Green | 2,360 | 6.6% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 1,326 | 3.7% | 6.0% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 81 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 77 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Animal Justice | 56 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Conservative | 40 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, National's party vote fell 12.8 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). NZ First's rose 6.2 points.
- Matthew Paul won 51.7% of the electorate vote, while National won 37.9% of the party vote here: a gap of 13.7 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Church By The Seashore, National's party vote fell 16.6 points since 2023.
- National topped the party vote at 44 of 54 polling places here, Labour at 8.
35,867 votes cast from an estimated 54,509 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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