Rangitata
General electorate · Canterbury · 2026 election, preliminary results
James Meager (National) won Rangitata with 22,236 votes (62.4%), a majority of 13,917 over Sange Malama (Labour). National won the party vote with 36.5%. Turnout was 71.2%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| James Meager | National | 22,236 | 62.4% | +25.9 pts |
| Sange Malama | Labour | 8,319 | 23.4% | −3.0 pts |
| Isaac Nicholson | NZ First | 1,745 | 4.9% | −7.0 pts |
| Dave Richards | Green | 1,438 | 4.0% | −1.8 pts |
| Aaron Allred | ACT | 951 | 2.7% | −12.1 pts |
| Matt Harris | Opportunity | 696 | 2.0% | −1.7 pts |
| Kevin McCracken | Outdoors & Freedom | 137 | 0.4% | +0.3 pts |
| Karl Thomas | Conservative | 103 | 0.3% | +0.1 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 13,094 | 36.5% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 9,435 | 26.3% | 29.4% |
| ACT | 5,301 | 14.8% | 10.9% |
| NZ First | 4,266 | 11.9% | 9.8% |
| Green | 2,086 | 5.8% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 1,314 | 3.7% | 6.0% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 82 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Conservative | 64 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Outdoors & Freedom | 48 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Women’s Rights | 37 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- James Meager won 62.4% of the electorate vote, while National won 36.5% of the party vote here: a gap of 25.9 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 8.5 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). ACT's rose 4.5 points.
- National's lead at the same polling places grew from 27.7 points in 2023 to 39.2 points.
- National topped the party vote at 36 of 52 polling places here, Labour at 13.
35,996 votes cast from an estimated 50,556 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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