Rangitīkei
General electorate · Manawatū-Whanganui · 2026 election, preliminary results
Suze Redmayne (National) won Rangitīkei with 16,290 votes (44.3%), a majority of 5,506 over Karl Severinsen (Labour). National won the party vote with 30.3%. Turnout was 66.2%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Suze Redmayne | National | 16,290 | 44.3% | +14.0 pts |
| Karl Severinsen | Labour | 10,784 | 29.4% | +2.6 pts |
| Steve Gibson | NZ First | 3,460 | 9.4% | −5.8 pts |
| Andrew Hoggard | ACT | 3,248 | 8.8% | −5.8 pts |
| Bernard Long | Green | 2,574 | 7.0% | −0.6 pts |
| Cedric Backhouse | Outdoors & Freedom | 223 | 0.6% | +0.4 pts |
| Jason Michael Smith | NZ Loyal | 161 | 0.4% | +0.3 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 11,154 | 30.3% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 9,838 | 26.7% | 29.4% |
| NZ First | 5,583 | 15.2% | 9.8% |
| ACT | 5,403 | 14.7% | 10.9% |
| Green | 2,791 | 7.6% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 1,581 | 4.3% | 6.0% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 91 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 83 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Outdoors & Freedom | 83 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| NZ Loyal | 41 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, National's party vote fell 10.4 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). NZ First's rose 5.9 points.
- Suze Redmayne won 44.3% of the electorate vote, while National won 30.3% of the party vote here: a gap of 14.0 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Te Matapihi Community Centre, National's party vote fell 13.6 points since 2023.
- National topped the party vote at 44 of 66 polling places here, Labour at 18.
37,094 votes cast from an estimated 56,033 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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