Rotorua
General electorate · Bay of Plenty · 2026 election, preliminary results
Todd McClay (National) won Rotorua with 16,285 votes (51.6%), a majority of 5,301 over Fisher Wang (Labour). National won the party vote with 32.3%. Turnout was 66.2%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Todd McClay | National | 16,285 | 51.6% | +19.3 pts |
| Fisher Wang | Labour | 10,984 | 34.8% | +10.5 pts |
| Billy Brown | NZ First | 3,218 | 10.2% | −4.2 pts |
| Finn Liley | Opportunity | 1,098 | 3.5% | −1.8 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 10,259 | 32.3% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 7,717 | 24.3% | 29.4% |
| NZ First | 4,565 | 14.4% | 9.8% |
| ACT | 4,273 | 13.5% | 10.9% |
| Green | 2,904 | 9.1% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 1,673 | 5.3% | 6.0% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 126 | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 66 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Vision NZ | 51 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Animal Justice | 30 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- Todd McClay won 51.6% of the electorate vote, while National won 32.3% of the party vote here: a gap of 19.3 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 10.6 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). NZ First's rose 6.2 points.
- National held on, but its candidate's lead at the same polling places shrank from 26.3 points in 2023 to 15.3 points.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Te Manawa Shop, National's party vote fell 16.5 points since 2023.
- National topped the party vote at 29 of 49 polling places here, Labour at 17.
31,924 votes cast from an estimated 48,224 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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