Southland
General electorate · Otago · 2026 election, preliminary results
Joseph Mooney (National) won Southland with 19,293 votes (56.5%), a majority of 11,484 over Peter McDonald (Labour). National won the party vote with 39.1%. Turnout was 69.1%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Joseph Mooney | National | 19,293 | 56.5% | +17.3 pts |
| Peter McDonald | Labour | 7,809 | 22.9% | +5.9 pts |
| Jason Herrick | NZ First | 2,725 | 8.0% | −3.0 pts |
| Todd Stephenson | ACT | 2,199 | 6.4% | −10.8 pts |
| Bianca Beebe | Opportunity | 2,017 | 5.9% | +0.1 pts |
| Naomi Maclean | Vision NZ | 123 | 0.4% | +0.3 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 13,406 | 39.1% | 29.2% |
| ACT | 5,901 | 17.2% | 10.9% |
| Labour | 5,810 | 17.0% | 29.4% |
| NZ First | 3,759 | 11.0% | 9.8% |
| Green | 2,961 | 8.6% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 2,000 | 5.8% | 6.0% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 85 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Outdoors & Freedom | 78 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| NZ Loyal | 54 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 49 | 0.1% | 0.6% |
Did you know?
- Joseph Mooney won 56.5% of the electorate vote, while National won 39.1% of the party vote here: a gap of 17.3 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 10.1 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). NZ First's rose 5.1 points.
- National held on, but its candidate's lead at the same polling places shrank from 45.2 points in 2023 to 33.5 points.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Winton Memorial Hall, National's party vote fell 17.5 points since 2023.
- ACT's 3rd-highest party vote in the country: 17.2%.
- National topped the party vote at 57 of 60 polling places here, Labour at 2.
34,395 votes cast from an estimated 49,776 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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