Taieri
General electorate · Otago · 2026 election, preliminary results
Ingrid Leary (Labour) won Taieri with 16,066 votes (43.4%), a majority of 4,798 over Matthew French (National). Labour won the party vote with 34.2%. Turnout was 70.6%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Ingrid Leary | Labour | 16,066 | 43.4% | +9.1 pts |
| Matthew French | National | 11,268 | 30.4% | +4.5 pts |
| Mark Patterson | NZ First | 4,595 | 12.4% | +0.8 pts |
| Scott Willis | Green | 3,271 | 8.8% | −2.5 pts |
| Robbie Byars | ACT | 1,671 | 4.5% | −5.8 pts |
| Anna Knight | Alliance | 176 | 0.5% | +0.3 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| Labour | 12,739 | 34.2% | 29.4% |
| National | 9,657 | 26.0% | 29.2% |
| NZ First | 4,311 | 11.6% | 9.8% |
| Green | 4,232 | 11.4% | 13.3% |
| ACT | 3,839 | 10.3% | 10.9% |
| Opportunity | 2,065 | 5.6% | 6.0% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 65 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 63 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Alliance | 57 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Animal Justice | 44 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, National's party vote fell 7.8 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). NZ First's rose 3.9 points.
- Ingrid Leary won 43.4% of the electorate vote, while Labour won 34.2% of the party vote here: a gap of 9.1 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- Labour's lead at the same polling places grew from 2.8 points in 2023 to 10.9 points.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Te Pou Ō Mata-au Clutha District War Memorial & Community Centre, National's party vote fell 10.4 points since 2023.
- National topped the party vote at 24 of 45 polling places here, Labour at 21.
37,380 votes cast from an estimated 52,946 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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