Takanini
General electorate · Auckland · 2026 election, preliminary results
Rima Nakhle (National) won Takanini with 12,120 votes (48.1%), a majority of 1,487 over Kharag Singh (Labour). National won the party vote with 37.6%. Turnout was 51.6%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Rima Nakhle | National | 12,120 | 48.1% | +10.5 pts |
| Kharag Singh | Labour | 10,633 | 42.2% | +5.1 pts |
| Elliot Ikilei | NZ First | 1,880 | 7.5% | −0.7 pts |
| Lynley Tulloch | Animal Justice | 395 | 1.6% | +1.4 pts |
| Paul Teio | NZ Loyal | 162 | 0.6% | +0.6 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 9,603 | 37.6% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 9,478 | 37.1% | 29.4% |
| NZ First | 2,080 | 8.1% | 9.8% |
| Green | 1,838 | 7.2% | 13.3% |
| ACT | 1,549 | 6.1% | 10.9% |
| Opportunity | 792 | 3.1% | 6.0% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 41 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Animal Justice | 38 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Vision NZ | 32 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 21 | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Did you know?
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, National's party vote fell 14.7 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). Labour's rose 8.2 points.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Old Flat Bush School Hall, National's party vote fell 21.7 points since 2023.
- National held on, but its candidate's lead at the same polling places shrank from 22.2 points in 2023 to 6.7 points.
- Rima Nakhle won 48.1% of the electorate vote, while National won 37.6% of the party vote here: a gap of 10.5 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- National topped the party vote at 13 of 24 polling places here, Labour at 11.
25,764 votes cast from an estimated 49,930 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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