Taranaki-King Country
General electorate · Waikato · 2026 election, preliminary results
Barbara Joan Kuriger (National) won Taranaki-King Country with 19,439 votes (52.8%), a majority of 12,031 over David Pattemore (Labour). National won the party vote with 36.4%. Turnout was 70.7%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Barbara Joan Kuriger | National | 19,439 | 52.8% | +16.4 pts |
| David Pattemore | Labour | 7,408 | 20.1% | +1.5 pts |
| Lee Smith | NZ First | 3,961 | 10.8% | −3.0 pts |
| Phil McCabe | Green | 3,390 | 9.2% | +1.2 pts |
| Ivana Jovicic | ACT | 2,600 | 7.1% | −10.5 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 13,540 | 36.4% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 6,925 | 18.6% | 29.4% |
| ACT | 6,527 | 17.6% | 10.9% |
| NZ First | 5,116 | 13.8% | 9.8% |
| Green | 2,969 | 8.0% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 1,559 | 4.2% | 6.0% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 107 | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 89 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| NZ Loyal | 77 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Outdoors & Freedom | 66 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- ACT's highest party vote in the country: 17.6%.
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, National's party vote fell 10.7 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). NZ First's rose 5.0 points.
- Barbara Joan Kuriger won 52.8% of the electorate vote, while National won 36.4% of the party vote here: a gap of 16.4 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Pirongia School, National's party vote fell 19.2 points since 2023.
- National topped the party vote at 71 of 80 polling places here, Labour at 6.
37,310 votes cast from an estimated 52,772 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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