Tauranga
General electorate · Bay of Plenty · 2026 election, preliminary results
Sam Uffindell (National) won Tauranga with 19,117 votes (55.5%), a majority of 10,274 over Jan Tinetti (Labour). National won the party vote with 37.2%. Turnout was 65.4%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Sam Uffindell | National | 19,117 | 55.5% | +18.2 pts |
| Jan Tinetti | Labour | 8,843 | 25.7% | +5.8 pts |
| Bryan Norton | ACT | 2,452 | 7.1% | −7.1 pts |
| Daniël Oosthuizen | Green | 1,722 | 5.0% | −2.9 pts |
| Michael Carter | Opportunity | 1,671 | 4.8% | −1.3 pts |
| Sam Connely | Animal Justice | 338 | 1.0% | +0.8 pts |
| Tim Maltby | Independent | 323 | 0.9% | – |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 12,947 | 37.2% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 6,907 | 19.9% | 29.4% |
| ACT | 4,929 | 14.2% | 10.9% |
| NZ First | 4,796 | 13.8% | 9.8% |
| Green | 2,759 | 7.9% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 2,130 | 6.1% | 6.0% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 61 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 53 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Animal Justice | 50 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Women’s Rights | 32 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- Sam Uffindell won 55.5% of the electorate vote, while National won 37.2% of the party vote here: a gap of 18.2 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 7.3 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). Opportunity's rose 4.2 points.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Taumata School, National's party vote fell 15.5 points since 2023.
- National's lead at the same polling places grew from 21.6 points in 2023 to 30.7 points.
- National topped the party vote at 21 of 27 polling places here, Labour at 6.
34,995 votes cast from an estimated 53,509 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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