Waikato
General electorate · Waikato · 2026 election, preliminary results
Tim Van De Molen (National) won Waikato with 21,587 votes (58.3%), a majority of 12,576 over Jamie Toko (Labour). National won the party vote with 39.7%. Turnout was 69.4%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Tim Van De Molen | National | 21,587 | 58.3% | +18.7 pts |
| Jamie Toko | Labour | 9,011 | 24.4% | +5.7 pts |
| Robert John Cookson | NZ First | 3,891 | 10.5% | −3.1 pts |
| Ash Parmar | ACT | 2,074 | 5.6% | −11.3 pts |
| Brendan Richard Whyte | Independent | 276 | 0.7% | – |
| Turi Te Kamonga Robinson | Independent | 167 | 0.5% | – |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 14,781 | 39.7% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 6,966 | 18.7% | 29.4% |
| ACT | 6,316 | 16.9% | 10.9% |
| NZ First | 5,086 | 13.6% | 9.8% |
| Green | 2,238 | 6.0% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 1,529 | 4.1% | 6.0% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 81 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 80 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Conservative | 38 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Animal Justice | 37 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- Tim Van De Molen won 58.3% of the electorate vote, while National won 39.7% of the party vote here: a gap of 18.7 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 10.3 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). NZ First's rose 6.0 points.
- National held on, but its candidate's lead at the same polling places shrank from 42.7 points in 2023 to 33.0 points.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Morrinsville Intermediate School Hall, National's party vote fell 16.3 points since 2023.
- National topped the party vote at 44 of 55 polling places here, Labour at 11.
37,471 votes cast from an estimated 53,993 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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