17Kaikōura

General electorate

National Party holds the seat.

The sitting member is standing again.

DataArchived results
Counting progress
100.0%

Candidate votes

Votes
Share
2020

SMITH, Stuart

National Party · Sitting member

20,741
50.0%
42.7%

DEWHIRST, Emma

Labour Party

9,329
22.5%
This party's candidate: 37.3%

ARBUCKLE, Jamie Arthur

New Zealand First Party

4,347
10.5%
5.2%

GRIFFITHS, Keith

ACT New Zealand

2,624
6.3%
This party's candidate: 4.3%

McCUBBIN, Richard

Green Party

2,512
6.1%
5.6%

COLELLO, Natalie

New Zealand Loyal

921
2.2%
—

CAMPBELL, Sandra

DemocracyNZ

509
1.2%
—

GREENSLADE, David

New Conservatives

237
0.6%
This party's candidate: 1.8%

McCASKEY, John

Independent

139
0.3%
This candidate, for another party: 0.4%

HOWARD, Ted

Independent

109
0.3%
0.2%

BROWN, Shaun

Money Free Party NZ

43
0.1%
This party's candidate: 0.0%
Informal votes
418
Total valid votes
41,511
  • This candidate's share in 2020, when they stood for a different party or as an independent.
  • The share won by this party's candidate in 2020, who was a different person.

Party votes

Votes
Share
2020

National Party

17,281
41.2%
30.3%

Labour Party

8,714
20.8%
44.6%

ACT New Zealand

5,911
14.1%
11.4%

New Zealand First Party

3,819
9.1%
2.9%

Green Party

3,282
7.8%
5.3%

New Zealand Loyal

850
2.0%
—

The Opportunities Party (TOP)

703
1.7%
1.1%

DemocracyNZ

269
0.6%
—

NewZeal

261
0.6%
0.6%

Te Pāti Māori

215
0.5%
0.2%

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

176
0.4%
0.3%

New Conservatives

111
0.3%
1.9%

Leighton Baker Party

98
0.2%
—

Freedoms NZ (Umbrella party)

97
0.2%
—

Animal Justice Party

73
0.2%
—

New Nation Party

43
0.1%
—

Women’s Rights Party

36
0.1%
—
Informal votes
282
Total valid votes
41,939

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