Election Bench

New Zealand votes on Saturday 7 November.

Electorates

Botany

2023 winner
National
2023 runner-up
Labour
2023 margin
49.1% of the top two candidates’ votes (16,323 votes)
Voters who’d need to switch to change the 2023 result
More than 24.5% (at least 8,162 voters)
2023 boundaries
Old
Assumed for 2026
NationalAssumed: held
Assumed winner’s share of runs
over 99%
Roll
General

Poll sampling error plus a typical election-day polling miss: this share of runs is not a forecast of the election.

Winning majority by election

10,872200810,741201113,495201412,83920173,999202016,3232023National11k’0811k’1113k’1413k’174.0k’2016k’23National

Candidates

CandidateParty
Ali DahcheACT
Anae Neru LeavasaLabour
Christopher LuxonMP for Botany · won here 2020, 2023National
Craig H. StoboNZ First

Seat record

Won each general election since
National, 2008
Matched the country’s top party vote
3 of 3 elections, 2017–2023
Party vote vs the country
4.6 points per party on average, 2017–2023
Winning party: candidate vs party vote
National 0.3 points higher (2023, vs Labour)

By-elections before December 2022 are not shown.

Seat history
YearWon byMajorityParty vote
2023National16,323National
2020National3,999Labour
2017National12,839National
2014National13,495National
2011National10,741National
2008National10,872National