Christchurch East
- 2023 winner
- Labour
- 2023 runner-up
- National
- 2023 margin
- 8.6% of the top two candidates’ votes (2,397 votes)
- Voters who’d need to switch to change the 2023 result
- More than 4.2% (at least 1,199 voters)
- 2023 boundaries
- Old
- Assumed for 2026
- LabourAssumed: held
- Assumed winner’s share of runs
- 93%
- 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
Candidates
| Candidate | Party |
|---|---|
| Toni Severin | ACT |
| Ethan Gullery | Alliance Party |
| Paula Lambert | Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party |
| Helen Houghton | Conservative Party NZ |
| Teresa Butler | Green |
| Reuben John DavidsonMP for Christchurch East · won here 2023 | Labour |
| Alexandra Davids | National |
| Glenn Thompson | New Zealand Loyal |
| Shane Wiremu | NZ First |
| David Mueller-Cajar | NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party |
| Vikramjit Singh | Independent |
Seat record
- Won each general election since
- Labour, 1996
- Matched the country’s top party vote
- 1 of 3 elections, 2017–2023
- Party vote vs the country
- 3.3 points per party on average, 2017–2023
- Winning party: candidate vs party vote
- Labour 0.2 points lower (2023, vs National)
By-elections before December 2022 are not shown.
Seat history
| Year | Won by | Majority | Party vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Labour | 2,397 | Labour |
| 2020 | Labour | 17,336 | Labour |
| 2017 | Labour | 7,480 | Labour |
| 2014 | Labour | 4,073 | National |
| 2011 | Labour | 5,334 | National |
| 2008 | Labour | 5,765 | Labour |
| 2005 | Labour | 11,973 | Labour |
| 2002 | Labour | 14,864 | Labour |
| 1999 | Labour | 11,162 | Labour |
| 1996 | Labour | 2,958 | Labour |