Election Bench

New Zealand votes on Saturday 7 November.

Electorates

Epsom

Uncertain

On 16 August National's Paul Goldsmith asked his party's voters for their electorate vote too.

Source: 1News, read 27 September 2026.

2023 winner
ACT
2023 runner-up
National
2023 margin
29.6% of the top two candidates’ votes (8,142 votes)
Voters who’d need to switch to change the 2023 result
More than 14.8% (at least 4,072 voters)
2023 boundaries
Old
Assumed for 2026
ACTAssumed: 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

20,64219961,90819995,61920023,102200512,88220082,26120114,25020145,51920179,22420208,1422023NationalACT21k’961.9k’995.6k’023.1k’0513k’082.3k’114.3k’145.5k’179.2k’208.1k’23NationalACT

Candidates

CandidateParty
David SeymourMP for Epsom · won here 2014–2023ACT
Lawrence Xu-NanList MPGreen
Camilla BelichList MP · runner-up here 2020Labour
Paul GoldsmithList MP · runner-up here 2011, 2014, 2017, 2023National
Martin GummerNZ First
Paul JacksonOpportunity
Sawan JerryVision New Zealand

Seat record

Won each general election since
ACT, 2005
Matched the country’s top party vote
2 of 3 elections, 2017–2023
Party vote vs the country
5.1 points per party on average, 2017–2023
Winning party: candidate vs party vote
ACT 45.4 points higher (2023, vs National)

By-elections before December 2022 are not shown.

Seat history
YearWon byMajorityParty vote
2023ACT8,142National
2020ACT9,224National
2017ACT5,519National
2014ACT4,250National
2011ACT2,261National
2008ACT12,882National
2005ACT3,102National
2002National5,619National
1999National1,908National
1996National20,642National