Election Bench

New Zealand votes on Saturday 7 November.

Electorates

Maungakiekie

Uncertain

In our runs, ordinary polling error often hands this seat to another party.

2023 winner
National
2023 runner-up
Labour
2023 margin
15.8% of the top two candidates’ votes (4,617 votes)
Voters who’d need to switch to change the 2023 result
More than 7.8% (at least 2,309 voters)
2023 boundaries
Old
Assumed for 2026
NationalAssumed: held
Assumed winner’s share of runs
66%
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

22819962,51219996,60320026,45020051,94220083,02120112,34820142,157201763520204,6172023NationalLabourNationalLabourNational228’962.5k’996.6k’026.5k’051.9k’083.0k’112.3k’142.2k’17635’204.6k’23NATLabourNationalLabourNAT

If this seat changes hands

Estimated gap: 5.2 points, the 2023 margin (a share of the winner’s and runner-up’s votes) moved by the change in the polls since.

GroupingNowIf Labour wins
ACT + National + NZ First + Opportunity6766
Green + Labour + Opportunity + Te Pāti Māori6262
ACT + National + NZ First6059
Green + Labour + Te Pāti Māori5555
Parliament122121
Majority6261

Seat counts if the election were today. They say nothing about who would agree to work together.

Candidates

CandidateParty
Juan Alvarez de LugoACT
Adam PowellGreen
Priyanca RadhakrishnanList MP · won here 2020 · runner-up here 2017, 2023Labour
Greg FlemingMP for Maungakiekie · won here 2023National
Keegan LangeveldNZ First
Derrick PaullOpportunity

Seat record

Held since
National since 2023
Matched the country’s top party vote
2 of 3 elections, 2017–2023
Party vote vs the country
1.4 points per party on average, 2017–2023
Winning party: candidate vs party vote
National 2.5 points lower (2023, vs Labour)

By-elections before December 2022 are not shown.

Seat history
YearWon byMajorityParty vote
2023National4,617National
2020Labour635Labour
2017National2,157Labour
2014National2,348National
2011National3,021National
2008National1,942National
2005Labour6,450Labour
2002Labour6,603Labour
1999Labour2,512Labour
1996National228Labour