Election Bench

New Zealand votes on Saturday 7 November.

Electorates

Mt Maunganui

2023 winner
National
2023 runner-up
Labour
2023 margin
49.4% of the top two candidates’ votes (15,405 votes)
Voters who’d need to switch to change the 2023 result
More than 24.6% (at least 7,703 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

5,15319967,10219995,597200213,584200517,604200817,760201115,096201413,99620173,415202015,4052023National5.2k’967.1k’995.6k’0214k’0518k’0818k’1115k’1414k’173.4k’2015k’23National

Candidates

CandidateParty
Cameron LuxtonList MPACT
Caitlin GrattanAnimal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand
Pualele Joan WestheadGreen
Rhieve GreyLabour
Tom RutherfordMP for Bay of Plenty · won Bay of Plenty 2023National
Greer YoungNew Zealand Loyal
Tracey CoxheadNZ First

Seat record

Predecessor seat
Bay of Plenty
Won each general election since
National, 1996
Matched the country’s top party vote
3 of 3 elections, 2017–2023
Party vote vs the country
3.8 points per party on average, 2017–2023
Winning party: candidate vs party vote
National 1.6 points higher (2023, vs Labour)

By-elections before December 2022 are not shown.

Seat history
YearWon byMajorityParty vote
2023National15,405National
2020National3,415Labour
2017National13,996National
2014National15,096National
2011National17,760National
2008National17,604National
2005National13,584National
2002National5,597Labour
1999National7,102National
1996National5,153National