Election Bench

New Zealand votes on Saturday 7 November.

Electorates

Northcote

2023 winner
National
2023 runner-up
Labour
2023 margin
28.7% of the top two candidates’ votes (9,270 votes)
Voters who’d need to switch to change the 2023 result
More than 14.3% (at least 4,636 voters)
2023 boundaries
Old
Assumed for 2026
NationalAssumed: held
Assumed winner’s share of runs
90%
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

4,563199627819992,62420022,38320059,36020089,37920119,66420146,21020172,53420209,2702023NationalLabourNationalLabourNational4.6k’96278’992.6k’022.4k’059.4k’089.4k’119.7k’146.2k’172.5k’209.3k’23NATLabourNationalLabourNAT

Candidates

CandidateParty
Martin LundqvistACT
Lily CarringtonAnimal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand
Marie DruryConservative Party NZ
Bhen GoodsirGreen
Shanan HalbertList MP · won here 2020 · runner-up here 2017, 2023Labour
Dan BidoisMP for Northcote · won here 2023 · runner-up here 2020National
Barak FordNew Zealand Loyal
Daryl HabrakenNZ First
Cody MarshOpportunity

Seat record

Held since
National since 2023
Matched the country’s top party vote
3 of 3 elections, 2017–2023
Party vote vs the country
1.5 points per party on average, 2017–2023
Winning party: candidate vs party vote
National 1.0 points lower (2023, vs Labour)

By-elections before December 2022 are not shown.

Seat history
YearWon byMajorityParty vote
2023National9,270National
2020Labour2,534Labour
2017National6,210National
2014National9,664National
2011National9,379National
2008National9,360National
2005National2,383National
2002Labour2,624Labour
1999Labour278Labour
1996National4,563National