Election Bench

New Zealand votes on Saturday 7 November.

Electorates

Rangitīkei

2023 winner
National
2023 runner-up
Labour
2023 margin
34.8% of the top two candidates’ votes (9,785 votes)
Voters who’d need to switch to change the 2023 result
More than 17.4% (at least 4,893 voters)
2023 boundaries
Old
Assumed for 2026
NationalAssumed: held
Assumed winner’s share of runs
96%
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

2,763199628919995,31520029,660200512,04220089,382201111,060201410,29020172,96120209,7852023National2.8k’96289’995.3k’029.7k’0512k’089.4k’1111k’1410k’173.0k’209.8k’23National

Candidates

CandidateParty
Andrew HoggardList MPACT
Bernard LongGreen
Karl SeverinsenLabour
Suze RedmayneMP for Rangitīkei · won here 2023National
Jason Michael SmithNew Zealand Loyal
Steve GibsonNZ First
Cedric BackhouseNZ Outdoors & Freedom Party

Seat record

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
3.0 points per party on average, 2017–2023
Winning party: candidate vs party vote
National 2.0 points higher (2023, vs Labour)

By-elections before December 2022 are not shown.

Seat history
YearWon byMajorityParty vote
2023National9,785National
2020National2,961Labour
2017National10,290National
2014National11,060National
2011National9,382National
2008National12,042National
2005National9,660National
2002National5,315Labour
1999National289National
1996National2,763National