Election Bench

New Zealand votes on Saturday 7 November.

Electorates

Rotorua

2023 winner
National
2023 runner-up
Labour
2023 margin
30.0% of the top two candidates’ votes (8,923 votes)
Voters who’d need to switch to change the 2023 result
More than 14.9% (at least 4,462 voters)
2023 boundaries
Old
Assumed for 2026
NationalAssumed: held
Assumed winner’s share of runs
93%
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

5,89619964,97819997,744200266220055,06520087,35720117,41820147,901201782520208,9232023NationalLabourNational5.9k’965.0k’997.7k’02662’055.1k’087.4k’117.4k’147.9k’17825’208.9k’23NATLabourNational

Candidates

CandidateParty
Fisher WangLabour
Todd McClayMP for Rotorua · won here 2008–2023National
Billy BrownNZ First
Finn LileyOpportunity

Seat record

Won each general election since
National, 2008
Matched the country’s top party vote
3 of 3 elections, 2017–2023
Party vote vs the country
1.9 points per party on average, 2017–2023
Winning party: candidate vs party vote
National 1.8 points higher (2023, vs Labour)

By-elections before December 2022 are not shown.

Seat history
YearWon byMajorityParty vote
2023National8,923National
2020National825Labour
2017National7,901National
2014National7,418National
2011National7,357National
2008National5,065National
2005Labour662National
2002Labour7,744Labour
1999Labour4,978Labour
1996National5,896National