Election Bench

New Zealand votes on Saturday 7 November.

Electorates

Selwyn

2023 winner
National
2023 runner-up
Labour
2023 margin
45.8% of the top two candidates’ votes (19,782 votes)
Voters who’d need to switch to change the 2023 result
More than 22.8% (at least 9,892 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

11,075200819,451201120,561201419,63920174,968202019,7822023National11k’0819k’1121k’1420k’175.0k’2020k’23National

Candidates

CandidateParty
Iain MurrayACT
Jesse LukeAlliance Party
Alma de AndaGreen
Sunita GautamLabour
Nicola GriggMP for Selwyn · won here 2020, 2023National
Elizabeth MundtNZ First
Adrian MeeOpportunity
Zoran RakovicIndependent

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
4.1 points per party on average, 2017–2023
Winning party: candidate vs party vote
National 0.2 points lower (2023, vs Labour)

By-elections before December 2022 are not shown.

Seat history
YearWon byMajorityParty vote
2023National19,782National
2020National4,968Labour
2017National19,639National
2014National20,561National
2011National19,451National
2008National11,075National