The Electoral Commission has released the official results for the Tauranga parliamentary by-election today.
The election, held on Saturday, June 18, gave the opportunity for those in the Tauranga electorate to vote for their next MP.
National Party candidate Sam Uffindell won the seat vacated by Simon Bridges, with a total of 11,613 votes.
He was followed by the Labour Party candidate Jan Tinetti, who had a total of 5,259 votes. ACT Party candidate Cameron Luxton had the third highest vote count, with a total of 2,133.
Of the formal candidates listed, Gordon Dickson had the least amount of votes, with nine in total.
Of the 51,706 people enrolled, a total of 20,941 votes were cast. Including the 157 disallowed votes, this gives a voter turnout of 40.5 per cent.
The turnout of the Tauranga by-election is similar to recent by-elections. Out of the most recent by-elections, Northcote had a 43.9 per cent turnout, Mt Albert had a 30 per cent turnout, and Mt Roskill had a 38.5 per cent turnout.
The Electoral Commission expects to return the writ showing the successful candidate on Thursday, July 7, assuming there are no recounts.
The full official Tauranga by-election results can be found below.
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Tauranga by-election official results |
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Candidate Name |
Party |
Number of Votes |
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UFFINDELL, Sam |
National Party |
11,613 |
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TINETTI, Jan |
Labour Party |
5,259 |
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LUXTON, Cameron |
ACT New Zealand |
2,133 |
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GREY, Sue |
NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party |
1,030 |
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HOLLIS, Andrew |
New Nation Party |
260 |
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CAWOOD, Allan |
ONE Party |
182 |
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COKER, Christopher |
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party |
117 |
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HOUGHTON, Helen |
New Conservative |
103 |
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WAKEMAN, Peter |
Independent |
22 |
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LAMARE, Yvette |
Independent |
20 |
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CORBETT, Tony |
Independent |
17 |
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DICKSON, Gordon |
Independent |
9 |
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Candidate informals |
19 |
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TOTAL |
20,784 |
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6 comments
Deluted
Posted on 01-07-2022 18:13 | By Local Too
Yep can't take the blinkers off people as they continue to vote for the same ole same ole, either red or blue.
Here We Go Sam
Posted on 01-07-2022 19:50 | By Yadick
To Sam Uffindell. This is great news. Donley us down Sam. We've put our trust in you and your integrity. My vote counted :-)
total waste of money
Posted on 02-07-2022 07:16 | By dave4u
155,200 people in TGA and only 20,800 voted
Relieved
Posted on 02-07-2022 10:55 | By Marshwiggle
Expected closer race for the lead, but at least the fringe with their divisive community policies failed with a whimper.
Mandatory Voting
Posted on 03-07-2022 14:36 | By Ceem
Incredible as it may seem, with all the problems in Tauranga, only 13% of the electorate bothered to vote. I wonder what the result would have been if voting had been compulsory - we'll never know.
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Posted on 03-07-2022 16:39 | By This Guy
Nats are obsessed with building roads, maybe this one will help do something about 15 Ave/Turret road? Lol yeah right...
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