Scott Simpson has been re-elected as Coromandel MP for the sixth time in a row.

The Electoral Commission has released preliminary results for the 2026 general election, with voting for the Coromandel electorate 100% counted and 40,355 votes cast.

Voting closed nationwide at 7pm on November 7.

Simpson, the National Party candidate, won the electorate with 22,004 votes – a 14,932 margin over the Labour Party’s candidate Glen Bennett.

The electorate’s party votes counted totalled 40,351. National won 13,900 party votes, Labour 7814, the Act Party 6585, New Zealand First 6414 and the Green Party 3238.

The electorate covers an area from Mangatangi and Kaiaua in the Firth of Thames to the Coromandel Peninsula and down to Ōmokoroa in the south, and takes in Paeroa, Waihī and Katikati.

Simpson was first elected as the Coromandel MP in 2011 and has won the seat in 2014, 2017, 2020, 2023 and this year.

To see the general election’s preliminary results, visit: www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2026_preliminary/.