2026 PRELIMINARY RESULTS
East Cape electorate results
Candidate and party votes for East Cape in the 2026 New Zealand general election.
100.0% of voting places reporting · Results feed updated . These are preliminary results, not the official final count.
ELECTORATE VOTE
Candidate results
| Candidate / party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| KIRKPATRICK, Dana MargotNational Party | 16,404 | 49.1% |
| LUXTON, JoLabour Party | 11,079 | 33.2% |
| WALKER, JordanGreen Party | 2,862 | 8.6% |
| HAWKES, DarrinACT New Zealand | 1,982 | 5.9% |
| SMITH, CailOpportunity Party | 779 | 2.3% |
| DICKSON, Gordon JohnIndependent | 276 | 0.8% |
| Total candidate votes shown | 33,382 | 100% |
PARTY VOTE
Party results
| Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| National Party | 10,254 | 30.4% |
| Labour Party | 9,569 | 28.4% |
| ACT New Zealand | 4,505 | 13.4% |
| New Zealand First Party | 4,258 | 12.6% |
| Green Party | 3,294 | 9.8% |
| Opportunity Party | 1,432 | 4.2% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 181 | 0.5% |
| Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party | 60 | 0.2% |
| NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party | 35 | 0.1% |
| Vision New Zealand | 34 | 0.1% |
| Women’s Rights Party | 33 | 0.1% |
| Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand | 26 | 0.1% |
| New Zealand Loyal | 18 | 0.1% |
| Conservative Party NZ | 16 | 0.0% |
| Alliance Party | 12 | 0.0% |
| Free Palestine | 12 | 0.0% |
| Te Tai Tokerau Party | 6 | 0.0% |
| Total party votes shown | 33,745 | 100% |