2026 PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Kaikōura electorate results
Candidate and party votes for Kaikōura 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SMITH, StuartNational Party | 18,169 | 49.9% |
| FLIGHT, MattLabour Party | 10,151 | 27.9% |
| ARBUCKLE, JamieNew Zealand First Party | 5,376 | 14.8% |
| SPOONER, TomACT New Zealand | 1,969 | 5.4% |
| HOWARD, TedIndependent | 321 | 0.9% |
| HILL-HUGHES, Oliver JohnIndependent | 305 | 0.8% |
| BRITTON, IainIndependent | 123 | 0.3% |
| Total candidate votes shown | 36,414 | 100% |
PARTY VOTE
Party results
| Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| National Party | 12,724 | 34.7% |
| Labour Party | 7,470 | 20.4% |
| ACT New Zealand | 5,877 | 16.0% |
| New Zealand First Party | 5,517 | 15.1% |
| Green Party | 2,876 | 7.8% |
| Opportunity Party | 1,833 | 5.0% |
| NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party | 74 | 0.2% |
| Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party | 58 | 0.2% |
| Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand | 48 | 0.1% |
| Conservative Party NZ | 40 | 0.1% |
| Women’s Rights Party | 37 | 0.1% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 33 | 0.1% |
| New Zealand Loyal | 29 | 0.1% |
| Alliance Party | 12 | 0.0% |
| Free Palestine | 12 | 0.0% |
| Vision New Zealand | 10 | 0.0% |
| Te Tai Tokerau Party | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total party votes shown | 36,651 | 100% |