2026 PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Kapiti electorate results
Candidate and party votes for Kapiti 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 |
|---|---|---|
| COSTLEY, TimNational Party | 20,689 | 47.5% |
| HANDFORD, SophieLabour Party | 18,612 | 42.7% |
| WILLIS, MelodyGreen Party | 1,803 | 4.1% |
| GAYLOR, PennyNew Zealand First Party | 1,443 | 3.3% |
| SNG, Chee Khiang (CK)Opportunity Party | 930 | 2.1% |
| WALKER, MichaelProgressive Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 50 | 0.1% |
| GOODE, RichardNAP | 33 | 0.1% |
| Total candidate votes shown | 43,560 | 100% |
PARTY VOTE
Party results
| Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 13,581 | 31.1% |
| National Party | 12,321 | 28.2% |
| Green Party | 5,616 | 12.9% |
| New Zealand First Party | 4,006 | 9.2% |
| ACT New Zealand | 4,004 | 9.2% |
| Opportunity Party | 3,819 | 8.8% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 57 | 0.1% |
| Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party | 56 | 0.1% |
| Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand | 51 | 0.1% |
| Women’s Rights Party | 36 | 0.1% |
| NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party | 27 | 0.1% |
| New Zealand Loyal | 19 | 0.0% |
| Conservative Party NZ | 16 | 0.0% |
| Alliance Party | 13 | 0.0% |
| Vision New Zealand | 9 | 0.0% |
| Free Palestine | 6 | 0.0% |
| Te Tai Tokerau Party | 0 | 0.0% |
| Total party votes shown | 43,637 | 100% |