2026 PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Nelson electorate results
Candidate and party votes for Nelson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CAMERON, BlairNational Party | 16,846 | 44.2% |
| BOYACK, RachelLabour Party | 15,636 | 41.0% |
| O'NEILL-STEVENS, RohanGreen Party | 2,952 | 7.7% |
| BAILLIE, ChrisACT New Zealand | 1,360 | 3.6% |
| KUNTZSCH, JodieOpportunity Party | 1,083 | 2.8% |
| CRAWFORD, JulianNew Zealand Loyal | 195 | 0.5% |
| DYER, BruceProgressive Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 60 | 0.2% |
| Total candidate votes shown | 38,132 | 100% |
PARTY VOTE
Party results
| Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 11,083 | 29.0% |
| National Party | 10,358 | 27.1% |
| Green Party | 5,176 | 13.5% |
| ACT New Zealand | 4,442 | 11.6% |
| New Zealand First Party | 3,614 | 9.4% |
| Opportunity Party | 3,166 | 8.3% |
| Vision New Zealand | 81 | 0.2% |
| NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party | 76 | 0.2% |
| Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party | 61 | 0.2% |
| New Zealand Loyal | 51 | 0.1% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 42 | 0.1% |
| Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand | 30 | 0.1% |
| Women’s Rights Party | 25 | 0.1% |
| Conservative Party NZ | 17 | 0.0% |
| Alliance Party | 16 | 0.0% |
| Free Palestine | 12 | 0.0% |
| Te Tai Tokerau Party | 2 | 0.0% |
| Total party votes shown | 38,252 | 100% |