2026 PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Waikato electorate results
Candidate and party votes for Waikato 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 |
|---|---|---|
| VAN DE MOLEN, TimNational Party | 21,587 | 58.3% |
| TOKO, JamieLabour Party | 9,011 | 24.4% |
| COOKSON, Robert JohnNew Zealand First Party | 3,891 | 10.5% |
| PARMAR, AshACT New Zealand | 2,074 | 5.6% |
| WHYTE, Brendan RichardIndependent | 276 | 0.7% |
| ROBINSON, Turi Te KamongaIndependent | 167 | 0.5% |
| Total candidate votes shown | 37,006 | 100% |
PARTY VOTE
Party results
| Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| National Party | 14,781 | 39.7% |
| Labour Party | 6,966 | 18.7% |
| ACT New Zealand | 6,316 | 16.9% |
| New Zealand First Party | 5,086 | 13.6% |
| Green Party | 2,238 | 6.0% |
| Opportunity Party | 1,529 | 4.1% |
| Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party | 81 | 0.2% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 80 | 0.2% |
| Conservative Party NZ | 38 | 0.1% |
| Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand | 37 | 0.1% |
| New Zealand Loyal | 27 | 0.1% |
| Women’s Rights Party | 26 | 0.1% |
| NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party | 24 | 0.1% |
| Vision New Zealand | 15 | 0.0% |
| Free Palestine | 13 | 0.0% |
| Alliance Party | 9 | 0.0% |
| Te Tai Tokerau Party | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total party votes shown | 37,267 | 100% |