2026 PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Waitaki electorate results
Candidate and party votes for Waitaki 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Miles JohnNational Party | 19,790 | 50.1% |
| O'CONNOR, DamienLabour Party | 11,438 | 29.0% |
| LAWS, MichaelNew Zealand First Party | 3,922 | 9.9% |
| BEAMISH, SeanACT New Zealand | 1,848 | 4.7% |
| TAIT, HelenOpportunity Party | 1,633 | 4.1% |
| JUDGE, BronwynIndependent | 465 | 1.2% |
| SHAND, DanielIndependent | 255 | 0.6% |
| GRAAMANS, Adrian DaegalIndependent | 157 | 0.4% |
| Total candidate votes shown | 39,508 | 100% |
PARTY VOTE
Party results
| Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| National Party | 14,528 | 36.6% |
| Labour Party | 8,001 | 20.2% |
| ACT New Zealand | 6,187 | 15.6% |
| New Zealand First Party | 4,502 | 11.4% |
| Green Party | 3,805 | 9.6% |
| Opportunity Party | 2,285 | 5.8% |
| Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party | 85 | 0.2% |
| NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party | 58 | 0.1% |
| Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand | 41 | 0.1% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 32 | 0.1% |
| Conservative Party NZ | 29 | 0.1% |
| Women’s Rights Party | 28 | 0.1% |
| New Zealand Loyal | 26 | 0.1% |
| Alliance Party | 17 | 0.0% |
| Free Palestine | 9 | 0.0% |
| Vision New Zealand | 5 | 0.0% |
| Te Tai Tokerau Party | 2 | 0.0% |
| Total party votes shown | 39,640 | 100% |