All electorates

71 electorates · 469 electorate candidates · Saturday 7 November 2026

New Zealand has 64 general electorates and 7 Māori electorates in 2026. Voters on the Māori roll vote in a Māori electorate; everyone else votes in a general electorate. Not sure which is yours? Use the official vote.nz map or the My NZ ballot search.

General electorates

Auckland Central
Auckland city centre, Ponsonby, Westmere, Herne Bay, Freemans Bay, St Mary's Bay, Newton, Eden Terrace, Hauraki Gulf islands
6 candidatesBanks Peninsula
It also includes some towns immediately south of Christchurch such as Lyttelton, Governors Bay, Rāpaki, Lansdowne and all of Banks Peninsula itself including the towns of Akaroa, Diamond Harbour, Duvauchelle and Little River.
8 candidatesBotany
The electorate is located in East Auckland and includes the suburbs of Botany, Botany Downs, Somerville, Northpark, Huntington Park, Golflands, Burswood, Dannemora, Shamrock Park, East Tāmaki, East Tāmaki Heights, Highbrook and Flat Bush.
4 candidatesChristchurch Central
Christchurch Central City and inner suburbs: St Albans, Merivale, Edgeware, Linwood, Phillipstown, Richmond, Shirley, Papanui
9 candidatesChristchurch East
The electorate is based on the eastern part of the City of Christchurch.
11 candidatesCoromandel
Coromandel Peninsula: Coromandel, Thames, Whitianga, Pauanui, Whangamatā
7 candidatesDunedin
The Dunedin electorate consists of the central, north and western suburbs of Dunedin, the Otago Peninsula communities of Harington Point, Otakou, Harwood, Portobello, Broad Bay, Company Bay, Pukehiki, Macandrew Bay, Waverley, Shiel Hill and Ocean Grove, and the towns north of the city including Port Chalmers, Aramoana, Pūrākaunui, Waitati, Evansdale, Warrington, Seacliff, Karitane with its norther
8 candidatesEast Cape
Gisborne, Tolaga Bay, Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki, Kawerau, Murupara, Edgecumbe, Maketu
6 candidatesEast Coast Bays
Ōkura, Long Bay, Torbay, Browns Bay, Rothesay Bay, Murrays Bay, Northcross, Pinehill, Albany, part of Glenfield
6 candidatesEpsom
Epsom is based around central and eastern Auckland isthmus. It contains the suburbs of Parnell, Remuera, Mount Eden, Newmarket, half of Greenlane and the eponymous suburb of Epsom.
7 candidatesGlendene
The Glendene electorate is centred on the Whau River. It provides representation for communities in Avondale, Kelston, Glendene, Te Atatū South and the Te Atatū peninsula.
8 candidatesHamilton East
Eastern Hamilton: Rototuna, Flagstaff, Huntington, Fairfield, Fairview Downs, Enderley, Claudelands, Hamilton East, Hillcrest, Silverdale
5 candidatesHamilton West
Western Hamilton (west of the Waikato River): Frankton, Dinsdale, Nawton, Melville, Glenview, Te Rapa
9 candidatesHenderson
Henderson is based in West Auckland and provides representation for the communities of Henderson, Henderson Valley, Lincoln, Massey, Rānui and Swanson.
9 candidatesHutt South
The electorate is based on the southern part of the city of Lower Hutt. Hutt South consists of the southern suburbs of Lower Hutt, Petone, Wainuiomata, and Eastbourne.
8 candidatesIlam
The electorate includes the suburbs of Riccarton (north of Riccarton Road), Upper Riccarton, Fendalton, Burnside, Avonhead, Merivale, Bishopdale, Ilam, Russley and Bryndwr.
6 candidatesInvercargill
The electorate covers Invercargill city and the surrounding rural communities, including Bluff, Riverton / Aparima, Wallacetown and Stewart Island / Rakiura.
5 candidatesKaikōura
The Kaikōura electorate covers the north-eastern South Island, from Cook Strait in the north to the Ashley River / Rakahuri in the south. The electorate is named after the town of Kaikōura near the centre of the electorate.
7 candidatesKaipara ki Mahurangi
Wellsford, Warkworth, Snells Beach, Helensville, Waimauku, Huapai, Kumeū, Riverhead, Muriwai
9 candidatesKapiti
Ōtaki, Waikanae, Paraparaumu, Paekākāriki, Pukerua Bay, Plimmerton, Paremata, Pāuatahanui, Whitby
7 candidatesKenepuru
The Kenepuru electorate is centered on the Kenepuru suburb of Porirua. Facing south, the electorate encompasses the major Wellington suburbs of Tawa and Johnsonville, as well as the rural community of Ohariu.
6 candidatesManurewa
The electorate is based around the suburb of Manurewa. It includes Wiri, Manukau Central and Manukau Heights in the north and stretches south to Homai, Clendon Park, Hillpark and Weymouth.
4 candidatesMaungakiekie
The core of Maungakiekie is the suburbs of Auckland clustered around the Southern Motorway, and the most southern parts of the Auckland isthmus facing the Manukau Harbour. These include the suburbs of One Tree Hill, Greenlane, Ellerslie, Mount Wellington, Penrose, Southdown, Te Papapa, Onehunga and Royal Oak.
6 candidatesMt Albert
Mount Albert, Morningside, Kingsland, Arch Hill, Owairaka (western Auckland isthmus)
7 candidatesMt Maunganui
Mount Maunganui, Papamoa, Welcome Bay, Hairini, Maungatapu, Ohauiti, Omanu
7 candidatesMt Roskill
It is anchored around the suburbs of Mount Roskill, Three Kings, Hillsborough, Waikōwhai, and a large section of Balmoral.
6 candidatesMāngere
Māngere, Māngere Bridge, Māngere East, Favona
10 candidatesNapier
Napier, Wairoa, Frasertown, Nūhaka, Tuai, Pakowhai, Waiohiki
6 candidatesNelson
Nelson is based around the city of Nelson, with the town of Richmond and the smaller communities of Appleby and Hope to its southwest, and Hira and Cable Bay to its north drafted in to bring the electorate up to the required population quota.
7 candidatesNew Plymouth
New Plymouth, Bell Block, Waitara, Ōakura, Ōkato, Ōpunake, Egmont Village
4 candidatesNorth Shore
Devonport, Takapuna, Milford, Castor Bay, Narrow Neck, Belmont, Bayswater, Windsor Park
5 candidatesNorthcote
Northcote is based around the suburbs of Auckland's North Shore that are closest to the northern end of the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
9 candidatesNorthland
Kerikeri, Kaitaia, Kaikohe, Paihia, Opua, Kawakawa, Moerewa, Taipa-Mangonui, Dargaville, Mangawhai Heads
10 candidatesPakuranga
It covers part of East Auckland around the eponymous suburb of Pakuranga. Other population centres include Farm Cove, Half Moon Bay, Bucklands Beach, parts of Highland Park and parts of Howick.
4 candidatesPalmerston North
Palmerston North city, Milson, Aokautere, Fitzherbert, Longburn, Turitea, Whakarongo, Bunnythorpe
6 candidatesPapakura
Papakura, Drury, Karaka, Kingseat
5 candidatesPort Waikato
Pukekohe, Waiuku, Tuakau, Pōkeno, Te Kauwhata
5 candidatesRangitata
Timaru, Ashburton, Temuka, Methven
8 candidatesRangitīkei
Rangitīkei and Ruapehu districts (Ohakune, National Park, Taumarunui) and Horowhenua: Foxton, Levin, Manakau
7 candidatesRemutaka
Upper Hutt, Silverstream, Trentham, Stokes Valley, Taitā, Naenae, Avalon, Manor Park
7 candidatesRotorua
Rotorua city, Ngongotahā, Reporoa, Te Puke, north to the southern outskirts of Tauranga
4 candidatesSelwyn
Rolleston, Lincoln, Darfield, West Melton, Leeston, Southbridge, Tai Tapu, Springfield, Arthur's Pass
8 candidatesSouthland
The electorate includes Gore, Winton, Mataura, Alexandra, Arrowtown, Queenstown and Te Anau (among others), and much of Fiordland National Park.
6 candidatesTaieri
Mosgiel, Taieri Plains and surrounding rural Otago
6 candidatesTakanini
Takanini, Ormiston and parts of Flat Bush (south-east Auckland)
5 candidatesTaranaki-King Country
Taranaki-King Country stretches down the western coast of the North Island, starting at the outskirts of Hamilton, through to the King Country towns of Te Awamutu, Ōtorohanga and Te Kūiti, and ending in the northern Taranaki region, to take in the eastern and southern section of the New Plymouth District, including the communities of Waitara, Inglewood, Egmont Village and Midhirst, and all of Stra
5 candidatesTaupō
Taupō, Tūrangi, Tokoroa, Tīrau, Putāruru, Cambridge
6 candidatesTauranga
Tauranga, Te Puna, Te Puna West, Minden
7 candidatesTukituki
Tukituki centres on the southern Hawke's Bay region, with the bulk of the electorate's population coming from the city of Hastings, with the rural towns of Havelock North, Flaxmere, Clive and Ōtāne, and the coastal communities of Haumoana, Te Awanga, Ocean Beach and Waimārama drafted in to bring the electorate up to the required population.
9 candidatesTāmaki
Mission Bay, Kohimarama, St Heliers, Glendowie, Ōrākei, Meadowbank, Glen Innes, Stonefields
7 candidatesUpper Harbour
Upper Harbour covers the northwestern reaches of Waitematā Harbour.
7 candidatesWaikato
It includes small portions of the outskirts of Hamilton and Cambridge. Towns within the electorate include Morrinsville, Huntly, and Matamata, each of which have populations around 8,000.
6 candidatesWaimakariri
Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Oxford, Cust, and Christchurch's Belfast and Casebrook
5 candidatesWairarapa
Masterton, Carterton, Featherston, Greytown, Martinborough, Dannevirke, Ashhurst
8 candidatesWaitaki
Oamaru, Wānaka, Cromwell, Twizel, Fairlie, Geraldine
8 candidatesWaitākere
Waitakere is centred on the Waitakere Ranges in west Auckland. It covers the coastal settlements and rural towns of Waitākere, Te Henga / Bethells Beach, Piha, Karekare, Waiatarua, Oratia, Huia, Little Huia, Cornwallis, Parau and Laingholm, and the West Auckland suburbs of Woodlands Park, Waima, Titirangi, Konini, Glen Eden, Kaurilands, Green Bay and southern New Lynn.
6 candidatesWellington Bays
The Wellington Bays electorate covers Wellington’s southern and eastern coastal suburbs including the Miramar and Strathmore Park on the Miramar Peninsula; Evans Bay-adjacent suburbs Roseneath, Hataitai and Kilbirnie; south coast suburbs Ōwhiro Bay, Island Bay, Houghton Bay, Rongotai and Lyall Bay; as well as Berhampore, Kingston, Mornington, Vogeltown, Brooklyn and Mount Cook. It further includes
9 candidatesWellington North
The seat covers the central and northern suburbs of Wellington including the CBD, Thorndon, Pipitea, Te Aro, Aro Valley, Oriental Bay, Mount Victoria, Kelburn, Northland, Karori, Wilton, Ngaio, Khandallah, Broadmeadows, Kaiwharawhara, Crofton Downs and Wadestown.
8 candidatesWest Coast-Tasman
Westport, Reefton, Greymouth, Hokitika, Franz Josef, Haast, Motueka, Tākaka, Collingwood, Brightwater, Wakefield
11 candidatesWhanganui
The current electorate is based on the urban area of Whanganui, the town of Hāwera, and smaller centres Kaponga, Eltham, Normanby, Manaia, Pātea and Waverley; broadly speaking, the Whanganui and South Taranaki local government districts.
5 candidatesWhangaparāoa
It is centred on the Whangaparāoa Peninsula, and more broadly the Hibiscus Coast. It also extends south to include Dairy Flat, Coatesville, Paremoremo and some of the suburb of Albany, reaching the northern coast of the Waitematā Harbour.
4 candidatesWhangārei
Whangārei, Hikurangi, Ruakaka, Waipu, Langs Beach, Maungatapere, Whangaruru
10 candidatesWigram
South-west Christchurch: Spreydon, Addington, Hillmorton, Riccarton, Hornby, Sockburn
7 candidatesŌtāhuhu
Ōtāhuhu, Middlemore, Ōtara, Clover Park, parts of Papatoetoe
10 candidates

Māori electorates

Hauraki-Waikato
Māori electorate: Papakura, Pukekohe, Waiuku, Clarks Beach, Bombay, Pōkeno and the Hauraki and Waikato tribal areas
3 candidatesIkaroa-Rāwhiti
As the electorate's name suggests (ika "fish", roa "long", rāwhiti "east"), Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is a long electorate covering the eastern North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui).
3 candidatesTe Tai Hauāuru
Te Tai Hauāuru covers the western North Island, starting in the South Waikato before heading south through the King Country towns of Te Kūiti and Taumarunui to include all of the Taranaki region and all towns in the Manawatū-Whanganui region west of the Manawatū Gorge.
3 candidatesTe Tai Tokerau
Māori electorate: Cape Reinga and the Far North through Northland to West Auckland
6 candidatesTe Tai Tonga
Te Tai Tonga is geographically by far the largest of the seventy-one electorates of New Zealand, covering all of the South Island, Stewart Island, the Chatham Islands, all the islands in the Southern Ocean and a large part of the Wellington urban area, namely Wellington City as far as Churton Park, and Lower Hutt City south of Naenae and west of Wainuiomata.
6 candidatesTāmaki Makaurau
In its current boundaries, Tāmaki Makaurau contains the west coast of the Auckland Region between Te Henga / Bethells Beach and the mouth of the Manukau Harbour, parts of West Auckland east of the Oratia Stream and Te Wai-o-Pareira / Henderson Creek (excluding Te Atatū Peninsula), the entire Auckland isthmus, Waiheke Island, East Auckland and South Auckland as far as Takanini (including Māngere, Ō
3 candidatesWaiariki
Tauranga, Whakatāne, Rotorua, Taupō
4 candidates

Source: Electoral Commission electorate candidate list.