Destiny support in Mangere

Just viewing Agenda on TV One and they said that Destiny NZ “got the third highest party vote in Mangere last election”.

I thought surely not. And indeed they did not. In order the party votes were:

1 Labour 20,900
2 National 3,894
3 NZ First 1,189
4 Green 503
5 United Future 467
6 Destiny 445
7 Progressive 429
8 Maori 330
9 ACT 141

So they were 6th, not third. Maybe what they meant to say was “Destiny NZ got their third highest party vote in Mangere last election”.

But no even this is incorrect. On raw party vote Mangere was their 4th strongest seat, not their 3rd strongest. And on the more useful party vote percentage Mangere was their 7th strongest.