2008 Election Results – National Party Vote

November 24th, 2008 at 8:50 am by David Farrar

1	Helensville	63.7%
2	Epsom	62.6%
3	East Coast Bays	61.4%
4	Botany	61.2%
5	Hunua	60.6%
6	Tamaki	60.2%
7	Clutha Southland	59.9%
8	Pakuranga	59.7%
9	Taranaki-King Country	59.5%
10	Rodney	59.0%
11	Bay of Plenty	58.7%
12	North Shore	58.1%
13	Waikato	57.4%
14	Selwyn	54.9%
15	Tauranga	54.3%
16	Taupo	53.6%
17	Ilam	52.8%
18	Rangitikei	52.4%
19	Kaikoura	51.8%
20	Northland	51.7%
21	Coromandel	51.7%
22	Papakura	51.5%
23	Waitaki	51.4%
24	New Plymouth	50.5%
25	Northcote	50.4%
26	Rotorua	50.3%
27	Tukituki	50.2%
28	Whangarei	50.0%
29	Hamilton East	49.5%
30	Waimakariri	49.4%
31	Wairarapa	48.7%
32	Rangitata	48.6%
33	East Coast	47.6%
34	Invercargill	47.5%
35	Napier	47.3%
36	Whanganui	46.3%
37	Ohariu	46.3%
38	Hamilton West	46.0%
39	Otaki	44.8%
40	West Coast Tasman	44.1%
41	Maungakiekie	42.5%
42	Nelson	42.5%
43	Mt Roskill	42.1%
44	Te Atatu	41.5%
45	Waitakere	41.2%
46	Palmerston North	40.7%
47	Rimutaka	40.7%
48	New Lynn	40.1%
49	Auckland Central	40.1%
50	Wigram	37.9%
51	Hutt South	37.8%
52	Port Hills	37.7%
53	Christchurch Central	37.6%
54	Mana	36.7%
55	Christchurch East	35.7%
56	Mt Albert	35.7%
57	Wellington Central	35.4%
58	Dunedin South	34.2%
59	Rongotai	31.4%
60	Manurewa	30.3%
61	Dunedin North	29.4%
62	Manukau East	24.2%
63	Mangere	16.4%
64	Te Tai Tonga	11.1%
65	Te Tai Tokerau	9.3%
66	Tamaki Makaurau	7.4%
67	Hauraki-Waikato	7.2%
68	Te Tai Hauauru	6.6%
69	Waiariki	5.5%
70	Ikaroa-Rawhiti	4.9%

On a percentage basis Helensville had the best party vote for National at 63.7% followed by Epsom and East Coast Bays.

Six electorates got over 60% party vote, and 28 electorates got over 50% party vote. 49 electorates got over 40% party vote.

Waimakariri in 30th place was the highest polling seat of those National did not win but contested. Auckland Central in 49th place had the lowest party vote percentage of the seats National did win.

The median electorate is Napier on 47.3%.

Apart from the Maori seats Mangere, Manukau East and Dunedin North were worse for National on 16.4%, 24.2% and 29.4%.

Tags: Election 2008, National

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2 Responses to “2008 Election Results – National Party Vote”

OECD rank 22 kiwi (2,678) Says:
November 24th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Good to see National do so well. Will be interesting to see if National can improve those figures in 2011.

It should be able to use the power of office to improve its chances.
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Brian (Shadowfoot) (76) Says:
November 24th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
It would be interesting to see which ones split their vote.
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