Election results by region and area
This is the second post in my series analysing the election results. Patreon doesn’t have good formatting tools for tables so I’m trying to post this on my blog using the Patreon plugin, to see if this works.
| Party | Northern | CNI | LNI | C/W | Southern | Maori |
| National | 28.5% | 31.3% | 23.1% | 25.4% | 26.2% | 3.5% |
| Labour | 49.2% | 45.3% | 51.5% | 50.0% | 49.5% | 62.2% |
| Greens | 7.4% | 5.1% | 10.6% | 8.2% | 7.7% | 8.0% |
| ACT | 7.5% | 9.1% | 7.0% | 8.7% | 9.2% | 1.4% |
| Maori | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 12.8% |
| NZ First | 2.5% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 4.2% |
| TOP | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.1% |
| New Cons | 1.4% | 2.0% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Advance | 0.8% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 2.5% |
| Right | 37.4% | 42.3% | 31.4% | 35.8% | 36.9% | 5.3% |
| Centre | 4.9% | 6.2% | 5.5% | 4.9% | 5.0% | 20.6% |
| Left | 56.6% | 50.4% | 62.1% | 58.2% | 57.2% | 70.2% |
| R – L | -19.2% | -8.1% | -30.7% | -22.5% | -20.4% | -64.9% |
The above figures are on the boundaries of the five National Party Regions. The seven Maori seats are treated as a de facto sixth Region to allow a cleaner comparison from Region to Region.
National did best in CNI at 31% and worst in LNI at 23%
Labour got over 50% in LNI and CW and lowest in CNI at 45%
Greens were best at 11% in LNI and lowest in CNI at 5%
ACT were best in Southern at 9% and lowest in LNI at 7%
TOP did best in the LNI Region at 1.9%.
Advance NZ got 2.5% in the Maori seats.
The gap between the CR and CL for each Region was:
- Northern -19%
- CNI -8%
- LNI -31%
- C/W -23%
- Southern -20%
| Party | Akl | Wlg | Chch | Prov | Rural | Maori |
| National | 28.2% | 18.2% | 23.0% | 26.3% | 32.2% | 3.5% |
| Labour | 50.0% | 53.1% | 52.1% | 50.7% | 43.2% | 62.2% |
| Greens | 7.7% | 15.9% | 10.0% | 6.5% | 5.1% | 8.0% |
| ACT | 7.2% | 5.3% | 7.3% | 7.9% | 10.7% | 1.4% |
| Maori | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 12.8% |
| NZ First | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 4.2% |
| TOP | 1.3% | 2.6% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| New Cons | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 0.5% |
| Advance | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Right | 36.8% | 24.4% | 32.0% | 35.9% | 44.8% | 5.3% |
| Centre | 4.55 | 5.6% | 5.0% | 5.8% | 5.7% | 20.6% |
| Left | 57.7% | 69.0% | 62.1% | 57.2% | 48.3% | 70.2% |
| R – L | -20.9% | -44.6% | -30.1% | -21.3% | -3.4% | -64.9% |
- Auckland is defined as the 22 seats in greater Auckland.
- Wellington is the six seats south of and including Mana and Rimutaka.
- Christchurch is the six seats wholly or mainly in Christchurch including Waimakariri and Banks Peninsula.
- Provincial are those 17 seats which have more than 50% of their population in minor cities such as Nelson, New Plymouth, Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier etc.
- Rural are the 14 seats where less than 50% of the population live in a city.
Labour is strongest in Wellington at 53% and weakest in rural NZ at 43%
National is lowest in Wellington at 18% and highest in rural NZ at 32%.
Greens are high in Wellington at 16% (just behind National) and also Christchurch at 10%. They even exceeded 5% in rural NZ.
ACT did best in rural NZ with 11% and lowest in Wellington at 5%.
TOP got 2.6% in Wellington and below 2% elsewhere.
The gap between CR and CL for each area was:
- Auckland -21%
- Wellington -45%
- Christchurch -30%
- Provincial -21%
- Rural -3%
So even in rural NZ, the centre-left got slightly more votes than the centre-right. This is of course very rare, and shows how seismic the shift was this election.
And in Wellington, the gap between the two is huge. There are almost 3 CL voters for every one CR voter in Wellington.
The next post will look at the change between 2017 and 2020 for each region and area.