This is the first by-election since 1985 where National has won a seat off Labour
This is only the second by-election since 1946 where National has won a seat off Labour. In fact since National formed in 1936, it had previously only won seats off Labour in three out of 67 by-elections.
The provisional results are very close to the Taxpayers Union/TheWorking Group/Curia poll with the differences being just 0.4% for Potaka, 1.4% for McDowell and 2.5% for Dansey.
Turnout was very low at just over 14,000
The margin of around 2,300 on a turnout of 14,000 is around equal to a 6,500 margin in a general election
