THE PUBLISHED COUNT · 2026 GENERAL ELECTION

Election results.

Votes reported by the New Zealand Electoral Commission, with source timestamps.

Commission results

Election-night archiveFeed checked 8 Nov, 11:59 pm NZDT

This is the saved election-night feed. Check the Commission for subsequent and official results.

Valid party votes reported2,418,565

Voting-place results reported100.0%Share of voting-place results, not votes counted.

Result statusPreliminarySpecial votes are excluded

CURRENT SEAT ALLOCATION

Parliament & majority.

Total seats131

Seats for a majority66

Overhang seats11

Opposition57 seats

Labour · Green · Te Pāti Māori

Opportunity7 seats

Opportunity Party

Current coalition67 seats

National · ACT · NZ First

Party combinations show seat arithmetic; no coalition agreement is implied.

Based on the Commission’s reported allocation from current party votes and electorate leads. These figures can change; leads are not confirmed wins.

How the total is checked

We reconcile the reported electorate and list seats against Sainte-Laguë entitlements and the published candidate-list capacities. An overhang occurs when a party has more electorate seats than its party-vote entitlement. Unfilled list entitlements are shown separately.

120 base seats + 11 overhang − 0 unfilled list seats = 131 seats. An absolute majority needs more than half: 66 seats.

A mathematical seat majority does not establish a coalition agreement or determine which parties form a government.

Electoral Commission: how MPs are elected

NATIONAL PARTY VOTE

The count so far.

PartyVotesShareSeats*

Labour Party

710,33029.37%36

National Party

706,68029.22%42

Green Party

321,90213.31%16

ACT New Zealand

264,12110.92%13

New Zealand First Party

236,6309.78%12

Opportunity Party

144,2985.97%7

Te Pāti Māori

13,8450.57%5

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

4,8290.20%0

NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party

2,6850.11%0

Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand

2,5850.11%0

Conservative Party NZ

1,8860.08%0

Women’s Rights Party

1,8560.08%0

New Zealand Loyal

1,8550.08%0

Vision New Zealand

1,5290.06%0

Te Tai Tokerau Party

1,2170.05%0

Free Palestine

1,1680.05%0

Alliance Party

1,1490.05%0

* Seat figures are reported by the Electoral Commission from the count so far. They may change as votes arrive. Electorate leads and seat totals do not declare winners or a government.

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Source files & snapshot record

Source last changed 8 Nov, 3:45 am NZDT. Each update replaces the previous cumulative totals. Valid corrections are retained as separate snapshots.

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Reading a preliminary count

The progress percentage measures voting-place results received, not the percentage of all votes counted. Early results are a partial count and can move as more places report.

Election-night results exclude special votes, including overseas votes. Ordinary votes are recounted and special votes checked before the official results. The Commission’s target for official results is 27 November.

The polling forecast is a separate pre-election model. These are observed totals from the Commission’s feed. Inspect the saved forecast.

Electoral Commission: reporting the results

Source: New Zealand Electoral Commission · Results data © Crown / Electoral Commission, as applicable. Independent presentation by OpinionScope. Verify the published results.