Results of the 2020 New Zealand general election

This article summarises results of the

party vote and electorate

Release of results

Preliminary results were released gradually after polling booths closed at 19:00 (

NZDT) on 17 October.^[1] The preliminary count only includes advance ordinary and election day ordinary votes; it does not include any special votes, which have a deadline ten days later (27 October).^[2] Special votes include votes from those who enrolled after the deadline of 13 September, those who voted outside their electorate (including all overseas votes), voters in hospital or prison, and those voters enrolled on the unpublished roll.^[3] The votes in the cannabis referendum and the euthanasia referendum were counted after election day, with preliminary results released on 30 October.^[1]

All voting papers, counterfoils and electoral rolls are returned to the electorate's returning officer for a mandatory recount; this also includes approving and counting any special votes, and compiling a master roll to ensure no voter has voted more than once. To simplify processing and counting, overseas votes will be sent to and counted at the Electoral Commission's central processing centre in Wellington, rather than to electorate returning officers.^[4] Official results, including all recounted ordinary votes and special votes, as well as the official results of the two referendums, are expected to be released by the Electoral Commission on 6 November 2020.^[1]

Parties and candidates have three working days after the release of the official results to apply for a judicial recount. These recounts take place under the auspices of a District Court judge (the Chief District Court Judge in case of a nationwide recount),^[5]^[6] and may delay the return of the election writ by a few days.^[7]

Party vote

Party vote percentage

Māori

(1.17%)

Other (2.2%)

Summary of the 17 October 2020 election for the House of Representatives^[8]
Party		Party vote				Electorate vote sum				Total seats	+/-

Party		Votes	%	Change ( pp )	Seats	Votes	%	Change ( pp )	Seats	Total seats	+/-
	Labour	1,443,545	50.01	13.12	19	1,357,501	48.07	10.19	46	65	19
	National	738,275	25.58	18.87	10	963,845	34.13	9.92	23	33	23
	Green	226,757	7.86	1.59	9	162,245	5.74	1.17	1	10	2
	ACT	219,031	7.59	7.08	9	97,697	3.46	2.45	1	10	9
	NZ First	75,020	2.60	4.60	0	30,209	1.07	4.38	0	0	9
	Opportunities (TOP)	43,449	1.51	0.94	0	25,181	0.89	0.14	0	0
	New Conservative	42,613	1.48	1.24	0	49,598	1.76	1.52	0	0
	Māori Party	33,630	1.17	0.01	1	60,837	2.15	0.04	1	2	2
	Advance NZ	28,429	0.98	new	0	25,054	0.89	new	0	0	new
	Legalise Cannabis	13,329	0.46	0.15	0	8,044	0.28	0.12	0	0
	ONE	8,121	0.28	new	0	6,830	0.24	new	0	0	new
	Vision NZ	4,237	0.15	new	0	2,139	0.08	new	0	0	new
	Outdoors	3,256	0.11	0.05	0	7,982	0.28	0.23	0	0
	TEA	2,414	0.08	new	0	2,764	0.10	new	0	0	new
	Sustainable NZ	1,880	0.07	new	0	2,421	0.09	new	0	0	new
	Social Credit	1,520	0.05	0.02	0	2,699	0.11	0.09	0	0
	Heartland	914	0.03	new	0	8,462	0.30	new	0	0	new
	Unregistered parties	—	—	—	—	3,391	0.12	0.08	0	0
	Independent	—	—	—	—	7,299	0.26	0.24	0	0
Valid votes		2,886,420	98.88	0.34		2,824,198	96.75	0.58
Informal votes		21,372	0.73	0.32		57,138	1.96	0.80
Disallowed votes		11,281	0.39	0.66		37,737	2.66	1.37
Below electoral threshold		225,182	7.71			—	—	—
Total		2,919,073	100		48	2,919,073	100		72	120
Eligible voters and turnout		3,549,580	82.24	2.49		3,549,580	82.24	2.49

Popular vote

Labour			50.0%
National			25.6%
Green			7.9%
ACT			7.6%
NZ First			2.6%
Opportunities			1.5%
New Conservative			1.5%
Māori			1.2%
Others			2.2%

Parliament seats

Labour			54.17%
National			27.50%
ACT			8.33%
Green			8.33%
Māori			1.67%

Party vote by electorate

The following is a breakdown of the party vote received in each electorate, for parties receiving at least 1% of the nationwide party vote.^[9]

Electorate	Labour	National	Green	ACT	NZ First	New Conservative	TOP	Māori

Auckland Central	46.22	21.19	19.14	7.52	1.72	0.54	2.14	0.31
Banks Peninsula	50.47	21.03	14.26	7.00	1.99	1.26	2.18	0.29
Bay of Plenty	42.80	32.57	4.76	10.09	2.95	2.14	1.66	0.43
Botany	47.59	37.14	3.29	6.81	1.44	1.44	0.63	0.19
Christchurch Central	53.64	19.60	12.78	6.20	2.13	1.18	2.19	0.35
Christchurch East	60.26	16.58	8.46	6.16	2.49	2.03	1.43	0.35
Coromandel	43.55	32.76	5.63	9.74	3.03	1.63	0.85	0.25
Dunedin	55.39	14.14	17.82	5.29	1.72	0.91	2.82	0.33
East Coast	50.40	26.96	5.53	7.78	3.44	1.09	0.91	0.75
East Coast Bays	40.25	38.38	6.16	8.81	1.72	1.79	1.14	0.17
Epsom	36.05	37.46	10.99	10.41	1.46	0.50	1.97	0.26
Hamilton East	49.14	27.44	8.00	6.92	2.11	2.01	2.19	0.49
Hamilton West	52.65	25.31	5.68	6.92	2.56	2.05	2.08	0.53
Hutt South	55.14	21.99	9.43	5.63	2.35	1.16	2.16	0.44
Ilam	44.93	29.64	10.34	8.77	1.77	1.23	1.97	0.25
Invercargill	48.09	29.97	3.46	9.61	3.04	2.15	1.08	0.19
Kaikōura	44.60	30.28	5.31	11.45	2.90	1.86	1.15	0.16
Kaipara ki Mahurangi	40.31	33.97	6.31	11.27	2.58	1.49	1.29	0.28
Kelston	62.50	17.33	8.29	4.37	2.59	1.37	1.15	0.52
Mana	58.55	18.48	9.70	5.57	2.21	0.98	1.99	0.56
Mangere	77.37	9.11	3.99	1.55	2.76	1.73	0.41	0.90
Manurewa	73.91	13.03	3.03	1.73	2.87	1.69	0.46	0.82
Maungakiekie	50.75	25.97	9.14	7.14	2.10	1.12	1.87	0.43
Mount Albert	48.90	18.75	20.06	6.00	1.83	0.58	2.53	0.49
Mount Roskill	56.17	24.44	8.02	4.99	1.92	1.20	1.31	0.37
Napier	50.94	28.10	5.86	8.18	2.16	1.47	1.29	0.28
Nelson	53.98	20.71	9.08	8.20	1.90	1.56	1.75	0.20
New Lynn	53.33	21.88	11.45	6.31	2.33	1.16	1.30	0.46
New Plymouth	48.46	30.21	4.63	8.00	2.27	1.73	1.78	0.48
North Shore	41.35	34.05	8.34	9.86	1.90	1.21	1.90	0.25
Northcote	49.56	27.67	8.69	7.32	1.93	1.34	1.85	0.23
Northland	43.98	27.48	6.10	9.51	5.83	1.85	1.01	0.40
Ōhariu	51.07	22.30	13.61	6.10	1.89	0.86	2.80	0.35
Ōtaki	52.56	26.60	6.45	7.18	2.66	1.38	1.06	0.31
Pakuranga	42.05	38.53	4.64	8.57	2.16	1.33	0.93	0.20
Palmerston North	54.89	21.92	7.41	6.76	2.98	1.81	1.95	0.46
Panmure-Ōtāhuhu	73.66	12.75	4.12	2.39	2.48	1.23	0.75	0.65
Papakura	42.74	37.11	4.04	8.81	2.78	1.58	0.82	0.32
Port Waikato	40.38	36.40	3.35	10.71	2.94	1.69	0.92	0.32
Rangitata	48.85	31.48	3.12	9.66	2.00	2.01	0.97	0.13
Rangitīkei	44.56	30.25	4.61	11.39	3.37	1.98	1.41	0.43
Remutaka	58.55	19.11	7.17	6.02	2.99	1.58	1.90	0.39
Rongotai	52.61	13.25	23.72	3.88	1.95	0.51	2.80	0.44
Rotorua	46.68	28.65	4.75	9.06	3.62	1.84	1.59	0.91
Selwyn	42.12	34.01	4.87	12.56	2.00	1.77	1.31	0.14
Southland	38.85	36.07	5.28	12.70	2.01	1.49	1.56	0.15
Taieri	59.43	21.29	5.45	7.37	2.63	1.12	1.28	0.12
Takanini	55.00	30.08	3.31	4.64	1.98	1.70	0.60	0.44
Tāmaki	38.61	37.06	7.68	11.73	1.62	0.69	1.34	0.30
Taranaki-King Country	37.71	36.50	4.82	11.42	2.76	2.74	1.23	0.46
Taupō	45.27	32.75	3.80	9.83	2.78	1.54	1.34	0.37
Tauranga	42.33	32.75	5.49	9.02	3.64	2.36	1.93	0.35
Te Atatū	58.05	22.72	6.51	5.13	2.54	1.41	1.06	0.67
Tukituki	48.29	29.79	5.41	8.91	2.07	2.15	1.08	0.39
Upper Harbour	48.31	31.39	5.33	7.59	1.97	1.86	1.38	0.36
Waikato	39.48	37.72	3.52	10.52	2.71	2.55	1.26	0.35
Waimakariri	49.69	28.50	4.67	9.31	2.13	3.01	0.94	0.16
Wairarapa	48.18	29.27	5.18	9.19	3.43	1.49	1.09	0.28
Waitaki	44.08	31.26	5.66	11.65	1.98	1.92	1.30	0.12
Wellington Central	43.57	14.48	30.44	4.88	1.12	0.43	3.74	0.53
West Coast-Tasman	47.34	25.22	8.24	9.77	2.96	1.68	1.28	0.20
Whanganui	51.71	26.37	4.88	7.94	3.33	1.68	0.95	0.54
Whangaparāoa	40.04	36.70	4.89	10.61	2.15	2.29	1.22	0.20
Whangārei	47.28	26.19	6.18	8.24	5.12	1.84	1.50	0.34
Wigram	55.17	21.57	9.11	5.78	2.03	1.64	2.46	0.32
Hauraki-Waikato	64.73	3.73	6.35	1.31	3.66	0.41	1.02	12.26
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti	67.33	2.33	6.48	0.88	3.76	0.38	0.74	12.16
Tāmaki Makaurau	61.09	3.16	10.65	1.08	4.28	0.52	1.04	12.93
Te Tai Hauāuru	61.98	3.04	6.82	1.22	3.57	0.33	1.01	15.69
Te Tai Tokerau	61.10	3.67	7.48	1.33	7.23	0.40	1.02	10.35
Te Tai Tonga	59.54	5.72	11.70	2.79	3.50	0.71	1.86	8.81
Waiariki	60.67	2.39	5.95	0.94	3.67	0.38	0.90	17.75

Electorate vote

The table below shows the results of the 2020 general election:

Key

  National
  Labour
  ACT
  Green
  NZ First

New Conservative

Opportunities

Māori Party

  Heartland
  Advance NZ
  Legalise Cannabis
  Vision NZ
  Independent

Electorate results of the 2020 New Zealand general election^[10]^[11]
Electorate	Incumbent			Majority
Auckland Central		Nikki Kaye	Chlöe Swarbrick	1,068	Helen White	Emma Mellow
Banks Peninsula	New electorate		Tracey McLellan	13,156	Catherine Chu	Eugenie Sage
Bay of Plenty		Todd Muller		3,415	Angie Warren-Clark	Bruce Carley
Botany		Jami-Lee Ross	Christopher Luxon	3,999	Naisi Chen	Damien Smith
Christchurch Central		Duncan Webb		14,098	Dale Stephens	Chrys Horn
Christchurch East		Poto Williams		17,336	Lincoln Platt	Nikki Berry
Coromandel		Scott Simpson		3,505	Nathaniel Blomfield	Pamela Grealey
Dunedin	New electorate		David Clark	15,521	Michael Woodhouse	Jack Brazil
East Coast		Anne Tolley	Kiri Allan	6,331	Tania Tapsell	Meredith Akuhata-Brown
East Coast Bays		Erica Stanford		8,764	Monina Hernandez	Dan Jones
Epsom		David Seymour		9,224	Camilla Belich	Paul Goldsmith
Hamilton East		David Bennett	Jamie Strange	2,973	David Bennett	Rimu Bhooi
Hamilton West		Tim Macindoe	Gaurav Sharma	6,267	Tim Macindoe	Roger Weldon
Hutt South		Chris Bishop	Ginny Andersen	3,777	Chris Bishop	Richard McIntosh
Ilam		Gerry Brownlee	Sarah Pallett	3,463	Gerry Brownlee	David Bennett
Invercargill		Sarah Dowie	Penny Simmonds	224	Liz Craig	Rochelle Francis
Kaikōura		Stuart Smith		2,295	Matt Flight	Richard McCubbin
Kaipara ki Mahurangi	New electorate		Chris Penk	4,435	Marja Lubeck	Beth Houlbrooke
Kelston		Carmel Sepuloni		15,660	Bala Beeram	Jessamine Fraser
Mana		Kris Faafoi	Barbara Edmonds	16,224	Jo Hayes	Jan Logie
Māngere		William Sio		19,396	Agnes Loheni	Peter Brian Sykes
Manurewa		Louisa Wall	Arena Williams	17,179	Nuwi Samarakone	John Hall
Maungakiekie		Denise Lee	Priyanca Radhakrishnan	635	Denise Lee	Ricardo Menéndez March
Mount Albert		Jacinda Ardern		21,246	Melissa Lee	Luke Wijohn
Mount Roskill		Michael Wood		13,853	Parmjeet Parmar	Golriz Ghahraman
Napier		Stuart Nash		5,856	Katie Nimon	James Crow
Nelson		Nick Smith	Rachel Boyack	4,525	Nick Smith	Aaron Stallard
New Lynn		Deborah Russell		13,134	Lisa Whyte	Steve Abel
New Plymouth		Jonathan Young	Glen Bennett	2,555	Jonathan Young	Murray Chong
North Shore		Maggie Barry	Simon Watts	3,734	Romy Udanga	Liz Rawlings
Northcote		Dan Bidois	Shanan Halbert	2,534	Dan Bidois	Natasha Fairley
Northland		Matt King	Willow-Jean Prime	163	Matt King	Shane Jones
Ōhāriu		Greg O'Connor		11,961	Brett Hudson	Jessica Hammond
Ōtaki		Nathan Guy	Terisa Ngobi	2,988	Tim Costley	Bernard Long
Pakuranga		Simeon Brown		10,050	Nerissa Henry	Lawrence Xu-Nan
Palmerston North		Iain Lees-Galloway	Tangi Utikere	12,508	William Wood	Teanau Tuiono
Panmure-Ōtāhuhu	New electorate		Jenny Salesa	18,626	Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi	Mark Simiona
Papakura		Judith Collins		5,583	Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki	Sue Cowie
Port Waikato	New electorate		Andrew Bayly	4,313	Baljit Kaur	Mark Ball
Rangitata		Vacant^[a]	Jo Luxton	4,408	Megan Hands	Hamish Hutton
Rangitīkei		Ian McKelvie		2,961	Soraya Peke-Mason	Ali Hale Tilley
Remutaka		Chris Hipkins		20,497	Mark Crofskey	Chris Norton
Rongotai		Paul Eagle		19,207	Teall Crossen	David Patterson
Rotorua		Todd McClay		825	Claire Mahon	Kaya Sparke
Selwyn		Amy Adams	Nicola Grigg	4,968	Reuben Davidson	Stuart Armstrong
Southland	New electorate		Joseph Mooney	5,645	Jon Mitchell	David Kennedy
Taieri	New electorate		Ingrid Leary	12,398	Liam Kernaghan	Scott Willis
Takanini	New electorate		Neru Leavasa	7,724	Rima Nakhle	Mike McCormick
Tāmaki		Simon O'Connor		8,068	Shirin Brown	Sylvia Boys
Taranaki-King Country		Barbara Kuriger		3,134	Angela Roberts	Brent Miles
Taupō		Louise Upston		5,119	Ala' Al-Bustanji	Danna Glendining
Tauranga		Simon Bridges		1,856	Jan Tinetti	Josh Cole
Te Atatū		Phil Twyford		10,508	Alfred Ngaro	Scott Hindman
Tukituki		Lawrence Yule	Anna Lorck	1,590	Lawrence Yule	Chris Perley
Upper Harbour		Paula Bennett	Vanushi Walters	2,392	Jake Bezzant	Ryan Nicholls
Waikato		Tim van de Molen		5,216	Kerrin Leoni	James McDowall
Waimakariri		Matt Doocey		1,507	Dan Rosewarne	Leighton Baker
Wairarapa		Alastair Scott	Kieran McAnulty	6,545	Mike Butterick	Ron Mark
Waitaki		Jacqui Dean		3,281	Liam Wairepo	Sampsa Kiuru
Wellington Central		Grant Robertson		18,878	Nicola Willis	James Shaw
West Coast-Tasman		Damien O'Connor		6,208	Maureen Pugh	Steve Richards
Whanganui		Harete Hipango	Steph Lewis	8,191	Harete Hipango	Alan Clay
Whangaparāoa	New electorate		Mark Mitchell	7,823	Lorayne Ferguson	Paul Grace
Whangārei		Shane Reti	Emily Henderson	431	Shane Reti	David Seymour^[b]
Wigram		Megan Woods		14,770	Hamish Campbell	Richard Wesley
Māori electorates
Hauraki-Waikato		Nanaia Mahuta		9,660	Donna Pokere-Phillips	Philip Lambert
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti		Meka Whaitiri		6,045	Heather Te Au-Skipworth	Elizabeth Kerekere
Tāmaki Makaurau		Peeni Henare		927	John Tamihere	Marama Davidson
Te Tai Hauāuru		Adrian Rurawhe		1,053	Debbie Ngarewa-Packer	Noeline Apiata
Te Tai Tokerau		Kelvin Davis		8,164	Mariameno Kapa-Kingi	Maki Herbert
Te Tai Tonga		Rino Tirikatene		6,855	Tākuta Ferris	Ariana Paretutanganui-Tamati
Waiariki		Tāmati Coffey	Rawiri Waititi	836	Tāmati Coffey	Hannah Tamaki

List results

Labour	National	Green	ACT	Māori

Andrew Little (07) David Parker (09) Trevor Mallard (11) Kris Faafoi (15) Ayesha Verrall (17) Willie Jackson (19) Louisa Wall (27) Camilla Belich (30) Jan Tinetti (32) Marja Lubeck (34) Angie Warren-Clark (35) Tāmati Coffey (37) Naisi Chen (38) Liz Craig (41) Ibrahim Omer (42) Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki (44) Rachel Brooking (46) Helen White (48) Angela Roberts (50)	Gerry Brownlee (02) Paul Goldsmith (03) Shane Reti (05) Chris Bishop (07) David Bennett (11) Michael Woodhouse (12) Nicola Willis (13) Melissa Lee (16) Nick Smith (18) Maureen Pugh (19)	Marama Davidson (01) James Shaw (02) Julie Anne Genter (04) Jan Logie (05) Eugenie Sage (06) Golriz Ghahraman (07) Teanau Tuiono (08) Elizabeth Kerekere (09) Ricardo Menéndez March (10)	Brooke van Velden (02) Nicole McKee (03) Chris Baillie (04) Simon Court (05) James McDowall (06) Karen Chhour (07) Mark Cameron (08) Toni Severin (09) Damien Smith (10)	Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (01)

MP changes

Based on preliminary results, there were 40 new MPs: 22 for Labour, 5 for National, 9 for ACT, 3 for the Greens, and 1 for the Māori Party.^[12] When final results were announced on 6 November, this rose to 42 new members, the two additional new members being Emily Henderson (Labour) and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (Māori).^[13]^[14]

	New MPs	Resigned or retired MPs	Defeated MPs	MPs switching seat type
Labour	Ayesha Verrall Vanushi Walters Camilla Belich Naisi Chen Ibrahim Omer Rachel Brooking Helen White Barbara Edmonds Angela Roberts Shanan Halbert Neru Leavasa Tracey McLellan Steph Lewis Rachel Boyack Arena Williams Ingrid Leary Sarah Pallett Gaurav Sharma Emily Henderson Terisa Ngobi Glen Bennett Tangi Utikere Anna Lorck	Ruth Dyson Clare Curran Raymond Huo Iain Lees-Galloway		Kris Faafoi (to list) Kiri Allan (to electorate) Kieran McAnulty (to electorate) Louisa Wall (to list) Priyanca Radhakrishnan (to electorate) Willow-Jean Prime (to electorate) Tāmati Coffey (to list) Jo Luxton (to electorate) Jamie Strange (to electorate) Ginny Andersen (to electorate)
National	Nicola Grigg Christopher Luxon Joseph Mooney Penny Simmonds Simon Watts	David Carter Alastair Scott Nathan Guy Maggie Barry Sarah Dowie Nicky Wagner Anne Tolley Paula Bennett Hamish Walker Jian Yang Nikki Kaye Amy Adams Andrew Falloon^[c]	Harete Hipango Jonathan Young Tim Macindoe Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi Paulo Garcia Parmjeet Parmar Agnes Loheni Alfred Ngaro Lawrence Yule Denise Lee Brett Hudson Matt King Dan Bidois Jo Hayes	Chris Bishop (to list) David Bennett (to list) Nick Smith (to list)
ACT	Brooke van Velden Nicole McKee Chris Baillie Simon Court James McDowall Karen Chhour Mark Cameron Toni Severin Damien Smith
Green	Teanau Tuiono Elizabeth Kerekere Ricardo Menéndez March	Gareth Hughes		Chlöe Swarbrick (to electorate)
Māori Party	Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Rawiri Waititi
NZ First		Clayton Mitchell	Winston Peters Fletcher Tabuteau Tracey Martin Shane Jones Ron Mark Darroch Ball Mark Patterson Jenny Marcroft
Advance NZ			Jami-Lee Ross

Notes

^ Was Andrew Falloon until his immediate resignation on 21 July 2020.
^ The David Seymour who contested the electorate of Whangārei for ACT is a different person from ACT party leader, David Seymour, who re-contested and won his Auckland seat of Epsom.
^ The resignation of Andrew Falloon was effective immediately, but since it took place less than six months before the general election, a by-election to fill the vacancy was not required.

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^ Electoral Act 1993, sections 190 and 191.
^ "Election recounts and petitions". Elections.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ "Writ Day – New Zealand Parliament". Parliament.nz. New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ "Summary of Overall Results". New Zealand Election Results. Electoral Commission. 30 November 2020.
^ "Votes for Registered Parties by Electorate". Electoral Commission.
^ "2020-au5126". New Zealand Gazette. 6 November 2020.
^ "Amended Official Result for the Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Hauāuru Electoral Districts". New Zealand Gazette. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
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^ Lynch, Jenna (6 November 2020). "NZ Election 2020: Judith Collins will 'definitely not' stand down as leader despite National's crushing defeat". Newshub. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
^ Moir, Jo (6 November 2020). "Special votes: National loses two MPs, one each to Labour, Māori Party". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

[12] Was Andrew Falloon until his immediate resignation on 21 July 2020.

[13] The David Seymour who contested the electorate of Whangārei for ACT is a different person from ACT party leader, David Seymour, who re-contested and won his Auckland seat of Epsom.

[17] The resignation of Andrew Falloon was effective immediately, but since it took place less than six months before the general election, a by-election to fill the vacancy was not required.

[about_the_election-1] "About the 2020 General Election". vote.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[2] "How are general election votes counted?". Elections.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[3] "Can't get to a voting place?". Elections.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[4] "Party Secretary Handbook – 2020 General Election and Referendums" (PDF). Elections.nz. Electoral Commission.

[5] Electoral Act 1993, sections 190 and 191.

[6] "Election recounts and petitions". Elections.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

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