MEGATHREAD: Election Night discussion thread.

Note - This top level comment has been updated as of 6:51am Sunday 15/10/2023. This will be the final update

Welcome to /r/newzealand 's election night coverage.

Grab a beverage of your choice, switch on the telly and come join us in discussing and tracking the 2023 general election over the night.

Over the course of the night this comment will be updated keeping a live track of current party vote counts and tracking a few interesting electorates.

Nationwide Party Votes - 100.0% of results counted

Party Party Votes % of Votes Electorate Seats List Seats Total seats
National Party 878288 38.95 45 5 50
Labour Party 606663 26.9 17 17 34
Green Party 242845 10.77 3 11 14
ACT New Zealand 202664 8.98 2 9 11
New Zealand First Party 145649 6.46 - 8 8
Te Pāti Māori 58949 2.61 4 - 4
The Opportunities Party (TOP) 46677 2.07 - - -
New Zealand Loyal 26141 1.15 - - -
NewZeal 12701 0.56 - - -
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 8844 0.39 - - -

Auckland Central - 100.0% of votes counted

Name Electorate Party Number of Votes
CHRISTOPHER COKER Auckland Central Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 187
PAUL DAVIE Auckland Central Rock the Vote NZ 74
MADELEINE KANE Auckland Central Animal Justice Party 92
ANDI SHEN LIU Auckland Central Independent 69
MAHESH MURALIDHAR Auckland Central National Party 8991
FELIX POOLE Auckland Central ACT New Zealand 724
OSCAR SIMS Auckland Central Labour Party 1689
GUY DENNIS SLOCUM Auckland Central New Nation Party 57
CHLÖE SWARBRICK Auckland Central Green Party 11065
DAMIAN SYCAMORE Auckland Central The Opportunities Party (TOP) 292

Hauraki-Waikato - 100.0% of votes counted

Name Electorate Party Number of Votes
NANAIA MAHUTA Hauraki-Waikato Labour Party 7459
HANA-RAWHITI MAIPI-CLARKE Hauraki-Waikato Te Pāti Māori 8825
DONNA POKERE-PHILLIPS Hauraki-Waikato NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 914

Ilam - 100.0% of votes counted

Name Electorate Party Number of Votes
IRINKA BRITNELL Ilam Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 296
HAMISH CAMPBELL Ilam National Party 15107
MIKE DAVIDSON Ilam Green Party 1542
RAF MANJI Ilam The Opportunities Party (TOP) 8526
CHRIS O'BRIEN Ilam New Conservatives 230
JUANITA O'CONNELL Ilam DemocracyNZ 241
SARAH PALLETT Ilam Labour Party 7260

Wellington Central - 100.0% of votes counted

Name Electorate Party Number of Votes
NATALIA ALBERT Wellington Central The Opportunities Party (TOP) 1041
MICHAEL GEORGE APPLEBY Wellington Central Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 219
TAYLOR ARNEIL Wellington Central New Zealand First Party 340
PETE BAINS Wellington Central Independent 25
DON FRANKS Wellington Central Workers Now 42
KARL THOMAS GEIRINGER Wellington Central Independent 29
CHRISTOPHER GORDON Wellington Central Animal Justice Party 70
MEG LIM Wellington Central Vision New Zealand 59
IBRAHIM OMER Wellington Central Labour Party 9306
TAMATHA PAUL Wellington Central Green Party 12630
SCOTT SHEERAN Wellington Central National Party 8812

Tāmaki - 100.0% of votes counted

Name Electorate Party Number of Votes
SIMON O'CONNOR Tāmaki National Party 10372
ANNE PERRATT Tāmaki New Zealand Loyal 260
FESAITU SOLOMONE Tāmaki Labour Party 6360
BROOKE VAN VELDEN Tāmaki ACT New Zealand 14947