I, Robert Peden, Electoral Commissioner, having been ordered to do so by a District Court Judge under section 180(10) of the Electoral Act 1993, declare the result of the poll taken on the 20th day of September 2014 for the election of a member of Parliament for the Te Tai Tokerau Electoral District to be as follows:
TE TAI TOKERAU
Candidates Votes Received
DAVIS, Kelvin 9712
DEARLOVE, Clinton 454
HARAWIRA, Hone 8969
PAENGA, Te Hira 2579
Total number of valid votes 21714
Number of votes rejected as informal 418
I therefore declare KELVIN GLEN DAVIS to be elected.
I further declare the total number of votes received by political parties as a consequence of votes recorded on the party vote part of the ballot paper to be as follows:
Parties Votes Received
ACT New Zealand 37
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 254
Ban1080 19
Conservative 154
Democrats for Social Credit 11
Focus New Zealand 45
Green Party 2278
Internet MANA 4246
Labour Party 8034
M?ori Party 2300
National Party 1938
New Zealand First Party 3296
NZ Independent Coalition 16
The Civilian Party 5
United Future 18
Number of votes rejected as informal 257
Dated at Wellington this 10th day of October 2014
Robert Peden
Electoral Commissioner