Notice Type
Authorities/Other Agencies of State
Notice Title

Amended Official Result for the Nelson Electoral District

I, Karl Le Quesne, Chief Electoral Officer and 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 14 October 2023 for the election of members of Parliament for the following electoral district to be as follows:

NELSON

Candidates Votes Received
BAILLIE, Chris 2692
BOYACK, Rachel Elizabeth 17541
CAMERON, Blair 17515
DYER, Bruce 169
HOBBS, Jace 2791
VAUGHAN, Peter 1316
Total number of valid votes 42024
Number of votes rejected as informal 646


I therefore declare RACHEL ELIZABETH BOYACK 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 4428
Animal Justice Party 75
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 187
DemocracyNZ 100
Freedoms NZ 263
Green Party 6154
Labour Party 12520
Leighton Baker Party 31
National Party 13856
New Conservatives 82
New Nation Party 15
New Zealand First Party 2612
New Zealand Loyal 642
NewZeal 290
Te Pāti Māori 343
The Opportunities Party (TOP) 1058
Women’s Rights Party 50
Total number of valid votes 42706
Number of votes rejected as informal 254


Dated at Wellington this 10th day of November 2023.

KARL LE QUESNE, Electoral Commissioner.