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Authorities/Other Agencies of State
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Amended Official Result for the Mt Albert and Tāmaki Makaurau Electoral Districts

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 districts to be as follows:

MT ALBERT

Candidates Votes Received
LEE, Melissa 13220
MENENDEZ MARCH, Ricardo 9296
MURPHY, Ollie 1485
NAUFAHU, Tesi 155
SWORDS, Ciara 1318
VAN DEN HEUVEL, Anthony Joseph J 104
WHITE, Helen 13238
Total number of valid votes 39676
Number of votes rejected as informal 430


I therefore declare HELEN WHITE 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 2681
Animal Justice Party 51
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 115
DemocracyNZ 21
Freedoms NZ 60
Green Party 10023
Labour Party 10341
Leighton Baker Party 5
National Party 12706
New Conservatives 30
New Nation Party 9
New Zealand First Party 1219
New Zealand Loyal 147
NewZeal 83
Te Pāti Māori 641
The Opportunities Party (TOP) 1474
Women’s Rights Party 39
Total number of valid votes 39887
Number of votes rejected as informal 121


TĀMAKI MAKAURAU

Candidates Votes Received
HENARE, Peeni 10026
KEMP, Takutai Tarsh 10068
TAMAKI, Hannah 829
TANA, Darleen 2925
TE HAU, Hinurewa 1275
Total number of valid votes 26085
Number of votes rejected as informal 481


I therefore declare TAKUTAI TARSH KEMP 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 254
Animal Justice Party 27
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 246
DemocracyNZ 28
Freedoms NZ 478
Green Party 3229
Labour Party 11571
Leighton Baker Party 7
National Party 1269
New Conservatives 13
New Nation Party 2
New Zealand First Party 927
New Zealand Loyal 174
NewZeal 121
Te Pāti Māori 8046
The Opportunities Party (TOP) 248
Women’s Rights Party 25
Total number of valid votes 27411
Number of votes rejected as informal 373


Dated at Wellington this 15th day of November 2023.

KARL LE QUESNE, Electoral Commissioner.