East Coast (New Zealand electorate)

East Coast
inline General electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of East Coast within the North Island
Member(s)
MP	Dana Kirkpatrick
Party	National
Geography
Region(s)	Bay of Plenty Gisborne

East Coast is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives.

Election results

2023 general election: East Coast
Notes:		A blue background means the winner of the electorate vote. A pink background means a candidate elected from their party list. A yellow background means an electorate win by a list member, or by another incumbent. A Y means an incumbent won re-election. A N means an incumbent lost re-election.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Dana Kirkpatrick		17,007	42.57	+6.15	14,908	36.70	+9.74
	Labour	Tāmati Coffey		13,808	34.56	−17.14	12,054	29.68	−20.72
	NZ First	Craig Sinclair		2,571	6.44	–	3,896	9.59	+6.15
	ACT	Michael Howe		1,923	4.81	+1.56	3,599	8.86	+1.08
	Green	Jordan Walker		1,765	4.42	-0.63	3,015	7.42	+1.89
	Te Pāti Māori	Fallyn Flavell		1,235	3.09	–	915	2.25	+1.50
	DemocracyNZ	Chris Robinson		625	1.56	–	199	0.49	–
	Independent	Leighton Packer		323	0.81	—
	Independent	Don Richards		104	0.26	—
	Independent	Monaco Caracas		68	0.17	—
	Independent	Gordon John Dickinson		66	0.17	—
	New Zealand Loyal						546	1.34	—
	Opportunities						460	1.13	+0.22
	NewZeal						247	0.61	+0.10
	Freedoms New Zealand						178	0.44	—
	Vision NZ						109	0.26	±0.00
	Legalise Cannabis						164	0.40	-0.03
	New Conservatives Party						56	0.14	-0.95
	Animal Justice Party						43	0.11	–
	Leighton Baker Party						29	0.07	–
	Women's Rights Party						25	0.06	–
	New Nation Party						20	0.05	–
Informal votes				509			264
Total Valid votes				39,950			40,618
	National gain from Labour		Majority	3,199	8.01	-7.27