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Hamilton West (New Zealand electorate)

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Hamilton West
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General electorate of the
New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of Hamilton West within Waikato
Member(s)
MPTama Potaka
PartyNational
List MP(s)James McDowall (ACT)
Geography
Region(s)Waikato

Hamilton West is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives. It is in Hamilton.

Election results

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2022 by-election

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2022 Hamilton West by-election

Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list prior to the by-election.
Yellow background denotes the winner of the by-election, who was a list MP prior to the by-election.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tama Potaka 6,974 46.29
Labour Georgie Dansey 4,541 30.14
ACT James McDowall 1,515 10.06
Momentum Gaurav Sharma 1,242 8.24 -43.61
Opportunities Naomi Pocock 357 2.37
Outdoors Donna Pokere-Phillips 130 0.86
New Conservative Rudi du Plooy 118 0.78 -0.76
Legalise Cannabis Peter Wakeman 76 0.50
Vision NZ Jade Tait 61 0.40
Independent Gordon Dickson 26 0.17
Independent Frank Fu 20 0.13
Money Free Party Richard Osmaston 7 0.05
Informal votes 37 0.27 -1.96
Majority 2,433 16.15
Turnout 15,104 31.40 -49.80
National gain from Labour Swing +

2020 election

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2020 general election: Hamilton West[1]
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 Green tickY means an incumbent won re-election.
A Red XN means an incumbent lost re-election.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Gaurav Sharma 20,703 51.85 +21.09 21,136 52.26 +15.65
National Red XN Tim Macindoe 14,436 36.16 −16.00 10,161 25.12 −21.17
ACT Roger Weldon 1,186 2.97 2,779 6.87 +6.47
Opportunities Hayden Cargo 1,024 2.56 +0.32 837 2.07 −0.58
New Conservative Rudi Du Plooy 615 1.54 824 2.04 +1.74
Advance NZ Cherie Ormsby-Kingi 490 1.23 390 0.96
Outdoors Chloe Mansfield 357 0.89 44 0.11 +0.03
ONE Te Rongopai Heta 223 0.56 133 0.33
Green   2,279 5.63 +1.34
NZ First   1,029 2.54 −5.13
Legalise Cannabis   214 0.53 +0.23
Māori Party   212 0.52 −0.12
Vision New Zealand   60 0.15
Sustainable NZ   21 0.05
Social Credit   15 0.04 −0.01
TEA   9 0.02
Heartland   4 0.01
Informal votes 892 300
Total Valid votes 39,926 40,447
Turnout 40,584[2] 81.20 +3.18
Labour gain from National Majority 6,267 15.70 +37.10

References

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  1. "Hamilton West – Official Result". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate (2020)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2021.