Whanganui (New Zealand electorate)

Whanganui
inline General electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of Whanganui within the North Island
Member(s)
MP	Carl Bates
Party	National
Geography
Region(s)	Manawatū-Whanganui Taranaki
Largest settlement	Whanganui
History
Created	1860
Named after	Whanganui

Whanganui is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives.

Election results

2020 general election: Whanganui
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	%	±%
	Labour	Steph Lewis		22,299	54.32	+13.98	21,228	51.39	+14.95
	National	N Harete Hipango		14,108	34.37	-10.54	10,828	26.21	-18.52
	Green	Alan Clay		1,491	3.63	-1.91	2,004	4.85	+0.15
	New Conservative	Johnathan Marshall		784	1.91	—	690	1.67	+1.42
	Advance NZ	Charlotte Weber		773	1.88	—	531	1.28	—
	Independent	Hillary Kieft		367	0.89	—
	Social Credit	Heather Marion Smith		188	0.46	—	63	0.46	+0.41
	ACT						3,260	7.89	+7.45
	NZ First						1,368	3.31	-6.71
	Opportunities						390	0.94	-0.75
	Māori Party						222	0.54	+0.11
	Legalise Cannabis						198	0.48	+0.07
	ONE						189	0.46	—
	Outdoors						43	0.10	+0.03
	Sustainable NZ						24	0.06	—
	Vision NZ						10	0.02	—
	TEA						5	0.01	—
	Heartland						2	0.00	—
Informal votes				1,035			253
Total Valid votes				41,045			41,308
	Labour gain from National		Majority	8,191	19.96	+24.53