Election26· HOUSE COUNT

Seats in the House

Official seat totals will colour the chamber automatically as the Electoral Commission count progresses.

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Right bloc has a majorityLargest party: Labour · 32 seats · 26.6% party voteFinal snapshot stored in Election History. Bloc totals do not by themselves declare a government.
Election26 live House count. Seat totals refresh automatically as the count changes. Majority: 61 seats.
OFFICIAL

Official results

Final Election26 count snapshot.

FINAL PARLIAMENTARY OUTCOME Right bloc has a majority Largest party: Labour · 32 seats · 26.6% party vote · Bloc totals are a display grouping; coalition and government formation can differ.
Labour26.6%
717,627 party votes32 seats
National24.6%
664,806 party votes30 seats
Green10.2%
275,087 party votes12 seats
New Zealand First22.8%
616,769 party votes27 seats
ACT6.8%
182,456 party votes8 seats
Opportunity6.5%
174,695 party votes8 seats
Te Pāti Māori—
Awaiting countAwaiting seats
Other0.8%
21,499 party votes1 seats
Election26 live results. Values refresh in place and flash when they change.
LIVE ELECTION · LEADERSHIP ESTIMATE

Preferred Prime Minister

Election-night leadership estimate anchored to the latest published preferred-PM poll and adjusted by the live party-vote count.

LIVE ELECTION ESTIMATE · 06:49:59
LIVE ELECTION ESTIMATEEstimated from the latest published preferred-PM poll with a restrained party-vote swing model weighted by count progress. It is not a preferred-PM poll result.
22.4%preferred PM

Christopher Luxon

Prime Minister · National leader

Live election estimate
22%

Chris Hipkins

Leader of the Opposition · Labour leader

Live election estimate
16.1%

Winston Peters

New Zealand First leader

Live election estimate
4.7%

Chlöe Swarbrick

Green Party co-leader

Live election estimate
4.7%

David Seymour

Deputy Prime Minister · ACT leader

Live election estimate
HISTORICAL TREND

Preferred PM polling, 2024–2026

LuxonHipkinsPetersSwarbrickSeymour
0%10%20%30%40%50%Feb 2024Jun 2024Oct 2024Feb 2025May 2025Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 202612 Aug7 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct27 Oct4 Nov23.8%22.6%10.3%6%5.9%

The chart combines the historical 1News-Verian series with subsequent source-verified preferred-PM results, including the 28 September 2026 Verian poll. Pollsters use different methods, so cross-pollster changes should be read as snapshots rather than a single continuous series.

Taxpayers' Union-Curia. Estimated from the latest published preferred-PM poll with a restrained party-vote swing model weighted by count progress. It is not a preferred-PM poll result. Historical chart identifies the latest mixed-pollster points and expands automatically to keep every percentage visible. Portrait image credits are marked with an asterisk.
Election26 · NEW ZEALAND

Live regional vote map

Click a region to see current enrolment, then live counted votes as results arrive.

3,790,946 enrolled nationwide 93.6% estimated enrolment 331,455 Māori roll 74.2% ages 18–24 enrolled Provisional snapshot 29 October 2026
Click a region Regions tint to the current leading party; orange pulse means the top two are within 2.5 pointsVotes Official electorate party-vote totals are grouped by thisquality regionStatus Official
NorthlandAucklandWaikatoBay of PlentyGisborneHawke’s BayTaranakiManawatū-WhanganuiWellingtonNelson-TasmanWest CoastMarlboroughCanterburyOtagoSouthland
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REGIONAL COVERAGE

Wellington

216,650 party votes counted in this region across 1 electorate currently included.

National59,945 · 27.7%
Labour58,179 · 26.9%
New Zealand First46,480 · 21.5%
Green22,874 · 10.6%
ACT13,502 · 6.2%
Opportunity12,088 · 5.6%
Te Pāti Māori3,482 · 1.6%

Before counting, this panel shows regional enrolment. It switches automatically to live regional results as official figures arrive.

Election26 live regional results. Regional figures update automatically as new totals arrive. Enrolment figures use the normal cached Electoral Commission statistics.
RECENT POLLINGHistorical opinion polls · automatic source scan every 15 minutes

Recent polls

OPINION POLL · PARTY VOTE

The Post / Freshwater Strategy

Surveyed online 29 October–3 November 2026 · 1,044 eligible adults · party vote among likely voters. Research for The Post, with Infrastructure New Zealand. Poll estimates, not counted votes.

Labour30.7%
National26.4%
Green13%
New Zealand First12%
ACT9.8%
Opportunity5.1%
Te Pāti Māori2%
Other1%
Labour highest in this poll4.3-point gap

The Post/Freshwater Strategy party-vote poll: Labour 30.7%, National 26.4%, Green 13.0%, New Zealand First 12.0%, ACT 9.8%, Opportunity 5.1%, Te Pāti Māori 2.0%, Other 1.0%. Published 6 November; online fieldwork 29 October–3 November with 1,044 eligible adults. Estimates of likely voters, not…

OPINION POLL · PARTY VOTE

Taxpayers' Union-Curia

Published 4 November. Fieldwork 28 October–3 November, 1000 likely voters (700 by phone, 300 online); 934 decided voters; maximum sampling error ±3.1 percentage points.

Labour28.4%
National28.9%
Green14.4%
New Zealand First9.8%
ACT10.5%
Opportunity5.8%
Te Pāti Māori1.1%
National highest in this poll0.5-point gap

4 November Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll: National 28.9%, Labour 28.4%, Green 14.4%, ACT 10.5%, New Zealand First 9.8%, Opportunity 5.8%, Te Pāti Māori 1.1%. Published illustrative no-overhang 120-seat allocation: 35, 34, 18, 13, 12, 7 and 1 seats respectively.

OPINION POLL · PARTY VOTE

Roy Morgan

Released 4 November. Fieldwork 28 September–25 October, 859 electors contacted by phone. Older fieldwork than other early-November releases; use the fieldwork dates when comparing polls.

Labour27.5%
National26.5%
Green15.5%
New Zealand First10%
ACT11%
Opportunity8%
Te Pāti Māori1%
Labour highest in this poll1-point gap

Roy Morgan poll released 4 November with fieldwork 28 September–25 October: Labour 27.5%, National 26.5%, Green 15.5%, ACT 11%, New Zealand First 10%, Opportunity 8%, Te Pāti Māori 1%.

OPINION POLL · PARTY VOTE

1News Verian

Published 3 November. Fieldwork 29 October–2 November, 1006 eligible voters (500 mobile, 506 online), maximum sampling error ±3.1 points. Party vote percentages are the unrounded figures from 1News.

Labour28.8%
National29.5%
Green16.4%
New Zealand First8.4%
ACT10%
Opportunity6.2%
Te Pāti Māori0.4%
National highest in this poll0.7-point gap

Final 1News-Verian poll: National 29.5%, Labour 28.8%, Green 16.4%, ACT 10%, New Zealand First 8.4%, Opportunity 6.2%, Te Pāti Māori 0.4%. Survey of 1006 eligible voters, 29 October–2 November 2026.

OPINION POLL · PARTY VOTE

1News Verian

1News Verian party-vote poll released 27 October 2026. Fieldwork 21–25 October, 1000 eligible voters (500 mobile, 500 online), maximum sampling error ±3.1 percentage points. Party vote excludes the 11% who were undecided or refused to say. Seat allocation is the published 121-seat scenario, assuming Te Pāti Māori wins one electorate; a separate 125-seat scenario assumes four Te Pāti Māori electorates and one Te Tai Tokerau seat.

Labour27%
National29%
Green15%
New Zealand First10%
ACT12%
Opportunity6%
Te Pāti Māori0.1%
National highest in this poll2-point gap

27 October 1News Verian: National 29%, Labour 27%, Greens 15%, ACT 12%, New Zealand First 10%, Opportunity 6%, Te Pāti Māori 0.1%. Published 121-seat scenario: National 34, Labour 33, Greens 18, ACT 15, New Zealand First 12, Opportunity 8, Te Pāti Māori…

OPINION POLL · PARTY VOTE

1News Verian

1News Verian party-vote poll released 20 October 2026. Fieldwork 15–19 October, 1003 eligible voters (500 mobile, 503 online), maximum sampling error ±3.1 percentage points. Percentages are rounded as published. Undecided and refused (10%) are excluded from party-vote shares.

Labour27%
National32%
Green16%
New Zealand First8%
ACT11%
Opportunity7%
Te Pāti Māori0.7%
National highest in this poll5-point gap

1News Verian party vote: National 32%, Labour 27%, Green 16%, ACT 11%, New Zealand First 8%, Opportunity 7%, Te Pāti Māori 0.7%. Verian’s published 120-seat alternative: National 38, Labour 32, Green 19, ACT 13, New Zealand First 9, Opportunity 8, Te Pāti…

Latest polling shows recent published snapshots first. Party rows use a fixed display order for consistency, while the actual highest figure is explicitly marked in each card. Historical polling remains in the separate history card; compare fieldwork dates and methodology before drawing conclusions.

Enrolment snapshot

Latest provisional 2026 election enrolment snapshot, with monthly electorate statistics shown separately below.

3,790,946 enrolled nationwide 93.6% estimated enrolled 331,455 Māori roll Provisional 29 October 2026

General electorate roll

Estimated eligible4,051,640
General roll3,361,881
Māori roll315,719
Total enrolled3,677,600
Enrolled90.8%

Māori electorates

Māori roll315,719

People of Māori descent can choose the general roll or Māori roll when eligible to change roll type. This panel shows the Electoral Commission’s Māori-electorate enrolment total.

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