Kaikōura (New Zealand electorate)

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

Kaikōura
inline General electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of Kaikōura within Waikato
Member(s)
MP	Stuart Smith
Party	National
Geography
Region(s)	Canterbury Marlborough

Election results

2020 general election: Kaikōura
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	Y Stuart Smith		18,069	42.68	-9.50	13,007	30.28	-22.32
	Labour	Matt Flight		15,774	37.26	+10.91	19,159	44.60	+15.47
	Green	Richard McCubbin		2,377	5.62	-1.64	2,282	5.31	+0.38
	NZ First	Jamie Arbuckle		4,201	5.15	-5.49	3,561	8.95	−0.87
	ACT	Richard Evans		1,833	4.33	+3.80	4,917	11.45	+11.07
	New Conservative	David John Greenslade		766	1.81	+1.26	798	1.86	+1.52
	Outdoors	Darlene Morgan		369	0.87	—	124	0.29	+0.19
	Advance NZ	Lisa Claire Romana		357	0.84	—	390	0.91	—
	ONE	John Donald Moore		327	0.77	—	246	0.57	—
	Social Credit	John McCaskey		173	0.41	+0.33	35	0.08	+0.04
	Independent	Ted Howard		93	0.22	—
	Money Free Party	Prince Bhavik		14	0.03	-0.10
	Opportunities						493	1.15	-1.02
	Legalise Cannabis						193	0.32	+0.02
	Māori Party						70	0.16	-0.07
	Sustainable NZ						27	0.06	—
	Vision NZ						10	0.02	—
	TEA						7	0.02	—
	Heartland						4	0.01	—
Informal votes				629			251
Total Valid votes				42,332			42,955
	National hold		Majority	2,295	5.42	−20.41