Nelson (New Zealand electorate)

Nelson is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was created in 1853 and is the only electorate in New Zealand to have been contested at every election.

Nelson
inline General electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of Nelson within the South Island
Other names
Māori name	Whakatū
Member(s)
MP	Blair Cameron
Party	National
Geography
Region(s)	Auckland
History
Created	1853
Named after	Nelson

Election results

2023 general election: Nelson
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	Y Rachel Boyack		17,541	41.11	–6.98	12,520	29.14	–24.50
	National	Blair Cameron		17,515	41.05	+3.14	13,856	32.25	+11.68
	Green	Jace Hobbs		2,791	6.54	+1.98	6,154	14.33	+5.31
	ACT	Chris Baillie		2,692	6.31	+3.35	4,428	10.31	+2.16
	New Zealand Loyal	Peter Vaughan		1,316	3.08		642	1.50
	Independent	Bruce Dyer		169	0.40
	NZ First						2,612	6.10	+4.22
	Opportunities						1,058	2.50	+0.77
	Te Pāti Māori						343	0.80	+0.60
	NewZeal						290	0.68
	Freedoms New Zealand						263	0.61
	Legalise Cannabis						187	0.44	+0.12
	DemocracyNZ						100	0.23
	New Conservatives Party						82	0.20	–1.34
	Animal Justice Party						75	0.18
	Women's Rights Party						50	0.12
	Leighton Baker Party						31	0.07
	New Nation Party						15	0.04
Informal votes				646			254
Total Valid votes				42,670			42,960
	Labour hold		Majority	26	0.06	–10.12