Southland (New Zealand electorate)

Southland is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was created in 2020.

Southland
inline General electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Other names
Māori name	Murihiku
Member(s)
MP	Joseph Mooney
Party	National
Geography
Region(s)	Otago Southland
History
Created	2020
Named after	Southland

Election results

2020 general election: Southland
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	Joseph Mooney		19,975	51.60	—	14,244	36.07	—
	Labour	Jon Mitchell		14,330	36.98	—	15,341	38.85	—
	Green	David Kennedy		2127	5.49	—	2085	5.14	—
	Opportunities	Joel Rowlands		880	2.27	—	616	1.56	—
	New Conservative	Fiona Meyer		664	1.71	—	588	1.49	—
	Advance NZ	Robert Wilson		508	1.31	—	373	0.94	—
	Social Credit	Elisabeth Dacker		139	0.36	—	39	0.1	—
	ONE	Judith Terrill		130	0.34	—	78	0.2	—
	ACT						5016	12.70	—
	NZ First						794	2.01	—
	Legalise Cannabis						151	0.38	—
	Māori Party						60	0.15	—
	Outdoors						56	0.14	—
	Sustainable NZ						25	0.06	—
	Heartland						8	0.02	—
	Vision NZ						7	0.02	—
	TEA						6	0.02	—
Informal votes				679			164
Total Valid votes				39,432			39,651
Turnout				39651	86.5	—
	National win new seat		Majority	5645	14.62