Wellington Central (New Zealand electorate)

Wellington Central is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives. It is in Wellington.

Wellington Central
inline General electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of Wellington Central within Auckland
Member(s)
MP	Tamantha Paul
Party	Green
Geography
Region(s)	Wellington
History
Created	1905 1996

Election results

2023 general election: Wellington Central
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	%	±%
	Green	Tamatha Paul		18,439	40.56		17,332	37.69	+7.36
	Labour	Ibrahim Omer		12,373	27.22		11,436	24.87	-18.53
	National	Scott Sheeran		11,555	25.42		9,855	21.43	+7.00
	Opportunities	Natalia Albert		1,554	3.42		2,536	5.51	+1.79
	NZ First	Taylor Arneil		493	1.08		1,029	2.24	+1.13
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Appleby		418	0.92	+0.08	136	0.30	+0.03
	Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand	Christopher Gordon		111	0.24		61	0.14
	Vision New Zealand	Meg Lim		80	0.18
	Workers Now	Don Franks		67	0.15
	Independent	Karl Thomas Geiringer		43	0.09
	Independent	Pete Bains		36	0.08
	ACT						2,075	4.51	-0.35
	Te Pāti Māori						1,106	2.40	+1.87
	New Zealand Loyal						80	0.17
	NewZeal						57	0.12	±0.00
	Women's Rights Party						54	0.12
	Freedoms New Zealand						32	0.07
	New Conservative						31	0.07	-0.33
	DemocracyNZ						18	0.04
	New Nation Party						14	0.03
	Leighton Baker Party						11	0.02
Informal votes				287			126
Total Valid votes				45,456			45,989
Turnout				46,252	84.48	-4.49
	Green gain from Labour		Majority	6,066	13.34