Electoral history of Jacinda Ardern

Jacinda Ardern is the Prime Minister of New Zealand and is Leader of the Labour Party (2017–present). She was a List MP (2008–17) and MP for Mount Albert (2017–present).

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Parliamentary elections

2008 election
2008 general election: Waikato[1]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Y Lindsay Tisch 20,122 63.44 18,532 57.45
Labour Jacinda Ardern 7,272 22.93 7,280 22.57
Green Wendy Harper 1,484 4.68 1,271 3.94
NZ First Barbara Stewart 1,353 4.27 1,708 5.29
ACT Mark Davies 1,089 3.43 2,088 6.47
Kiwi James Ross 278 0.88 171 0.53
Democrats John Pemberton 122 0.38 40 0.12
United Future   285 0.88
Māori   235 0.73
Bill and Ben   195 0.60
Progressive   188 0.58
Legalise Cannabis   123 0.38
Family Party   87 0.27
Alliance   25 0.08
Libertarianz   15 0.05
Workers Party   8 0.02
Pacific   4 0.01
RAM   3 0.01
RONZ   1 0.003
Informal votes 245 107
Total Valid votes 31,720 32,259
National win new seat Majority 12,850 40.51

2011 election
2011 general election: Auckland Central[2]
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Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Y Nikki Kaye 15,038 45.39 +2.48 14,447 42.24 +2.15
Labour Jacinda Ardern 14,321 43.23 +4.69 8,590 25.11 -9.44
Green Denise Roche 2,903 8.76 -4.66 7,797 22.79 +7.33
NZ First Allen Davies 412 1.24 +1.24 1,403 4.10 +1.81
Conservative Stephen Greenfield 238 0.72 +0.72 280 0.82 +0.82
ACT David Seymour 149 0.45 -1.25 404 1.18 -2.95
Human Rights Anthony van den Heuval 68 0.21 +0.01
Māori   562 1.64 +0.71
Mana   237 0.69 +0.69
Democrats   202 0.59 +0.56
Legalise Cannabis   146 0.43 +0.14
United Future   75 0.22 -0.46
Libertarianz   53 0.15 +0.08
Alliance   10 0.03 -0.002
Informal votes 352 164
Total Valid votes 33,129 34,206
National hold Majority 717 2.16 -2.21

2014 election
2014 general election: Auckland Central[3]
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Y Nikki Kaye 12,494 45.84 +0.44 12,652 44.93 +2.70
Labour Jacinda Ardern 11,894 43.63 +0.41 6,101 21.67 -3.44
Green Denise Roche 2,080 7.63 -1.13 6,242 22.17 -0.63
Internet Miriam Pierard 270 0.99 +0.99
Conservative Regan Monahan 258 0.95 +0.23 486 1.73 +0.91
ACT Dasha Kovalenko 193 0.71 +0.26 329 1.17 -0.01
Climate Peter Whitmore 50 0.18 +0.18
Money Free Jordan Osmaston 19 0.07 +0.07
NZ First   1,459 5.18 +1.08
Internet Mana   553 1.96 +1.27[lower-alpha 1]
Māori   158 0.56 -1.08
Legalise Cannabis   85 0.30 -0.12
United Future   53 0.19 -0.03
Civilian   17 0.06 +0.06
Ban 1080   10 0.04 +0.04
Independent Coalition   7 0.02 +0.02
Democrats   3 0.01 -0.58
Focus   2 0.01 +0.01
Informal votes 195 99
Total Valid votes 27,453 28,256
Turnout 28,040 76.76[4] +1.47
National hold Majority 600 2.20 +0.04

2017 by-election

The following table shows the final results:[5]

2017 Mount Albert by-election

Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list prior to the by-election.
Yellow background denotes the winner of the by-election, who was a list MP prior to the by-election.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacinda Ardern 10,495 76.89
Green Julie Anne Genter 1,564 11.45
Opportunities Geoff Simmons 623 4.56
People's Party Vin Tomar 218 1.59
Socialist Aotearoa Joe Carolan 189 1.38
Independent Penny Bright 139 1.01
Legalise Cannabis Abe Gray 97 0.71
Independent Adam Amos 81 0.59
Independent Dale Arthur 54 0.39
Human Rights Anthony Van den Heuvel 34 0.24
Independent Peter Wakeman 30 0.21
Not A Party Simon Smythe 19 0.13
Communist League Patrick Brown 16 0.11
Informal votes 90 0.65
Total Valid votes 13,649 30.00
Labour hold Majority 8,931 65.43

2017 election
2017 general election: Mount Albert[6]
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Y Jacinda Ardern 24,416 63.91 +5.74 16,742 43.19 +13.88
National Melissa Lee 9,152 23.95 −4.66 13,112 33.82 −5.56
Green Julie Anne Genter 2,438 6.38 −2.36 5,657 14.59 −7.09
Opportunities Dan Thurston 924 2.41 - 1,144 2.95 —
NZ First Andrew Littlejohn 724 1.89 — 1,329 3.42 −0.68
Conservative Jeff Johnson 117 0.30 −1.16 65 0.16 −1.79
Independent Bruce Stockman 66 0.17 —
Independent Anthony Van den Heuvel 28 0.07 −0.14
ACT   229 0.59 −0.47
Māori   175 0.45 −0.03
Legalise Cannabis   63 0.16 −0.09
People's Party   31 0.07 —
United Future   22 0.05 −0.10
Outdoors   17 0.04 —
Internet   12 0.04 —
Mana   8 0.02 —
Ban 1080   6 0.01 −0.02
Democrats   2 0.01 −0.01
Informal votes 334 146
Total Valid votes 38,199 38,760
Turnout 38,760
Labour hold Majority 15,264 39.96 +10.40

Notes
  1. 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.

References
  1. "Official Count Results – Waikato". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  2. 2011 election results
  3. "Official Count Results – Auckland Central". Electoral Commission. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. "2014 General Election Voter Turnout Statistics – Auckland Central". Electoral Commission. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  5. "Mt Albert - Preliminary Count". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  6. "Official Count Results (2017) – Mount Albert". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017.
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