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title: "Coromandel electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Scott Simpson (National) won Coromandel by 17,014 votes. Coromandel's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Coromandel is a general electorate covering 4,271 km², with about 81,239 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Waikato region."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/coromandel/
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# Coromandel electorate

At the 2023 election, Scott Simpson (National) won Coromandel by 17,014 votes. Coromandel's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Coromandel is a general electorate covering 4,271 km², with about 81,239 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Waikato region.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

4,271 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

81,239

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

82.7%

47,031 votes from 56,842 enrolled

## 2026 result

Results appear here from 7pm on election night, Saturday 7 November 2026.

[See Coromandel on the electorate map →](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/map/#coromandel) · [Nationwide results →](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/results/)

## 2023 result

**Scott Simpson** (National) won by 17,014 votes, ahead of Beryl Riley (Labour). This is the result for the electorate of the same name on the previous boundaries, which changed in 2025.

| Party | 2023 party vote |
| --- | --- |
| __National | 43.1% |
| __Labour | 19.7% |
| __ACT | 11.9% |
| __NZ First | 10.4% |
| __Greens | 7.8% |
| __Opportunity | 1.1% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 0.8% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the region Coromandel mostly sits in, from Stats NZ’s monthly employment indicators. The figures are for the whole region, not just this electorate.

| Region | Filled jobs | vs a year earlier | Month |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Waikato | 230,104 | +1.7% | September 2026 |

[National jobs and wages dashboard →](https://alliance.org.nz/data/jobs-and-wages/)

## Questions people ask
Who is the MP for Coromandel?

At the 2023 election, Scott Simpson (National) won Coromandel by 17,014 votes. Coromandel's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Coromandel electorate?

Coromandel is a general electorate covering 4,271 km², with about 81,239 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Waikato region.
What was the turnout in Coromandel?

In 2023, 47,031 of 56,842 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 82.7%.

Sources: boundaries and land area from the Representation Commission’s 2025 review via Stats NZ; residents from Stats NZ’s population grid at 30 June 2025; 2023 results and turnout from the Electoral Commission; 2026 results from the Electoral Commission’s preliminary and official results; filled jobs from Stats NZ Monthly Employment Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Purely informational and not endorsed by any party.