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title: "Dunedin electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Rachel Brooking (Labour) won Dunedin by 7,980 votes. Dunedin's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Dunedin is a general electorate covering 704 km², with about 73,891 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Otago region."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/dunedin/
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# Dunedin electorate

At the 2023 election, Rachel Brooking (Labour) won Dunedin by 7,980 votes. Dunedin's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Dunedin is a general electorate covering 704 km², with about 73,891 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Otago region.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

704 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

73,891

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

80.9%

42,723 votes from 52,791 enrolled

## 2026 result

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

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

## 2023 result

**Rachel Brooking** (Labour) won by 7,980 votes, ahead of Michael Woodhouse (National). This is the result for the electorate of the same name on the previous boundaries, which changed in 2025.

| Party | 2023 party vote |
| --- | --- |
| __Labour | 31.0% |
| __Greens | 26.9% |
| __National | 22.7% |
| __ACT | 5.8% |
| __NZ First | 5.6% |
| __Opportunity | 4.3% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 1.4% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the region Dunedin 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Otago | 120,520 | +2.2% | September 2026 |

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

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

At the 2023 election, Rachel Brooking (Labour) won Dunedin by 7,980 votes. Dunedin's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Dunedin electorate?

Dunedin is a general electorate covering 704 km², with about 73,891 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Otago region.
What was the turnout in Dunedin?

In 2023, 42,723 of 52,791 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 80.9%.

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.