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title: "Invercargill electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Penny Simmonds (National) won Invercargill by 9,874 votes. Invercargill's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Invercargill is a general electorate covering 11,385 km², with about 77,275 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Southland region."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/invercargill/
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# Invercargill electorate

At the 2023 election, Penny Simmonds (National) won Invercargill by 9,874 votes. Invercargill's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Invercargill is a general electorate covering 11,385 km², with about 77,275 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Southland region.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

11,385 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

77,275

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

77.4%

37,674 votes from 48,667 enrolled

## 2026 result

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

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

## 2023 result

**Penny Simmonds** (National) won by 9,874 votes, ahead of Liz Craig (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 | 42.9% |
| __Labour | 25.6% |
| __ACT | 10.6% |
| __NZ First | 7.4% |
| __Greens | 6.2% |
| __Opportunity | 1.3% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 0.7% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the region Invercargill 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Southland | 49,716 | +2.4% | September 2026 |

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

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

At the 2023 election, Penny Simmonds (National) won Invercargill by 9,874 votes. Invercargill's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Invercargill electorate?

Invercargill is a general electorate covering 11,385 km², with about 77,275 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Southland region.
What was the turnout in Invercargill?

In 2023, 37,674 of 48,667 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 77.4%.

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.