Napier electorate
At the 2023 election, Katie Nimon (National) won Napier by 8,870 votes. Napier's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Napier is a general electorate covering 10,320 km², with about 84,488 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Hawke’s Bay region.
Land area
10,320 km²
2025 boundaries
Residents
84,488
Stats NZ estimate, June 2025
2023 turnout
80.6%
40,715 votes from 50,496 enrolled
2026 result
Results appear here from 7pm on election night, Saturday 7 November 2026.
2023 result
Katie Nimon (National) won by 8,870 votes, ahead of Mark Hutchinson (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 | 41.0% |
| Labour | 26.6% |
| ACT | 11.1% |
| Greens | 8.6% |
| NZ First | 6.9% |
| Opportunity | 1.5% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0.9% |
Local jobs
Filled jobs in the region Napier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawke’s Bay | 78,014 | +0.9% | September 2026 |
Questions people ask
Who is the MP for Napier?
At the 2023 election, Katie Nimon (National) won Napier by 8,870 votes. Napier's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Napier electorate?
Napier is a general electorate covering 10,320 km², with about 84,488 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Hawke’s Bay region.
What was the turnout in Napier?
In 2023, 40,715 of 50,496 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 80.6%.
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.