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title: "Nelson electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Rachel Boyack (Labour) won Nelson by 26 votes. Nelson's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Nelson is a general electorate covering 526 km², with about 74,862 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Nelson and Tasman regions."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/nelson/
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# Nelson electorate

At the 2023 election, Rachel Boyack (Labour) won Nelson by 26 votes. Nelson's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Nelson is a general electorate covering 526 km², with about 74,862 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Nelson and Tasman regions.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

526 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

74,862

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

81.0%

42,963 votes from 53,054 enrolled

## 2026 result

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

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

## 2023 result

**Rachel Boyack** (Labour) won by 26 votes, ahead of Blair Cameron (National). This is the result for the electorate of the same name on the previous boundaries, which changed in 2025.

| Party | 2023 party vote |
| --- | --- |
| __National | 32.5% |
| __Labour | 29.3% |
| __Greens | 14.4% |
| __ACT | 10.4% |
| __NZ First | 6.1% |
| __Opportunity | 2.5% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 0.8% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the regions Nelson 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nelson | 20,054 | −0.3% | September 2026 |
| Tasman | 25,196 | +0.8% | September 2026 |

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

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

At the 2023 election, Rachel Boyack (Labour) won Nelson by 26 votes. Nelson's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Nelson electorate?

Nelson is a general electorate covering 526 km², with about 74,862 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Nelson and Tasman regions.
What was the turnout in Nelson?

In 2023, 42,963 of 53,054 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 81.0%.

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.