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title: "Port Waikato electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Andrew Bayly (National) won Port Waikato. Port Waikato's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Port Waikato is a general electorate covering 2,179 km², with about 88,300 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Auckland and Waikato regions."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/port-waikato/
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# Port Waikato electorate

At the 2023 election, Andrew Bayly (National) won Port Waikato. Port Waikato's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Port Waikato is a general electorate covering 2,179 km², with about 88,300 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Auckland and Waikato regions.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

2,179 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

88,300

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

81.1%

42,537 votes from 52,482 enrolled

## 2026 result

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

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

## 2023 result

**Andrew Bayly** (National) won. This is the result for the electorate of the same name on the previous boundaries, which changed in 2025.

| Party | 2023 party vote |
| --- | --- |
| __National | 49.0% |
| __Labour | 18.7% |
| __ACT | 12.1% |
| __NZ First | 7.3% |
| __Greens | 5.9% |
| __Opportunity | 1.2% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 0.9% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the regions Port Waikato 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Auckland | 797,877 | +0.9% | September 2026 |
| 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 Port Waikato?

At the 2023 election, Andrew Bayly (National) won Port Waikato. Port Waikato's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Port Waikato electorate?

Port Waikato is a general electorate covering 2,179 km², with about 88,300 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Auckland and Waikato regions.
What was the turnout in Port Waikato?

In 2023, 42,537 of 52,482 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 81.1%.

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.