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title: "Rangitīkei electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Suze Redmayne (National) won Rangitīkei by 9,785 votes. Rangitīkei's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Rangitīkei is a general electorate covering 7,634 km², with about 88,848 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Manawatū-Whanganui region."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/rangitikei/
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[Electorates](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/)

# Rangitīkei electorate

At the 2023 election, Suze Redmayne (National) won Rangitīkei by 9,785 votes. Rangitīkei's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Rangitīkei is a general electorate covering 7,634 km², with about 88,848 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Manawatū-Whanganui region.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

7,634 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

88,848

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

81.8%

41,211 votes from 50,380 enrolled

## 2026 result

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

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

## 2023 result

**Suze Redmayne** (National) won by 9,785 votes, ahead of Zulfiqar Butt (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 | 41.2% |
| __Labour | 21.8% |
| __ACT | 13.7% |
| __NZ First | 9.1% |
| __Greens | 7.4% |
| __Opportunity | 1.5% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 1.4% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the region Rangitīkei 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Manawatū-Whanganui | 112,309 | +0.9% | September 2026 |

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

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

At the 2023 election, Suze Redmayne (National) won Rangitīkei by 9,785 votes. Rangitīkei's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Rangitīkei electorate?

Rangitīkei is a general electorate covering 7,634 km², with about 88,848 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Manawatū-Whanganui region.
What was the turnout in Rangitīkei?

In 2023, 41,211 of 50,380 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 81.8%.

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.