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title: "Rotorua electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Todd McClay (National) won Rotorua by 8,923 votes. Rotorua's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Rotorua is a general electorate covering 2,912 km², with about 97,464 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Bay of Plenty region."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/rotorua/
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# Rotorua electorate

At the 2023 election, Todd McClay (National) won Rotorua by 8,923 votes. Rotorua's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Rotorua is a general electorate covering 2,912 km², with about 97,464 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Bay of Plenty region.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

2,912 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

97,464

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

77.1%

36,703 votes from 47,615 enrolled

## 2026 result

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

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

## 2023 result

**Todd McClay** (National) won by 8,923 votes, ahead of Ben Sandford (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 | 41.6% |
| __Labour | 24.2% |
| __ACT | 9.6% |
| __Greens | 7.8% |
| __NZ First | 7.7% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 2.3% |
| __Opportunity | 1.7% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the region Rotorua 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bay of Plenty | 146,665 | +1.4% | September 2026 |

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

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

At the 2023 election, Todd McClay (National) won Rotorua by 8,923 votes. Rotorua's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Rotorua electorate?

Rotorua is a general electorate covering 2,912 km², with about 97,464 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Bay of Plenty region.
What was the turnout in Rotorua?

In 2023, 36,703 of 47,615 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 77.1%.

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.