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title: "Southland electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Joseph Mooney (National) won Southland by 17,211 votes. Southland's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Southland is a general electorate covering 30,906 km², with about 79,168 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Southland and Otago regions."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/southland/
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# Southland electorate

At the 2023 election, Joseph Mooney (National) won Southland by 17,211 votes. Southland's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Southland is a general electorate covering 30,906 km², with about 79,168 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Southland and Otago regions.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

30,906 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

79,168

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

78.1%

38,065 votes from 48,743 enrolled

## 2026 result

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

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

## 2023 result

**Joseph Mooney** (National) won by 17,211 votes, ahead of Simon McCallum (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 | 48.4% |
| __Labour | 16.5% |
| __ACT | 13.6% |
| __Greens | 8.8% |
| __NZ First | 5.7% |
| __Opportunity | 2.0% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 0.5% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the regions Southland 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Southland | 49,716 | +2.4% | September 2026 |
| Otago | 120,520 | +2.2% | September 2026 |

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

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

At the 2023 election, Joseph Mooney (National) won Southland by 17,211 votes. Southland's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Southland electorate?

Southland is a general electorate covering 30,906 km², with about 79,168 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Southland and Otago regions.
What was the turnout in Southland?

In 2023, 38,065 of 48,743 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 78.1%.

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.