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title: "Taupō electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Louise Upston (National) won Taupō by 16,505 votes. Taupō's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Taupō is a general electorate covering 8,032 km², with about 92,812 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Waikato region."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/taupo/
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# Taupō electorate

At the 2023 election, Louise Upston (National) won Taupō by 16,505 votes. Taupō's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Taupō is a general electorate covering 8,032 km², with about 92,812 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Waikato region.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

8,032 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

92,812

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

80.5%

43,917 votes from 54,556 enrolled

## 2026 result

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

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

## 2023 result

**Louise Upston** (National) won by 16,505 votes, ahead of Aladdin Al-Bustanji (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 | 45.5% |
| __Labour | 22.1% |
| __ACT | 11.3% |
| __NZ First | 8.0% |
| __Greens | 6.3% |
| __Opportunity | 1.5% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 1.3% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the region Taupō 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 Taupō?

At the 2023 election, Louise Upston (National) won Taupō by 16,505 votes. Taupō's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Taupō electorate?

Taupō is a general electorate covering 8,032 km², with about 92,812 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Waikato region.
What was the turnout in Taupō?

In 2023, 43,917 of 54,556 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 80.5%.

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.