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title: "Tauranga electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Sam Uffindell (National) won Tauranga by 9,370 votes. Tauranga's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Tauranga is a general electorate covering 469 km², with about 82,877 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Bay of Plenty region."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/tauranga/
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# Tauranga electorate

At the 2023 election, Sam Uffindell (National) won Tauranga by 9,370 votes. Tauranga's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Tauranga is a general electorate covering 469 km², with about 82,877 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Bay of Plenty region.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

469 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

82,877

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

80.2%

42,060 votes from 52,429 enrolled

## 2026 result

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

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

## 2023 result

**Sam Uffindell** (National) won by 9,370 votes, ahead of Jan Tinetti (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 | 46.1% |
| __Labour | 18.3% |
| __ACT | 10.7% |
| __Greens | 9.0% |
| __NZ First | 8.9% |
| __Opportunity | 2.2% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 1.1% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the region Tauranga 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 Tauranga?

At the 2023 election, Sam Uffindell (National) won Tauranga by 9,370 votes. Tauranga's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Tauranga electorate?

Tauranga is a general electorate covering 469 km², with about 82,877 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Bay of Plenty region.
What was the turnout in Tauranga?

In 2023, 42,060 of 52,429 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 80.2%.

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.