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title: "Waikato electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Tim van de Molen (National) won Waikato by 18,046 votes. Waikato's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Waikato is a general electorate covering 3,492 km², with about 90,973 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Waikato region."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/waikato/
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# Waikato electorate

At the 2023 election, Tim van de Molen (National) won Waikato by 18,046 votes. Waikato's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Waikato is a general electorate covering 3,492 km², with about 90,973 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Waikato region.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

3,492 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

90,973

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

77.7%

40,796 votes from 52,527 enrolled

## 2026 result

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

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

## 2023 result

**Tim van de Molen** (National) won by 18,046 votes, ahead of Jamie Toko (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 | 50.4% |
| __Labour | 17.6% |
| __ACT | 12.3% |
| __NZ First | 7.7% |
| __Greens | 5.5% |
| __Opportunity | 1.7% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 1.0% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the region Waikato 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 Waikato?

At the 2023 election, Tim van de Molen (National) won Waikato by 18,046 votes. Waikato's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Waikato electorate?

Waikato is a general electorate covering 3,492 km², with about 90,973 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Waikato region.
What was the turnout in Waikato?

In 2023, 40,796 of 52,527 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 77.7%.

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.