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title: "Wairarapa electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Mike Butterick (National) won Wairarapa by 2,816 votes. Wairarapa's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Wairarapa is a general electorate covering 11,908 km², with about 85,335 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Wellington region."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/wairarapa/
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[Electorates](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/)

# Wairarapa electorate

At the 2023 election, Mike Butterick (National) won Wairarapa by 2,816 votes. Wairarapa's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Wairarapa is a general electorate covering 11,908 km², with about 85,335 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Wellington region.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

11,908 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

85,335

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

82.0%

44,644 votes from 54,434 enrolled

## 2026 result

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

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

## 2023 result

**Mike Butterick** (National) won by 2,816 votes, ahead of Kieran McAnulty (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 | 38.9% |
| __Labour | 27.4% |
| __ACT | 10.6% |
| __Greens | 8.2% |
| __NZ First | 8.2% |
| __Opportunity | 1.6% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 1.0% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the region Wairarapa 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wellington | 253,211 | +0.2% | September 2026 |

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

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

At the 2023 election, Mike Butterick (National) won Wairarapa by 2,816 votes. Wairarapa's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Wairarapa electorate?

Wairarapa is a general electorate covering 11,908 km², with about 85,335 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Wellington region.
What was the turnout in Wairarapa?

In 2023, 44,644 of 54,434 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 82.0%.

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.