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title: "Waitaki electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Miles Anderson (National) won Waitaki by 12,151 votes. Waitaki's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Waitaki is a general electorate covering 30,781 km², with about 80,467 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Otago and Canterbury regions."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/waitaki/
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# Waitaki electorate

At the 2023 election, Miles Anderson (National) won Waitaki by 12,151 votes. Waitaki's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Waitaki is a general electorate covering 30,781 km², with about 80,467 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Otago and Canterbury regions.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

30,781 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

80,467

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

83.5%

44,507 votes from 53,304 enrolled

## 2026 result

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

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

## 2023 result

**Miles Anderson** (National) won by 12,151 votes, ahead of Ethan Reille (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 | 43.4% |
| __Labour | 21.6% |
| __ACT | 12.3% |
| __Greens | 9.0% |
| __NZ First | 7.0% |
| __Opportunity | 2.0% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 0.4% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the regions Waitaki 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Otago | 120,520 | +2.2% | September 2026 |
| Canterbury | 322,594 | +2.1% | September 2026 |

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

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

At the 2023 election, Miles Anderson (National) won Waitaki by 12,151 votes. Waitaki's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Waitaki electorate?

Waitaki is a general electorate covering 30,781 km², with about 80,467 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Otago and Canterbury regions.
What was the turnout in Waitaki?

In 2023, 44,507 of 53,304 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 83.5%.

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.