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title: "West Coast-Tasman electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Maureen Pugh (National) won West Coast-Tasman by 1,017 votes. West Coast-Tasman's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. West Coast-Tasman is a general electorate covering 32,759 km², with about 73,760 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the West Coast and Tasman regions."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/west-coast-tasman/
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[Electorates](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/)

# West Coast-Tasman electorate

At the 2023 election, Maureen Pugh (National) won West Coast-Tasman by 1,017 votes. West Coast-Tasman's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. West Coast-Tasman is a general electorate covering 32,759 km², with about 73,760 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the West Coast and Tasman regions.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

32,759 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

73,760

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

81.1%

42,078 votes from 51,878 enrolled

## 2026 result

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

[See West Coast-Tasman on the electorate map →](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/map/#west-coast-tasman) · [Nationwide results →](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/results/)

## 2023 result

**Maureen Pugh** (National) won by 1,017 votes, ahead of Damien O'Connor (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 | 33.5% |
| __Labour | 23.8% |
| __ACT | 13.1% |
| __Greens | 10.8% |
| __NZ First | 9.9% |
| __Opportunity | 1.9% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 0.7% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the regions West Coast-Tasman 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| West Coast | 15,222 | +0.1% | September 2026 |
| Tasman | 25,196 | +0.8% | September 2026 |

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

## Questions people ask
Who is the MP for West Coast-Tasman?

At the 2023 election, Maureen Pugh (National) won West Coast-Tasman by 1,017 votes. West Coast-Tasman's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the West Coast-Tasman electorate?

West Coast-Tasman is a general electorate covering 32,759 km², with about 73,760 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the West Coast and Tasman regions.
What was the turnout in West Coast-Tasman?

In 2023, 42,078 of 51,878 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 81.1%.

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.