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title: "Whangārei electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Shane Reti (National) won Whangārei by 11,424 votes. Whangārei's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Whangārei is a general electorate covering 1,671 km², with about 94,478 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Northland region."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/whangarei/
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# Whangārei electorate

At the 2023 election, Shane Reti (National) won Whangārei by 11,424 votes. Whangārei's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Whangārei is a general electorate covering 1,671 km², with about 94,478 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Northland region.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

1,671 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

94,478

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

79.9%

43,441 votes from 54,371 enrolled

## 2026 result

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

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

## 2023 result

**Shane Reti** (National) won by 11,424 votes, ahead of Angie Warren-Clark (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 | 37.9% |
| __Labour | 22.4% |
| __NZ First | 13.1% |
| __Greens | 9.4% |
| __ACT | 9.1% |
| __Opportunity | 1.7% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 1.4% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the region Whangārei 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Northland | 71,090 | −2.5% | September 2026 |

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

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

At the 2023 election, Shane Reti (National) won Whangārei by 11,424 votes. Whangārei's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Whangārei electorate?

Whangārei is a general electorate covering 1,671 km², with about 94,478 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Northland region.
What was the turnout in Whangārei?

In 2023, 43,441 of 54,371 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 79.9%.

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.