East Coast (New Zealand electorate)

East Coast is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives.

East Coast
New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of East Coast within Bay of Plenty and Gisborne
Area	Bay of Plenty and Gisborne
Settlements	Gisborne, Whakatāne
Current
Current MP	Kiri Allan
Party	Labour

Election results

2020 general election: East Coast
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
		Kiri Allan		21,420	51.70	+18.19	21,412	50.40	+13.78
		Tania Tapsell		15,089	36.42	−9.76	11,452	26.96	−17.07
		Meredith Akuhata-Brown		2,091	5.05	−2.08	2,351	5.53	+0.95
	ACT	Blake Webb		1,345	3.25	–	3,305	7.78	+7.51
	Advance NZ	Jennie Brown		832	2.01	–	734	1.73	–
		Helena Nickerson		380	0.92	–	463	1.09	+0.92
		Veronica King		274	0.66	–	217	0.51	–
							1,462	3.44	−6.45
							387	0.91	−1.43
							320	0.75	±0.00
	Legalise Cannabis						183	0.43	+0.11
							109	0.26	–
							55	0.13	+0.03
	Social Credit						13	0.03	+0.02
	Sustainable NZ						9	0.02	–
							6	0.01	–
							5	0.01	–
Informal votes				838			288
Total Valid votes				41,431			42,483
Turnout				42,771	81.53	+2.11
	gain from		Majority	6,331	15.28	+2.61