Nelson (New Zealand electorate)

Nelson is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was created in 1853 and is the only electorate in New Zealand to have been contested at every election.

Nelson
for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of Nelson within Nelson and Tasman
Region	Nelson and Tasman
Current
Created	1853
Current MP	Rachel Boyack
Party	Labour
List MPs	Nick Smith (National) Chris Baillie (ACT)

Election results

2020 general election: Nelson
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	%	±%
		Rachel Boyack		21,376	48.09	+17.82	23,943	53.64	+12.08
		Nick Smith		16,851	37.91	-2.78	9,185	20.57	-18.74
		Aaron Stallard		2,046	4.60	-19.10	4,028	9.02	+1.51
	ACT	Chris Baillie		1,320	2.96	+2.59	3,639	8.15	+7.82
		Matthew Pottinger		751	1.68	—	775	1.73	-1.54
		Sue Grey		679	1.52	+0.73	173	0.38	+0.24
	Advance NZ	Ben Harris		393	0.88	—	480	1.07	—
		Simon Gutschlag		317	0.71	+0.11	690	1.54	+1.03
		Deon Claassens		111	0.24	—	180	0.40	—
	Progressive Aotearoa	Bruce Dyer		50	0.11	—
							841	1.88	-4.63
	Legalise Cannabis						144	0.32	+0.08
							130	0.29	—
							90	0.20	-0.02
	Social Credit						33	0.07	+0.03
	Sustainable NZ						17	0.03	—
							9	0.02	—
							2	0.01	—
Informal votes				554			276
Total Valid votes				44,448			44,635
Turnout				44,635
	gain from		Majority	4,525	10.18	-0.23