Port Waikato (New Zealand electorate)

Port Waikato is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives.

Port Waikato
General electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Member(s)
MP	Andrew Bayly
Party	National
Geography
Region(s)	Auckland Waikato
History
Created	1996 2020
Abolished	2008

2023 by-election

The following table shows the preliminary results of the by-election.

2023 Port Waikato by-election
Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list prior to the by-election. Yellow background denotes the winner of the by-election, who was a list MP prior to the by-election. A Y or denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Y Andrew Bayly	14,023	76.55	+37.81
		Casey Costello	2,778	15.17	—
		Alfred Ngaro	402	2.19	+1.75
	Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand	Anna Rippon	287	1.57	—
		Kim Turner	228	1.24	—
	DemocracyNZ	Scotty Bright	217	1.18	—
		Jill Ovens	181	0.99	—
	Independent	Gordon Dickson	86	0.47	—
		Vijay Sudhamalla	45	0.25	—
Informal votes			71	0.39	-1.28
	hold	Majority	11,245	61.39	+50.71

2023 election

The electorate vote was cancelled due to the death of ACT candidate Neil Christensen. Only the party vote is shown below, with candidates as originally nominated at the close of nominations.

2023 general election: Port Waikato
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	%	±%
		Andrew Bayly		—	—	—	21,277	49.88	+13.71
		Gwendoline Keel		—	—	—	7,918	18.56	-21.56
	ACT	Neil Christensen		—	—	—	5,107	11.97	+1.33
		Casey Costello		—	—	—	3,146	7.38	+4.46
		Karla Buchanan		—	—	—	2,486	5.83	+2.50
		Kim Turner		—	—	—	552	1.29	—
							508	1.19	+0.27
							381	0.89	+0.57
	DemocracyNZ	Scotty Bright		—	—	—	232	0.54	—
							229	0.54	+0.21
	Legalise Cannabis						177	0.41	+0.05
	Freedoms New Zealand						150	0.35	+0.18
	Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand	Anna Rippon		—	—	—	94	0.22	—
							66	0.15	-1.53
							29	0.07	—
	Leighton Baker Party						25	0.06	—
							22	0.05	—
		Vijay Sudhamalla		—	—	—
Informal votes				—			258
Total Valid votes				—			42,657