This is a summary of the electoral history of Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (2023–present), Leader of the National Party (2021–present), and Member of Parliament for Botany (2020–present).
Parliamentary elections
edit2020 election
edit2020 general election: Botany[1] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Christopher Luxon | 19,017 | 52.46 | –9.17 | 13,970 | 37.05 | −23.78 | ||
Labour | Naisi Chen | 15,018 | 41.43 | +16.81 | 17,900 | 47.48 | +18.30 | ||
ACT | Damien Smith | 1,236 | 3.41 | +2.46 | 2,563 | 6.80 | +6.20 | ||
New Conservative | Dieuwe De Boer | 624 | 1.72 | — | 624 | 1.66 | +1.40 | ||
Sustainable NZ | Peter Fleming | 358 | 0.99 | — | 26 | 0.07 | – | ||
Green | 1,236 | 3.28 | +0.89 | ||||||
NZ First | 541 | 1.43 | −3.14 | ||||||
Opportunities | 237 | 0.63 | −0.19 | ||||||
Advance NZ | 159 | 0.42 | – | ||||||
TEA | 152 | 0.40 | – | ||||||
ONE | 85 | 0.23 | – | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 76 | 0.20 | +0.05 | ||||||
Māori Party | 70 | 0.19 | −0.37 | ||||||
Vision NZ | 40 | 0.11 | – | ||||||
Outdoors | 15 | 0.04 | ±0.00 | ||||||
Heartland | 5 | 0.01 | – | ||||||
Social Credit | 4 | 0.01 | ±0.00 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,264 | 261 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 36,253 | 37,703 | |||||||
Turnout | 37,964 | 73.83[2] | +1.20 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 3,999 | 10.53 | −26.48 |
2023 election
edit2023 general election: Botany[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Christopher Luxon | 24,769 | 66.57 | +14.11 | 22,239 | 58.74 | +21.69 | ||
Labour | Kharag Singh | 8,432 | 22.66 | -18.77 | 7,708 | 22.27 | -25.21 | ||
ACT | Bo Burns | 1,959 | 5.26 | +1.85 | 2,788 | 7.36 | +0.56 | ||
NZ Loyal | John Armstrong | 624 | 1.67 | — | 280 | 0.73 | — | ||
Animal Justice | Robert McNeil | 428 | 1.15 | — | 98 | 0.25 | – | ||
New Conservative | Dieuwe de Boer | 300 | 0.80 | -0.92 | 86 | 0.22 | -1.44 | ||
Green | 2,212 | 5.84 | +2.56 | ||||||
NZ First | 1,136 | 3.00 | +1.57 | ||||||
Opportunities | 439 | 1.15 | +0.33 | ||||||
Te Pāti Māori | 188 | 0.49 | +0.30 | ||||||
NewZeal | 156 | 0.41 | +0.18 | ||||||
Freedoms NZ | 127 | 0.33 | – | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 106 | 0.28 | +0.08 | ||||||
New Nation | 37 | 0.09 | – | ||||||
DemocracyNZ | 29 | 0.07 | – | ||||||
Women's Rights | 27 | 0.07 | – | ||||||
Leighton Baker Party | 12 | 0.03 | – | ||||||
Informal votes | 692 | 189 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 37,204 | 37,857 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 16,337 | 43.91 | +33.38 |
Leadership elections
editLuxon was elected leader of the National Party unopposed on 30 November 2021 after Simon Bridges withdrew from the race and endorsed him.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Botany - Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate (2020)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Botany - Official Result". www.electionresults.govt.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "Live: Chris Luxon to lead the National Party". Stuff.co.nz. 30 November 2021.