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The imminent publication of special votes for the general elections weighs on the shoulders of the deputies to the limit.
Dr. Shane Reti. Source: Getty
The result, to be released on November 6, represents roughly 17 percent of the overall vote.
It could cause some MPs to lose the seat they won on Election Day and could also affect the outcome of the party’s vote.
Shane Reti’s Whangārei seat of National falters with just 164 votes between him and Emily Henderson of Labor. If Dr. Reti lost the seat, Maureen Pugh would leave Parliament, while he would be forced to be included in National’s list.
Waiariki’s seat has 415 votes between Rawiri Waititi, the sole representative of the Maori Party, and Labor Tamati Coffey, who has yet to concede the loss of the seat and is awaiting special votes.
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Votes are still being counted in the Waiariki electorate, where Labor MP Tāmati Coffey is trailing by minimal margins. Source: 1 NEWS
Another hotly contested seat, Auckland Central, remains close by, with Chlöe Swarbrick of the Green Party just 492 votes ahead of Helen White of the Labor Party. If Swarbrick retains the command post following the release of official election results, it would be the first time since 1999 that the Greens have won a seat in the electorate.
Denise Lee has 580 votes ahead of Labor’s Priyanca Radhakrishnan for Maungakiekie; if Lee loses the seat, it would mean he would be out of Parliament as he ranks 34th on National’s list.
Invercargill, a seat held by National since 2005, brings new national candidate Penny Simmonds to Parliament, but only holds the seat by 685 votes ahead of Liz Craig of Labor.
Northland, the seat that NZ First and Shane Jones unsuccessfully put up as a lifeline, saw National’s Matt King come out 729 votes ahead of Labor’s Willow-Jean Prime. It was the fourth time Prime has contested the seat in a general or by-election.
If King lost the seat, he too would be out of Parliament.
“I really don’t have a safe margin, so I’m waiting,” he told the media today.
“I have been told that something over 400 votes is safe, however, this was a loss, and if it goes well in the red wave, possibly I will be out of place.”
He thought his odds were 60-40 in his favor.
Anna Lorck’s Labor victory in Tukituki by 772 votes caused former Hastings mayor Lawrence Yule to lose his seat and his place in Parliament, ranked 33rd on National’s list.
In 2017, special votes drew Angie Warren-Clark from Labor and Golriz Ghahraman from the Green Party, and ousted Nicola Willis and Maureen Pugh from National (both who came to Parliament later to replace retired MPs).
