Nelson (New Zealand electorate)

Nelson
Nelson
Single-member constituency; New Zealand House of Representatives
	Location of Nelson within Nelson and Tasman
Area	Nelson and Tasman
Current constituency
Created	1853
Current MP	Rachel Boyack
Party	Labour
List MPs	Nick Smith (National); Chris Baillie (ACT)

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.

Election results

2020 general election: Nelson[1]
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 N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Boyack		21,376	48.09	+17.82	23,943	53.64	+12.08
	National	N Nick Smith		16,851	37.91	-2.78	9,185	20.57	-18.74
	Green	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
	Opportunities	Matthew Pottinger		751	1.68	—	775	1.73	-1.54
	Outdoors	Sue Grey		679	1.52	+0.73	173	0.38	+0.24
	Advance NZ	Ben Harris		393	0.88	—	480	1.07	—
	New Conservative	Simon Gutschlag		317	0.71	+0.11	690	1.54	+1.03
	ONE	Deon Claassens		111	0.24	—	180	0.40	—
	Progressive Aotearoa	Bruce Dyer		50	0.11	—
	NZ First						841	1.88	-4.63
	Legalise Cannabis						144	0.32	+0.08
	Vision NZ						130	0.29	—
	Māori Party						90	0.20	-0.02
	Social Credit						33	0.07	+0.03
	Sustainable NZ						17	0.03	—
	TEA						9	0.02	—
	Heartland						2	0.01	—
Informal votes				554			276
Total Valid votes				44,448			44,635
Turnout				44,635
	Labour gain from National		Majority	4,525	10.18	-0.23

"Nelson - Official Result". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

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