Te Tai Tonga

Te Tai Tonga
Te Tai Tonga
Single-member Māori constituency; New Zealand House of Representatives
	Location of Te Tai Tonga within South Island and the Chatham Islands
Area	South Island and the Chatham Islands
Current constituency
Created	1996
Current MP	Rino Tirikatene
Party	Labour

Te Tai Tonga (lit. 'The South Coast') is a Māori electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was created in 1996.

Election results

2020 general election: Te Tai Tonga[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	Y Rino Tirikatene		14,277	48.88	+4.44	17,543	58.70	+2.90
	Māori Party	Tākuta Ferris		7,422	25.41	+4.44	2,596	8.69	+0.29
	Green	Ariana Paretutanganui-Tamati		3,324	11.38	-13.12	3,448	11.54	+3.42
	Legalise Cannabis	Anituhia McDonald		1,732	5.92	-1.00	631	2.11	+0.95
	Advance NZ	Matiu Thoms		965	3.30	—	635	2.12	—
	New Conservative	Raymond Tuhaka		606	2.07	—	208	0.69	+0.61
	National						1,685	5.64	-6.83
	NZ First						1,030	3.45	-4.35
	ACT						822	2.75	+2.55
	Opportunities						547	1.83	—
	Vision NZ						130	0.43	—
	ONE						98	0.33	—
	Outdoors						58	0.19	+0.14
	Sustainable NZ						15	0.05	—
	Heartland						7	0.02	—
	Social Credit						7	0.02	—
	TEA						5	0.01	—
Informal votes				879			417
Total Valid votes				29,205			29,882
	Labour hold		Majority	6,855	23.47	+3.52

"Te Tai Tonga - Official Result". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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