Tauranga byelection

Polls have now closed in Tauranga's parliamentary by-election, with 50 percent of the votes in showing National's Sam Uffindell with a commanding lead.

ACT's Cameron Luxton is in third with 1519 votes and all other candidates trail. I'm asking for your support because you deserve a strong local voice to make this happen." Tinetti faced off against Simon Bridges in the 2020 election and returned a closer finish than many expected as part of Labour's country-wide sweep, coming in with 39.2 percent of the vote total to Bridges' 43.5. The by-election is New Zealand's first in four years and was triggered by the resignation of Simon Bridges after nearly 14 years in the role. With 65 percent of the preliminary vote results counted as of 8pm, National's Sam Uffindell leads 8878 votes to Labour's Jan Tinetti's 3754, a margin of 5124 votes. Polls have now closed in Tauranga's parliamentary by-election, with 60 percent of the votes in showing National's Sam Uffindell with a commanding lead.

Update, 7.10pm National Party candidate Sam Uffindell is leading in the Tauranga by-election with 12.5 per cent of the vote counted so far.

The target time for updates is 2pm. The graphs and tables below compare the number of advance votes taken each day in the Tauranga by-election with advance votes taken for the Tauranga electorate on the equivalent day in the 2020 General Election. This table compares the number of advance votes for the Tauranga by-election with the equivalent day in the 2020 General Election. Preliminary results in show that 6215 votes have been counted so far, with Uffindell in the lead with 3769 votes and Labour List MP Jan Tinetti coming second with 1406 votes. Update, 7.10pm: National Party candidate Sam Uffindell is leading in the Tauranga by-election with 12.5 per cent of the vote counted so far. Update, 7.15pm: National Party candidate Sam Uffindell is leading in the Tauranga by-election with 52.5 per cent of the vote counted so far.

With 100 per cent of the preliminary votes counted a little before 9pm National Party candidate Sam Uffindell took out a convincing win over Labour's Jan ...

Jan has proven why she's such a valuable part of our team, and why in the recent reshuffle her responsibilities in education have grown." Labour last won the seat in 1935. Early voting began on June 4 and as of the end of Wednesday about 12,000 people had cast their vote. National has held it since 2005. In a statement. A total of 19,403 preliminary votes were cast. The 2022 candidates who also ran in 2020 are Act's Luxton who received the fourth-highest number of votes with 1739 or a little less than 4 per cent, and independent Lamare who received 63 votes. "A Department of Internal Affairs Report published in April this year confirmed that hate speech from white supremacists on social media is the largest form of hate speech in this country," Wilson said, adding that Tauranga was a hotspot. He previously told the Bay of Plenty Times he wanted to make Tauranga the best city in the country by 2030 and for the city to be New Zealand's technology capital. Uffindell, a 38-year-old father of three, is the head of financial economic crime for Rabobank NZ and has nearly 15 years of experience in banking in New Zealand, Australia and Asia. "I'm just so happy we are maintaining that 2017 vote. "Jan is a huge advocate for the community she lives in and has campaigned on the work we've been doing as a government to support families through the current global financial challenges, as well as our plan for economic recovery as our borders reopen and tourism resumes.