Electoral history of Christopher Luxon

This is a summary of the electoral history of Christopher Luxon, Leader of the National Party (2021–present), and Member of Parliament for Botany (2020–present).

Parliamentary elections

2020 election
2020 general election: Botany[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

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

Leadership elections

Luxon was elected leader of the Labour Party unopposed on 30 November 2021 after Simon Bridges withdrew from the race and endorsed him.[3]

References
  1. "Botany - Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  2. "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate (2020)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. "Live: Chris Luxon to lead the National Party". Stuff.co.nz. 30 November 2021.
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