Just after 10pm last night, with about 90 per cent of the votes counted new National MP for Tukituki Lawrence Yule called his win over Labour candidate Anna Lorck.
"I didn't necessarily know I'd be doing this when I came tonight although a lot of people told me I would," he said.
"This is a huge result for us and all of you."
Mr Yule said he thought he would have lost about 1000 votes due to the Havelock North water crisis but knew he still had a lot of support from his years as mayor.
However, he did not expect his results to be so high and was also pleased with the support for his party.