On election day he received a total 2065 votes from Havelock North voting places. His main opponent, Labour's Anna Lorck, received 1224.
It was a clean sweep for him at advance voting places with a total 3324 people casting their votes for him at the two sites - including 110 votes cast at the Mary Doyle retirement village, where an elderly woman died as a result of complications from contracting campylobactor.
Yesterday Mr Yule said he had worried that his chances in the strong National suburb would be impacted if residents decided "en masse" not to vote for him, or to vote for his opponent.
However, his campaign had "no special focus" on Havelock North, as they had door knocked the suburb early to gauge its mood, and found the majority of affected residents appeared to have "moved on in their own lives".
"There were some people that are still angry, that suffered long-term impacts from the campylobactor, or have had a family member very sick...we counted about three of those that were very upset."
He did not think the results sent a message about voters feelings for his role in the gastro crisis.
"I'm just absolutely thrilled and very grateful that people have stuck with me despite that. What I have to do in the next three years, even for those people who have not supported me is win their confidence and work hard for them."
His Labour opponent Ms Lorck received a total 2944 votes from the suburb. She was unavailable for comment yesterday.
A gastro victim, who did not want his name used, said he was "gutted" Mr Yule had been elected.
He said there were a group who had changed their vote to Ms Lorck to show their feelings on the water contamination.
Over in the Napier electorate, this data shows strong National hubs in the once Labour-stronghold where the most popular advance, and election day voting places were the Marewa shopping centre, in the Napier CBD, and the Taradale Town Hall.
Re-elected Labour MP Stuart Nash had a steady majority over the other candidates in most areas, with a large margin from booths in Marewa, Tamatea, and at Napier Intermediate School.
However it was a clean sweep for National and its candidate David Elliott in Ahuriri, Bayview, Greenmeadows, and Taradale - where the party vote margins stretched from a couple of hundred votes, to a thousand.
Votes were far more spread out across the Ikaroa Rawhiti electorate - which extends along the East Coast to Wellington.
Although former Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox won nearly all booths in her hometown of Masterton, re-elected Labour MP Meka Whaitiri maintained a steady lead in most other booths, making a clean sweep of many in the Hawke's Bay area.
The target for the release the official results is 2pm Saturday, October 7.