Electorate results in detail: an explanation

There are two new electorates in this election, the boundaries of several others have changed, and some electorates have been renamed although they cover substantially the areas as in 1999.

Electorates with less than 70 per cent of their 1999 voters are described in our Electorate Results as "REDRAWN ELECTORATE" with no incumbent shown.

An MP whose redrawn electorate still covers at least 70 percent of his/her 1999 electorate, is shown as the incumbent.

The election night count is a preliminary count, since it includes only the votes of those who voted in the electorate on election day and the special votes of those who voted in their electorate before election day. It does not include other special votes - those cast outside the electorate in New Zealand and overseas, and Tangata Whenua votes - since these votes have not yet been received by the appropriate Returning Officer.

Key to the party abbreviations:

ACAP - Anti-Capitalist Alliance Party

ACT - ACT New Zealand

ALCP - Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

ALL - Alliance

ANT - Aroha Ngia Tatou

ANYIPP - Aotearoa NZ Youth Independence Political Party

BEN - Beneficiaries Party

CHP - Christian Heritage Party

CL - Communist League

GP - Green Party

HR - Human Rights Party

IND - Independent

LAB - Labour

LIB - Liberterianz

MAI - MAI

MMM - Mana Maori Movement

NAT - National

NGP - New Generation Party

NIMM - Nga Iwi Morehu Movement

NMP - New Millennium Party

NZEE - NZ Economic Euthenics Party

NZER - NZ Equal Rights Party

NZF - New Zealand First

ONZ - One New Zealand

ORNZ - Outdoor Recreation NZ

PC - Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition

PCPC - PCP Coalition Middlegreens.com

PH - Project Hope

QLPM - Quality of Life Political Movement

RTTW - Reform's Tahi Tangata Whenua Party

UFNZ - United Future Party