Electoral history of Christopher Luxon

Luxon in 2022

This is a summary of the electoral history of Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (2023–present), 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

2023 election

2023 general election: Botany[3]
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 Green tickY Christopher Luxon 24,769 66.57 +14.11 22,239 58.74 +21.69
Labour Kharag Singh 8,432 22.66 -18.77 7,708 22.27 -25.21
ACT Bo Burns 1,959 5.26 +1.85 2,788 7.36 +0.56
NZ Loyal John Armstrong 624 1.67 — 280 0.73 —
Animal Justice Robert McNeil 428 1.15 — 98 0.25 –
New Conservative Dieuwe de Boer 300 0.80 -0.92 86 0.22 -1.44
Green   2,212 5.84 +2.56
NZ First   1,136 3.00 +1.57
Opportunities   439 1.15 +0.33
Te Pāti Māori   188 0.49 +0.30
NewZeal   156 0.41 +0.18
Freedoms NZ   127 0.33 –
Legalise Cannabis   106 0.28 +0.08
New Nation   37 0.09 –
DemocracyNZ   29 0.07 –
Women's Rights   27 0.07 –
Leighton Baker Party   12 0.03 –
Informal votes 692 189
Total valid votes 37,204 37,857
National hold Majority 16,337 43.91 +33.38

Leadership elections

Luxon was elected leader of the National Party unopposed on 30 November 2021 after Simon Bridges withdrew from the race and endorsed him.[4]

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. ^ "Botany - Official Result". www.electionresults.govt.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Live: Chris Luxon to lead the National Party". Stuff.co.nz. 30 November 2021.