Electoral history of Christopher Luxon
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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[edit]
2020 election[edit]
| 2020 general election: Botany[1] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| 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[edit]
| 2023 general election: Botany[3] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National |  Christopher Luxon
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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 | ||
| New Zealand 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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "Botany - Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate (2020)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Botany - Official Result". www.electionresults.govt.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "Live: Chris Luxon to lead the National Party". Stuff.co.nz. 30 November 2021.
