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Dunedin North — New Zealand Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Dunedin North was won by Labour Party at the 2017 general election, with a margin of 11,754 votes over National Party in the electorate vote. This page covers every general election in Dunedin North from 1996 to 2017.

New Zealand uses Mixed-Member Proportional (MMP) voting: every voter casts two votes each election. The electorate vote below elects this seat's local MP by simple plurality (the same "winner by margin" model this site uses everywhere) — it does not by itself determine how many seats a party holds in Parliament. The separate party vote, shown further down, is what decides each party's overall share of Parliament, and often goes to a different party than the local electorate vote does.

Electorate Vote — Full History, 1996–2017

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1996 Labour Party Labour Party 17,375 52.3% National Party (7,168) 10,207 (30.7 pts)
1999 Labour Party Labour Party 18,856 60.4% National Party (6,161) 12,695 (40.7 pts)
2002 Labour Party Labour Party 17,573 59.5% National Party (6,936) 10,637 (36.0 pts)
2005 Labour Party Labour Party 17,769 55.1% National Party (10,139) 7,630 (23.7 pts)
2008 Labour Party Labour Party 17,127 52.6% National Party (9,972) 7,155 (22.0 pts)
2011 Labour Party Labour Party 12,976 44.3% National Party (9,487) 3,489 (11.9 pts)
2014 Labour Party Labour Party 16,315 47.4% National Party (10,398) 5,917 (17.2 pts)
2017 Labour Party Labour Party 21,259 57.8% National Party (9,505) 11,754 (31.9 pts)

Party Vote in Dunedin North

The party vote is cast on the same ballot but decides Parliament's overall makeup, not this seat's MP. Shown here for the same years as the electorate vote above, so the two can be compared directly.

ElectionParty Vote WinnerVotesShareSame as electorate vote?
1996 Labour Party 13,449 40.1% Yes
1999 Labour Party 15,052 47.9% Yes
2002 Labour Party 14,866 49.7% Yes
2005 Labour Party 17,915 54.8% Yes
2008 Labour Party 14,608 44.2% Yes
2011 Labour Party 10,127 33.8% Yes
2014 National Party 11,302 32.3% No -- split result
2017 Labour Party 17,808 47.7% Yes

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1996

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party17,37552.3%
National Party7,16821.6%
Alliance4,48813.5%
NZ First1,8245.5%
ACT Party1,1573.5%
Other6461.9%
United Future5531.7%

1999

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party18,85660.4%
National Party6,16119.7%
Alliance1,9686.3%
Other1,7855.7%
Green Party1,3184.2%
ACT Party9152.9%
NZ First2240.7%

2002

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party17,57359.5%
National Party6,93623.5%
Green Party2,0286.9%
Other1,4725.0%
United Future6972.4%
ACT Party5201.8%
Jim Anderton's Progressive3061.0%

2005

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party17,76955.1%
National Party10,13931.4%
Green Party2,4057.5%
Other7682.4%
United Future6522.0%
Jim Anderton's Progressive3301.0%
ACT Party1960.6%

2008

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party17,12752.6%
National Party9,97230.6%
Green Party3,61111.1%
Other1,0363.2%
ACT Party5731.8%
United Future2280.7%

2011

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party12,97644.3%
National Party9,48732.4%
Green Party5,72119.5%
Other8042.7%
United Future1760.6%
ACT Party1590.5%

2014

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party16,31547.4%
National Party10,39830.2%
Green Party5,97817.4%
Other1,7295.0%

2017

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party21,25957.8%
National Party9,50525.8%
Green Party3,0538.3%
Other1,7544.8%
NZ First1,0692.9%
ACT Party1500.4%

Margin Over Time

Electorate-vote winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1996: Labour Party margin 30.7 pts 1999: Labour Party margin 40.7 pts 2002: Labour Party margin 36.0 pts 2005: Labour Party margin 23.7 pts 2008: Labour Party margin 22.0 pts 2011: Labour Party margin 11.9 pts 2014: Labour Party margin 17.2 pts 2017: Labour Party margin 31.9 pts 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017

Trend

Dunedin North has been contested at 8 general elections on record since 1996. Winning party of the electorate vote over that span: Labour Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Dunedin North in the 2017 general election?

Labour Party won the Dunedin North electorate vote in 2017 with 21,259 votes (57.8%), a margin of 11,754 votes over National Party in second place.

Did the electorate vote and party vote agree in Dunedin North in 2017?

Yes -- Labour Party won both the electorate vote and the party vote in Dunedin North in 2017.

Which parties have won the Dunedin North electorate seat since 1996?

Since 1996, Dunedin North has been won by: Labour Party.

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