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Manukau East — New Zealand Election Results

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

Manukau East was won by Labour Party at the 2017 general election, with a margin of 12,589 votes over National Party in the electorate vote. This page covers every general election in Manukau East 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 15,269 46.9% National Party (10,686) 4,583 (14.1 pts)
1999 Labour Party Labour Party 16,224 55.1% National Party (9,138) 7,086 (24.1 pts)
2002 Labour Party Labour Party 16,543 62.9% National Party (5,886) 10,657 (40.5 pts)
2005 Labour Party Labour Party 18,804 59.4% National Party (8,914) 9,890 (31.2 pts)
2008 Labour Party Labour Party 17,254 66.1% National Party (4,809) 12,445 (47.7 pts)
2011 Labour Party Labour Party 19,399 77.1% National Party (3,561) 15,838 (63.0 pts)
2014 Labour Party Labour Party 17,676 69.5% National Party (4,422) 13,254 (52.1 pts)
2017 Labour Party Labour Party 17,402 67.8% National Party (4,813) 12,589 (49.1 pts)

Party Vote in Manukau East

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 National Party 11,996 36.6% No -- split result
1999 Labour Party 13,545 45.4% Yes
2002 Labour Party 15,235 56.2% Yes
2005 Labour Party 18,100 54.9% Yes
2008 Labour Party 16,137 59.3% Yes
2011 Labour Party 17,977 66.7% Yes
2014 Labour Party 16,925 63.7% Yes
2017 Labour Party 17,730 65.7% Yes

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1996

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party15,26946.9%
National Party10,68632.8%
NZ First2,3617.3%
Other1,7605.4%
Alliance1,1083.4%
ACT Party1,0583.3%
United Future2920.9%

1999

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party16,22455.1%
National Party9,13831.0%
ACT Party1,4745.0%
Other1,2474.2%
Alliance9443.2%
NZ First4291.5%

2002

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party16,54362.9%
National Party5,88622.4%
ACT Party1,3935.3%
United Future8843.4%
Other8143.1%
Jim Anderton's Progressive7752.9%

2005

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party18,80459.4%
National Party8,91428.2%
Other1,5184.8%
ACT Party7252.3%
Green Party6482.0%
Jim Anderton's Progressive4071.3%
United Future3361.1%
Maori Party3031.0%

2008

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party17,25466.1%
National Party4,80918.4%
Other2,2808.7%
ACT Party6932.7%
Green Party6282.4%
Jim Anderton's Progressive3331.3%
United Future1120.4%

2011

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party19,39977.1%
National Party3,56114.2%
NZ First9994.0%
Other4881.9%
MANA4611.8%
ACT Party2481.0%

2014

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party17,67669.5%
National Party4,42217.4%
NZ First1,8477.3%
Other7993.1%
Green Party6752.7%

2017

PartyVotesShare
Labour Party17,40267.8%
National Party4,81318.8%
NZ First1,5115.9%
Other1,0864.2%
Green Party6502.5%
ACT Party2010.8%

Margin Over Time

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

1996: Labour Party margin 14.1 pts 1999: Labour Party margin 24.1 pts 2002: Labour Party margin 40.5 pts 2005: Labour Party margin 31.2 pts 2008: Labour Party margin 47.7 pts 2011: Labour Party margin 63.0 pts 2014: Labour Party margin 52.1 pts 2017: Labour Party margin 49.1 pts 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017

Trend

Manukau East 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 Manukau East in the 2017 general election?

Labour Party won the Manukau East electorate vote in 2017 with 17,402 votes (67.8%), a margin of 12,589 votes over National Party in second place.

Did the electorate vote and party vote agree in Manukau East in 2017?

Yes -- Labour Party won both the electorate vote and the party vote in Manukau East in 2017.

Which parties have won the Manukau East electorate seat since 1996?

Since 1996, Manukau East has been won by: Labour Party.

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