Electoral Commission timing of results:
Preliminary General Election results will be available here progressively from 7:00pm.
Targets for release of the preliminary General Election results are:
- 10:00pm results from 50% of voting places
- 11:30pm results from 95% of voting places
The Electoral Commission will publish the official results of the 2023 General Election here on Friday 3 November 2023.
The Spinoff has the early votes being counted during the day and announced shortly after 7pm.
Political comms student Harry Peterson has been tracking early votes:
207,055 people voted yesterday, meaning that a total of 1,377,018 people had already cast their ballots before election day. This means that around 39.3% of registered voters voted before election day.
RNZ is reporting voting en masse today.
The Electoral Commission says those standing in line at polling placeswill be able to vote even after 7pm.
Voting is open at more than 2300 places across the country.
But with people voting en masse, there have been reports of massive queues around the country.
A spokesperson said that additional staff were brought in to some voting places today because of high demand.
Between 11am and 2pm were usually the busiest times to vote on election day, they said.
Chief electoral officer Karl Le Quesne said people already standing in line would not be turned away.
“If you are waiting at your voting place to vote and it turns to 7pm, you can still stay on the line and cast your vote.”
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In Auckland, some voters were reported to have queued up to 45 minutes before the booths even opened.
I hope everyone in Canterbury is ok, with gale force wind emergency alerts being issued for Christchurch and surrounds and other parts of the province.
Live coverage of election night:
The Spinoff’s Guide to Election Night coverage (including full details of where to watch/read). The Spinoff‘s own livestream is on youtube, and the website has live updates with Gone By Lunchtime’s Toby Manhire, The Bulletin editor Anna Rawhiti-Connell and The Spinoff editor Madeleine Chapman
TVNZ: chief correspondent John Campbell, political editor Jessica Mutch McKay and Q+A presenter Jack Tame. Livestream on 1News.
RNZ: Lisa Owen, Corin Dann and Jane Patterson. Livestream on youtube, and live updates on the website.
Whakaata Māori: Tina Wickliffe and Tūmamao Harawira, livestream including coverage of the Māori electorates.
Newshub: Ryan Bridge, Samantha Hayes, Patrick Gower and Jenna Lynch livestream on youtube
The Guardian: live updates, Eva Corlett in Wellington, Charlotte Graham-McLay in Lower Hutt, Serena Solomon in Auckland and our political analysts Henry Cooke and Lamia Imam.
Newsroom
Key electorates:
List of electorates, and a map.
Māori Electorates:
Waiariki: Rawiri Waititi/TPM incumbent
General Electorates: prelim results in links
Wairarapa: Keiran McAnulty incumbent
Twitter feeds: #NZelection and #ElectionDay
Post will be updated with links as they become available.
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