Arapono
Election Centre

The 2026 General Election

Saturday 7 November 2026
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Enrolment closes 25 October. New for 2026: you can’t enrol once advance voting starts. Advance voting runs 26 October to 6 November. Dates from the Electoral Commission.

Dates that decide whether you can vote

You must be enrolled to vote, and 2026 changed when. Enrolment closes before advance voting opens — unlike 2023, you cannot enrol once advance voting starts or on election day.

4Oct
Enrol by today to avoid a special vote
25Oct
Last day to enrol
26Oct
Advance voting opens
7Nov
Election day
voting places open 9.00am to 7.00pm
Enrol or check your details Timetable from the Electoral Commission — 2026 General Election timetable
Get ready to vote

How your vote works

You get two votes under MMP. Here’s what each one does.

Does the heavy lifting
Your party vote

Decides the share of Parliament’s ~120 seats each party gets. This is the vote that shapes who can form a government. A party needs 5% of the party vote, or to win an electorate, to get in.

Your electorate vote

Picks the one MP who represents your local area, your electorate. There are 72 electorates, seven of them Māori electorates.

Most of your influence is in the party vote. It sets the overall balance of Parliament. How MMP works in full →

Still deciding who to give them to?Guide me Compare parties
Who’s standing

Parties contesting 2026

Every party registered with the Electoral Commission to contest the party vote, grouped by whether they hold seats now rather than ranked. Each tile fills to that party’s current poll-of-polls share, with the 5% threshold marked. The final list is confirmed when nominations close.

Who’s included
Also registered to contest
ALCPAotearoa Legalise Cannabis PartyNot broken out in published polls, and counted in pollsters’ “Others”AllianceAlliance Party of Aotearoa New ZealandNot broken out in published polls, and counted in pollsters’ “Others”Animal JusticeAnimal Justice Party Aotearoa New ZealandLast measured 0.4%
1News–Verian, 15 Apr 2026ConservativeConservative Party NZLast measured 0.2%
Taxpayers' Union–Curia, 8 Jun 2026Free PalestineFree PalestineNot broken out in published polls, and counted in pollsters’ “Others”NZ LoyalNew Zealand LoyalNot broken out in published polls, and counted in pollsters’ “Others”Outdoors & FreedomNZ Outdoors & Freedom PartyLast measured 0.3%
Taxpayers' Union–Curia, 8 Jun 2026Te Tai TokerauTe Tai Tokerau PartyNot broken out in published polls, and counted in pollsters’ “Others”TOPThe Opportunity Party6.7%poll of pollsVision NZVision New ZealandLast measured 0.3%
Taxpayers' Union–Curia, 8 Jun 2026Women’s RightsThe New Zealand Women’s Rights PartyNot broken out in published polls, and counted in pollsters’ “Others”
Poll of polls
Average party vote across 8 polls · as at 9 July 2026
Labour
30.6%
National
29.9%
Green
10.5%
NZ First
10.4%
ACT
7.8%
TOP
6.7%
Te Pāti Māori
2.1%
Others
3.1%
The line marks the 5% a party needs (or one electorate) to enter Parliament. Others is the smaller registered parties pollsters group together and don’t report individually. See every contesting party. Arapono reports polls. It doesn’t predict the result.
The seats

The Parliament you’re voting to change

As elected at the 2023 General Election. It doesn’t reflect any changes in party membership since.

Full 2023 results
122seats · 62 for a majority
National38.1%48
Labour26.9%34
Green11.6%15
ACT8.6%11
NZ First6.1%8
Te Pāti Māori3.1%6
Your electorate

The seats to watch in 2026

Where 2023 was closest is where 2026 will likely be fought hardest. These were the five tightest results.

All battlegrounds

Those five are the red seats on the map below. It shows all 72 electorates on the same scale, so the closer the 2023 result the hotter the colour, down to light green for the safest. Tap any seat for its contest, not just the closest ones.

The two rolls cover the same land, so view one at a time.
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Tap a seat
Hotter colours are the closest 2023 contests, the seats most likely to change hands.
Watch

Debates & leader interviews

Leaders in their own words. Debates and interviews as they’re published.

On election night, live results appear here as the Electoral Commission publishes them: party vote, seats, the new hemicycle, and a side-by-side comparison against 2023.

Enrolment & voting information: Electoral Commission (vote.nz)