01 / THE PARTY VOTE
Final published poll
Published 6 November · Not counted votes
POLLSTERThe Post / Freshwater StrategySOURCE ↗
02 / THE ACTUAL COUNT
Official election results
The count begins at 7 pm NZDT
No 2026 ballot totals are displayed until official results can be verified.
VERIFIED LISTED-PARTY VOTES—
VOTING PLACES REPORTED—
SOURCE / NZ ELECTORAL COMMISSIONWaiting for official count
03 / PARLIAMENT
Seat arithmetic
National · ACT · NZ First—
Labour · Greens · Te Pāti Māori—
Party groupings are for comparison only, not coalition agreements.
04 / ELECTION NEWSWIRECHECKING FEEDS
Election coverageHeadlines will appear when source feeds respond.
05 / NEXT MILESTONENZDT
COUNTING STARTS AT 7PM
Saturday 7 November 2026
06 / DATA INTEGRITYTRACEABLE
Published polling ≠ official votes
Election Commission · RNZ · 1News · Published pollsters
NATIONWIDE PARTY-VOTE INTENTION
Published polling, side by side.
LATEST PUBLISHED POLL
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National and Labour comparison
POLLSTER / FIELDWORK
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Different pollsters produce different estimates. A poll is a sample, not an election result.
ELECTORAL COMMISSION · PRELIMINARY 2026 COUNT
Official results arrive from 7pm.
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No officially verified votes yet
electionresults.govt.nz · data verified before display
7PM
Saturday 7 November · New Zealand daylight time
The preliminary count excludes special and overseas votes. Official final results are scheduled for 27 November.
PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER / PUBLISHED SURVEY
New Zealand's preferred leaders.
Taxpayers’ Union / Curia · fieldwork 28 Oct–3 Nov · n=1,000 · opinion survey, not an election result. Portrait credits on the website.
ELECTION HEADLINES · SOURCE LINKS
The latest from the newsrooms.
Checking RNZ and news feeds…
Headlines are attributed to their publishers. This broadcast does not rebroadcast their footage or articles.