Takanini
Single-member constituency
for the New Zealand House of Representatives
RegionAuckland
Current constituency
Created2020
Current MPRima Nakhle
PartyNational

Takanini is an electorate to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It is located in South Auckland and was first created for the 2020 New Zealand general election. Rima Nakhle is the sitting Member of Parliament.

Population centres

The electorate is located in the far south of Auckland, on the edge of the city's built-up area. It stretches from Wattle Downs in its southwest to Mission Heights in the north.[1] It was created out of eastern parts of the Manurewa electorate around Goodwood Heights and Greenmeadows, a small part of northeastern Hunua around Mission Heights, and a northern section of the Papakura electorate around Takanini and Wattle Downs.[2] This was due to rapid population growth in the area caused mainly by the outward expansion of Auckland.[2]

Electorate profile

South Auckland has traditionally been a stronghold for the Labour Party. Takanini, however, was considered to be a marginal seat between Labour and National, as it takes in both Labour-leaning areas and National-leaning areas.[3] Initially, the electorate's name was proposed as Flat Bush after the Auckland suburb in the north of the electorate.[4][5] After a public consultation period, the name was changed to Takanini after a suburb in the south of the electorate.[2][6]

Members of Parliament

  Labour   National

Election Winner
2020 election Neru Leavasa
2023 election Rima Nakhle

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election: Takanini[7]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Rima Nakhle 21,936 55.95 +23.60 21,056 52.56 +22.74
Labour Red XN Neru Leavasa 13,161 33.57 -20.13 11,181 27.91 -26.61
ACT Rae Ah Chee 2,037 5.20 +1.59 1,688 4.21 -0.38
Animal Justice Lynley Tulloch 736 1.88 – 46 0.11 –
Green   2,277 5.68 +2.40
NZ First   1,267 3.16 +1.20
Māori Party   440 1.10 +0.66
Opportunities   333 0.83 +0.24
NewZeal   299 0.75 —
Freedoms NZ   208 0.52 –
New Zealand Loyal   135 0.34 –
Legalise Cannabis   108 0.27 +0.01
New Conservative   68 0.17 -1.51
DemocracyNZ   32 0.08
Women's Rights   25 0.06
Leighton Baker Party   16 0.04
New Nation   14 0.03
Informal votes 1,332 320
Total Valid votes 39,202 40,063
Turnout
National gain from Labour Majority 8,775 22.38 —

2020 election

2020 general election: Takanini[8]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Neru Leavasa 19,431 53.70 — 20,022 54.52 —
National Rima Nakhle 11,707 32.35 — 10,952 29.82 —
ACT Mike McCormick 1,307 3.61 — 1,688 4.59 —
New Conservative Elliot Ikilei 939 2.59 — 618 1.68 —
TEA John Hong 902 2.49 — 211 0.57 —
Vision NZ George Ngatai 361 0.99 — 183 0.49 —
Advance NZ Mit Kagathra 215 0.59 — 223 0.60 —
Green   1,206 3.28 —
NZ First   722 1.96 —
Opportunities   219 0.59 —
Māori Party   162 0.44 —
Legalise Cannabis   97 0.26 —
ONE   69 0.18 —
Outdoors   15 0.04 —
Sustainable NZ   13 0.03 —
Heartland   3 0.01 —
Social Credit   2 0.01 —
Informal votes 1,321 318
Total Valid votes 36,183 36,723
Turnout 36,723
Labour win new seat Majority 7,724 21.35

References

  1. ^ "Map of electorate boundaries for the 2020 and 2023 general elections". 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Report of the Representation Commission 2020" (PDF). 17 April 2020.
  3. ^ "National could take new Flat Bush electorate − academics". 20 November 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. ^ "New South Auckland electorate named Flat Bush proposed for 2020 election". 20 November 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  5. ^ "South Auckland's newest electorate: Flat Bush". 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ^ Small, Zane (17 April 2020). "Flat Bush was proposed as New Zealand's new electorate but Takanini triumphed". Newshub. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Takanini - Official Result". Electoral Commission. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Takanini - Official Result". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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