{"id":8159,"date":"2023-10-16T05:29:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T16:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=8159"},"modified":"2023-10-16T05:29:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T16:29:09","slug":"marginal-electorate-seats-waiting-on-special-votes-for-final-result","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=8159","title":{"rendered":"Marginal electorate seats waiting on special votes for final result"},"content":{"rendered":"

Te Atatu in west Auckland is New Zealand’s most marginal seat after last night’s vote count.<\/p>\n

Preliminary results show National’s Angee Nicholas ahead of Labour’s Phil Twyford by only 30 votes. Special votes are still to be counted.<\/p>\n

Te Atatu was a brick in Labour’s so-called “red wall” in West Auckland of Labour seats. Another former safe seat for Labour, New Lynn, is also extremely marginal with National ahead by 483 votes.<\/p>\n

National campaign leader Chris Bishop has singled out the swing against Labour in Auckland as a key part of the election.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a National Party press conference the morning after his party’s victory, Bishop said Auckland had “swung hard”.<\/p>\n

He said the party had not expected to pick up Mt Roskill, where Carlos Cheung is leading Labour’s Michael Wood by 1,429 votes, with special votes still to be counted.<\/p>\n

“I’m not breaking any confidences, but we were not expecting to pick up Mt Roskill.<\/p>\n

“We had a great organisation behind Carlos, but were up against a hard-working local MP in Michael Wood.”<\/p>\n

He singled out Te Atatu as another good result in Auckland, and said the party had put in real efforts in south Auckland, traditionally a Labour stronghold, singling out Manurewa as having a strong campaign on the ground.<\/p>\n

In order, New Zealand’s most marginal seats – those with a margin of less than 1000 – are:<\/p>\n