Tainui (New Zealand electorate)

Tainui was a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate that existed between 2002 and 2008. It replaced the Hauraki electorate and absorbed a significant part of northern Te Tai Hauāuru. From the 2008 election it was replaced by the Hauraki-Waikato electorate.

The seat was held by Nanaia Mahuta of the Labour Party for the entirety of its existence from 2002 to 2008.^[1]

History

The Tainui electorate was replaced by the Hauraki-Waikato electorate in 2008.

Key

Labour

Election	Winner
2002 election		Nanaia Mahuta
2005 election		Nanaia Mahuta

No candidates that contested the Tainui electorate were returned as list MPs.

2005 general election: Tainui^[2]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Nanaia Mahuta		9,469	50.88	+3.35	10,421	54.68	+1.92
	Māori Party	Angeline Greensill		7,609	40.88		5,184	27.20
	Destiny	Hayden Solomon		589	3.16		294	1.54
	Independent	Andrew Pope		308	1.65
	NZ First						1,161	6.09	-8.33
	National						774	4.06	+0.23
	Green						518	2.72	-7.20
	Legalise Cannabis						144	0.76	-2.16
	United Future						73	0.38	-1.92
	Progressive						53	0.28	-0.82
	ACT						49	0.26	-0.81
	Christian Heritage						11	0.06	-0.94
	Family Rights						9	0.05
	Alliance						6	0.03	-3.34
	99 MP						5	0.03
	Democrats						5	0.03
	RONZ						4	0.02
	Direct Democracy						2	0.01
	One NZ						2	0.01
	Libertarianz						1	0.01
Informal votes				637			343
Total valid votes				18,612			19,059
	Labour hold		Majority	1,860	9.99	-12.97

2002 general election: Tainui^[3]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nanaia Mahuta		7,098	47.52		8,007	52.75
	Alliance	Willie Jackson		3,668	24.56		511	3.37
	Mana Māori	Angeline Greensill		1,839	12.31		811	5.34
	National	Kevin Davis		639	4.28		582	3.83
	United Future	Lee Edmonds		460	3.08		350	2.31
	Progressive	Te Pare Joseph		396	2.65		167	1.10
	Christian Heritage	Albert Vahaakolo		289	1.93		151	0.99
	MAI	Mikaire Tuheke Sutton		115	0.77
	NZ First						2,189	14.42
	Green						1,506	9.92
	Legalise Cannabis						442	2.91
	ACT						162	1.07
	ORNZ						104	0.69
	One NZ						10	0.07
	NMP						4	0.03
Informal votes				432			182
Total valid votes				14,936			15,178
	Labour win new seat		Majority	3,430	22.96

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