Turnout up 3%
Turnout in 2017 was 79% and in 2020 hit 82.2% – the highest since 1999. Turnout has been:
- 2002: 77.0%
- 2005: 80.9%
- 2008: 79.5%
- 2011: 74.2%
- 2014: 77.9%
- 2017: 79.8%
- 2020: 82.2%
Pretty good to have had it increase the last three elections.
A lot of variation by electorate. The top 5 are:
- Wgtn Central 89.4%
- Selwyn 89.4%
- Banks Peninsula 89.1%
- Waitaki 88.2%
- Ohariu 87.7%
The bottom ones are:
- Tamaki Makaurau 65.1%
- Ikaroa-Rawhiti 67.1%
- Panmure-Otahuhu 67.6%
So gear some electorates have almost 90% turnout but a lot still below 75% also.