Official historical result · general electorate

Kaikōura 2023 result.

Official 2023 general-election result for Kaikōura: Stuart Tayler Smith received 20,741 votes, a 11,412-vote majority, with source-linked electorate turnout and ballot accounting.

20,741winner votes

11,412published majority

49.97%of valid candidate votes

82.60%candidate-ballot turnout

Official winning record

Stuart Tayler Smith is the published electorate winner.

41,511 valid candidate votes were recorded in the electorate. The winner is reported with National Party; Election.org does not infer later tenure or affiliation from this historical result.

Open Stuart Tayler Smith's result Open National Party

Ordinary valid candidate votes35,726

Special valid candidate votes5,785

Valid candidate votes41,511

Informal candidate votes418

Candidate ballots accounted42,354

Electors on master roll51,277

Source: Electoral Commission winning-electorate table and electorate candidate turnout table.