2022 Tauranga by-election

2022 Tauranga by-election
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Tauranga constituency of the House of Representatives
Turnout20,784 (40.19%)
 
Candidate Sam Uffindell Jan Tinetti Cameron Luxton
Party National Labour ACT
Popular vote 11,613 5,259 2,133
Percentage 55.87% 25.30% 10.26%
Results by polling place
Uffindell:      <50%      50–60%      60–70%
Tinetti:      <50%
MP before election

Simon Bridges
National

Elected MP

Sam Uffindell
National

The 2022 Tauranga by-election for the New Zealand House of Representatives was held on 18 June 2022[1] in the Tauranga electorate, after the sitting member, former National Party leader Simon Bridges, resigned from parliament.[2] The National Party's Sam Uffindell won the by-election in a landslide result, ahead of the Labour Party's Jan Tinetti.

  1. ^ "Tauranga by-election: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces date". Bay of Plenty Times. NZ Herald. 6 April 2022.
  2. ^ "'It's time' – National Party MP Simon Bridges quits, will leave Parliament in coming weeks". The New Zealand Herald. 15 March 2022. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.