Electionpedia.comOfficial 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.
41,511 valid candidate votes were recorded in the electorate. The winner is reported with National Party; Electionpedia does not infer later tenure or affiliation from this historical result.
Source: Electoral Commission winning-electorate table and electorate candidate turnout table.
Kaikōura 2023 New Zealand General Election Result
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