Rangitata (New Zealand electorate)

Rangitata
inline General electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of Rangitata within the South Island
Member(s)
MP	James Meager
Party	National
Geography
Region(s)	Canterbury
History
Created	2008

Rangitata is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives.

Election results

2020 general election: Rangitata
Notes:		A blue background means the winner of the electorate vote. A pink background means a candidate elected from their party list. A yellow background means an electorate win by a list member, or by another incumbent. A Y means an incumbent won re-election. A N means an incumbent lost re-election.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jo Luxton		21,147	50.33	+14.22	20,742	48.85	+15.35
	National	Megan Hands		16,739	39.84	−12.96	13,368	31.48	−20.42
	ACT	Hamish Hutton		1,394	3.32	+2.62	4,101	9.66	+9.15
	New Conservative	Lachie Ashton		1,095	2.61	—	854	2.01	+1.75
	Green	Gerrie Ligtenberg		852	2.03	−2.17	1,325	3.12	−0.35
	Outdoors	Grant Kelynack		315	0.75	—	109	0.26	+0.18
	Advance NZ	Aroha Maru		292	0.70	—	306	0.72	—
	Social Credit	Brannon Favel		108	0.26	—	44	0.10	+0.08
	Not A Party	James Rae		71	0.17	—
	NZ First						848	2.00	−4.00
	Opportunities						414	0.97	−1.20
	Legalise Cannabis						204	0.48	+0.12
	Māori Party						55	0.13	−0.06
	ONE						53	0.12	—
	Sustainable NZ						20	0.05	—
	Vision New Zealand						10	0.02	—
	TEA						6	0.01	—
	Heartland						5	0.01	—
Informal votes				703			407
Total Valid votes				42,013			42,464
	Labour gain from National		Majority	4,408	10.49	−6.26