NZ election results live: Explore electorates, Parliament and voting places

Use the Herald interactives to follow the election results live.Dig down into the details – see what is happening in the electorates, how Parliament will look and even how your voting place voted.Each New Zealand electorate serves roughly the same population – about 70,000 in the general electorates and about 74,000 in the Māori electorates. Those 70 or so thousand people are each represented by a square in the “map” of New Zealand below. Click on an electorate to see what has been reported so far, zoom into a region, or switch to the “grid” view to sort the electorates by progress, closeness, vote splitting or party preference.Tonight’s results are all going to be all about two “O”s – Opportunity and overhang. Check out how Parliament would look based on what’s been reported so far and see what might change.Candidates can get into Parliament as list MPs or by winning their electorate races. Use the Who’s in and who’s out interactive to see who is closest to the edge or search for a specific candidate to see how they are doing.The Herald has classified candidates as safe, likely, or close. Close races and list positions could well change – and a result labelled close at the end of the night may well need to wait until November 27 when the final results are published. The outcome of likely results probably won’t change and safe ones shouldn’t change.Zoom into a voting place and see how it voted or search around for voting places that split their vote.Depending on how close some of the races are the outcome may not be clear at the end of the night. In 2023, just over 20% of votes were special votes. Between election night and the final results the results of four electorate races changes and National dropped two seats, Te Pāti Māori picked up two and the Green’s picked up one.Changes to voter enrolment mean there will likely be fewer special votes this time around, but close races will still need to wait until the final results are published.Chris Knox is a scientist turned investigative data-journalist who investigates the stories behind the numbers and creates interactives for Herald readers to explore them. He can be emailed at chris.knox@nzme.co.nz.