Tāmaki Makaurau

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Tāmaki Makaurau is one of seven in New Zealand specifically for Māori created Māori Electorate .

The term Electorate denotes constituencies in New Zealand and Australia , whereas in Great Britain it refers to the electorate or eligible voters.

For the parliamentary elections of 2005, 2008 and 2001, Pita Russell Sharples , candidate of the Māori Party , was elected to the New Zealand Parliament through the direct mandate of the constituency . After he stopped running in 2014, the Labor Party candidate dominated the constituency.

geography

The constituency of Tāmaki Makaurau today consists of the areas of the former Auckland City and the greater part of the former Waitakere City and the former Manukau City . It was created in 2002 from the division of the Hauraki constituency into Tāmaki Makaurau and Tainui . The Tainui constituency was later changed to Hauraki-Waikato .

Background information

For the 2008 parliamentary election, 35,606 voters of Maori descent had entered the electoral roll in the constituency of Tāmaki Makaurau . 20,526 (57.6%) of them voted for a party and 19,994 (56.2%) of them for one of the nominated candidates. However, assuming the 89,751 Māori people who were recorded for the 2006 census, only an estimated 39% of the Māori population in the constituency entered the electoral roll. The turnout based on the number of inhabitants was accordingly an estimated 22%.

Election statistics

General election 2017

Item candidate Party affiliation Share of votes Item Political party Share of votes
1 Peeni Henare Labor Party 48.81% 1 Labor Party 59.96%
2 Shane Taurima Māori party 30.85% 2 Māori party 11.08%
3 Marama Davidson Green party 22.17% 3 New Zealand First 9.63%
4th Green party 7.31%
5 National Party 6.61%

General election 2014

Item candidate Party affiliation Share of votes Item Political party Share of votes
1 Peeni Henare Labor Party 38.28% 1 Labor Party 40.48%
2 Rangi McLean Māori party 30.85% 2 Māori party 12.84%
3 Marama Davidson Green party 15.93% 3 New Zealand First 14.12%
4th Karamea Pene Mana party 13.33% 4th Green party 11.81%
5 Raewyn Harrison independently 1.61% 5 National Party 7.63%

Parliamentary election 2011

Item candidate Party affiliation Share of votes Item Political party Share of votes
1 Pita Russell Sharples Māori party 40.4% 1 Labor Party 41.5%
2 Shane Jones Labor Party 35.09% 2 Māori party 14.45%
3 Karamea Pene Mana party 16.04% 3 New Zealand First 10.45%
4th Mikaere Curtis Green party 8.46% 4th Green party 9.71%
5 National Party 8.41%

General election 2008

Item candidate Party affiliation Share of votes Item Political party Share of votes
1 Pita Russell Sharples Māori party 65.98% 1 Labor Party 49.73%
2 Louisa Hareruia Wall Labor Party 27.34% 2 Māori party 28.61%
3 Mikaere Curtis Green party 4.77% 3 National Party 7.42%
4th Vapi Kupenga Kiwi party 0.66% 4th New Zealand First 5.88%
5 Kane Te Waaka independently 0.63% 5 Green party 4.04%

General election 2005

Item candidate Party affiliation Share of votes Item Political party Share of votes
1 Pita Russell Sharples Māori party 52.35% 1 Labor Party 55.14%
2 John Tamihere Labor Party 41.24% 2 Māori party 27.48%
3 Dew Hemahema-Tamati Destiny New Zealand 3.53% 3 National Party 4.03%
4th Sam Rerekura independently 2.58% 4th New Zealand First 5.32%
5 Eugene Opai Direct Democracy Party 0.30% 5 Green party 3.28%

General election 2002

Item candidate Party affiliation Share of votes Item Political party Share of votes
1 John Henry Tamihere Labor Party 73.35% 1 Labor Party 55.14%
2 Metiria Turei Green party 12.82% 2 New Zealand First 15.03%
3 George Rongokino Ngatai National Party 5.03% 3 Green party 10.26%
4th Janice Smith Alliance 3.52% 4th National Party 3.19%
5 Tuhimareikura Vaha'Akolo Christian Heritage New Zealand 3.02% 5 Alliance 2.91%

Note : Only the first 5 candidates or the first 5 parties were shown.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Electorate . dict.cc German-English dictionary, accessed January 14, 2011 (English).
  2. ^ Jon Stokes : Voters support Tamihere, but recommend more tact . New Zealand Herald - Online Edition , April 6, 2005, accessed January 16, 2011 .