Official historical result · general electorate

Whanganui 2023 result.

Official 2023 general-election result for Whanganui: Carl Michael Bates received 18,484 votes, a 5,512-vote majority, with source-linked electorate turnout and ballot accounting.

18,484winner votes

5,512published majority

47.73%of valid candidate votes

78.96%candidate-ballot turnout

Official winning record

Carl Michael Bates is the published electorate winner.

38,729 valid candidate votes were recorded in the electorate. The winner is reported with National Party; Election.org does not infer later tenure or affiliation from this historical result.

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Ordinary valid candidate votes33,823

Special valid candidate votes4,906

Valid candidate votes38,729

Informal candidate votes511

Candidate ballots accounted39,705

Electors on master roll50,286

Source: Electoral Commission winning-electorate table and electorate candidate turnout table.