Updated 22 October 2026 at 2:23 pm · 16 days to election day · 10,000 simulations

Electorates · General electorate

Nelson

Likely Labour

Who wins

Rachel Boyack (Labour) has a 89% chance of winning Nelson.

  • Rachel Boyack Labour
    89% #36 on the list · <1% via the list
  • Blair Cameron National
    11% #40 on the list · 0% via the list
  • Rohan O'Neill-Stevens Green
    <1% #16 on the list · 77% via the list
  • Chris Baillie ACT
    0% #46 on the list · 0% via the list
  • Jodie Kuntzsch Opportunity
    0% #6 on the list · 90% via the list

The bar is each candidate's chance of winning the seat. A candidate who loses the seat can still get into Parliament on their party's list; the list chance is how often that happens.

How close

In our central forecast, Labour leads National by about 18 points, so a swing of 9.2 points to National would tie it.

Lead
18 points
Typical winning margin
about 18 points (usually between 4 and 36)
Swing to tie
9.2 points
Rating
Likely Labour
Ranking
26th closest of 71

The lead is the gap between the top two candidates in our central forecast. The typical winning margin is the other way of looking at it: in a typical simulation the winner is ahead by this much, whoever wins. The range covers eight in ten simulations. The rating and how close the seat is come from the favourite's chance across the simulations: a toss-up under 60%, leans under 75%, likely under 95%, safe from 95%.

Different from the country?

Is estimated to vote about 3 points more Green than the country. It has voted more Green than the country at every election since 2008.

Every past figure for this electorate is recalculated for this election's boundaries from the voting-place results of that election, so each year covers the same area. Its 2026 figures are an estimate: this seat's 2023 vote, moved by each party's national change. The whole-country view shows each result and the 2026 forecast. Open circles and dotted lines are our 2026 estimate; the bars show its likely range.

In context

Nelson is outlined. Labour is favoured here, and it's the 26th closest seat in the country.

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