Ōtaki (New Zealand electorate)
2008 election

Ōtaki (New Zealand electorate)

Section Title: 2008 election
Table Section Text: None

2008 general election: Ōtaki

Notes:	Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%

National	Nathan Guy	18,885	48.67	+3.91	17,534	44.77	+3.10

Labour	Darren Hughes	17,531	45.18	0.58	14,472	36.95	+4.72

Green	Jim Kebbell	1,029	2.65	2,207	5.64	1.09

NZ First	David John Scott	778	2.01	2,153	5.50	1.29

Progressive	Josie Pagani	221	0.57	453	1.16	0.43

ACT	Peter McCaffrey	210	0.54	1,014	2.59	+1.60

United Future	Diane Brown	148	0.38	1.25	397	1.01	2.34

Māori	321	0.82	+0.08

Bill and Ben	177	0.45

Kiwi	165	0.42

Legalise Cannabis	115	0.29	+0.06

Family Party	84	0.21

Alliance	28	0.07	0.13

Libertarianz	12	0.03	+0.01

Democrats	10	0.03	0.02

Pacific	9	0.02

Workers Party	6	0.02

RONZ	5	0.01	±0.00

RAM	0	0.00

Informal votes	186	111

Total Valid votes	38,802	39,162

National gain from Labour	Majority	1,354	3.49

Sentence(s)

In 2008, Guy defeated Hughes by 1,354 votes.

final_sentence: In 2008, Guy defeated Hughes by 1,354 votes.