Waimakariri (New Zealand electorate)
2011 election
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 47,387

Waimakariri (New Zealand electorate)

Section Title: 2011 election
Table Section Text: Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 47,387

2011 general election: Waimakariri

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	Kate Wilkinson	16,787	47.28	+4.25	20,489	56.89	+7.45

Labour	Clayton Cosgrove	16,145	45.48	+1.39	8,431	23.41	10.46

Green	John Kelcher	1,197	3.37	0.01	3,050	8.47	+3.04

Conservative	Tim de Vries	785	2.21	+2.21	1,177	3.27	+3.27

NZ First	Richard Prosser	588	1.66	1.46	2,131	5.92	+1.96

United Future	208	0.58	0.33

ACT	195	0.54	2.00

Legalise Cannabis	155	0.43	+0.10

Māori	93	0.26	0.12

Mana	35	0.10	0.12

Democrats	23	0.06	0.02

Alliance	17	0.05	0.06

Libertarianz	12	0.03	+0.01

Informal votes	490	297

Total Valid votes	35,502	36,016

National gain from Labour	Majority	642	1.81	+2.86

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The results of the 2011 election gave Wilkinson a lead of 642 votes over Cosgrove.

final_sentence: The results of the 2011 election gave Wilkinson a lead of 642 votes over Cosgrove.