Northcote (New Zealand electorate)
2008 election

Northcote (New Zealand electorate)

Section Title: 2008 election
Table Section Text: None

2008 general election: Northcote

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	Jonathan Coleman	20,132	57.87	17,827	50.41

Labour	Hamish McCracken	10,772	30.97	10,517	29.74

Green	Jeanette Elley	2,046	5.88	2,368	6.70

ACT	Nick Kearney	664	1.91	1,877	5.31

Family Party	Angela Xu	549	1.58	148	0.42

Progressive	Brenda Hill	199	0.57	299	0.85

Kiwi	Barry McDonald	144	0.41	182	0.51

United Future	Steven Dromgool	143	0.41	348	0.98

Libertarianz	Peter Linton	77	0.22	37	0.10

RAM	Benjamin Doherty	60	0.17	9	0.03

NZ First	1,118	3.16

Māori	227	0.64

Bill and Ben	159	0.45

Legalise Cannabis	138	0.39

Pacific	72	0.20

Democrats	13	0.04

Workers Party	9	0.03

Alliance	8	0.02

RONZ	6	0.02

Informal votes	246	107

Total Valid votes	34,786	35,362

National hold	Majority	9,360	26.91

Sentence(s)

In the 2008 election, Coleman was elected in Northcote with a majority of 9,360 votes.

final_sentence: In the 2008 election, Coleman was elected in Northcote with a majority of 9,360 votes.