Ōtaki (New Zealand electorate)
2005 election

Ōtaki (New Zealand electorate)

Section Title: 2005 election
Table Section Text: None

2005 general election: Otaki

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	%	±%

Labour	Darren Hughes	17,556	45.76	7.27	16,131	41.67

National	Nathan Guy	17,174	44.76	+13.79	15,174	39.20

NZ First	Chris Perry	1,043	2.72	2,630	6.79

Green	Nick Fisher	1,022	2.66	1,761	4.55

United Future	Diane Brown	611	1.59	1,297	3.35

Māori	Richard Orzecki	353	0.92	286	0.74

Progressive	Russell Franklin	303	0.79	614	1.59

ACT	Simon Ewing-Jarvie	163	0.42	383	0.99

Alliance	Margaret Jeune	97	0.25	78	0.20

Direct Democracy	Robert Atack	47	0.12	7	0.02

Destiny	154	0.40

Legalise Cannabis	88	0.23

Family Rights	54	0.14

Christian Heritage	37	0.10

Democrats	21	0.05

99 MP	14	0.04

One NZ	14	0.04

Libertarianz	9	0.02

RONZ	5	0.01

Informal votes	242	134

Total Valid votes	38,369	38,707

Labour hold	Majority	382	1.00	21.07

Sentence(s)

Darren Hughes majority was 382 at the 2005 election against Nathan Guy.

final_sentence: Darren Hughes majority was 382 at the 2005 election against Nathan Guy.