Wairarapa (New Zealand electorate)
2002 election

Wairarapa (New Zealand electorate)

Section Title: 2002 election
Table Section Text: None

2002 general election: Wairarapa

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	Georgina Beyer	13,572	43.89	11,867	38.22

National	Ian Buchanan	7,200	23.28	7,678	24.73

Christian Heritage	Merepeka Raukawa-Tait	5,852	18.92	891	2.87

NZ First	Edwin Perry	1,552	5.02	3,605	11.61

Green	Sarah Millington	861	2.78	1,827	5.88

ACT	Ian MacFarlane	625	2.02	1,770	5.70

United Future	Frank Owen	617	2.00	1,735	5.59

Progressive	Bill Henderson	223	0.72	498	1.60

Alliance	Gerald Tait	159	0.51	311	1.00

ORNZ	525	1.69

Legalise Cannabis	178	0.57

One NZ	32	0.10

Mana Māori	5	0.02

NMP	3	0.01

Informal votes	264	121

Total Valid votes	30,925	31,046

Labour hold	Majority	6,372	20.60

Sentence(s)

In the Wairarapa 2002 election, Beyer was elected with a majority of 6,372 votes.

final_sentence: In the Wairarapa 2002 election, Beyer was elected with a majority of 6,372 votes.