| | | 2008 | 2005 | 2002 |
| Number of polling places | | 2,686 | 2,714 | |
| Number of valid party votes that were | | | | |
| | overseas votes | 32,461 | 27,482 | 16,879 |
| | advance votes | 236,283 | 172,052 | 113,272 |
| | special non overseas votes | 217,892 | 202,524 | 185,891 |
| Number of party votes for parties not in Parliament | | 153,461 | 29,828 | 99,388 |
| | as % of party votes cast | 6.5 | 1.3 | 4.9 |
| Number informal Party votes | | 11,970 | 10,561 | 8,631 |
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| Vote split - overall % | | 29.6 | 28.7 | 39.3 |
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| Party winning the last seat | | National | National | National |
| Party that would win seat if 1 more list seat allocated | | Labour | Green | United Future |
| Votes needed from non-voters to take last seat allocated | | | | |
| ACT | | 15,270 | 12,366 | 7,393 |
| Green Party | | 16,430 | 1,250 | 10,221 |
| Progressive | | 6,240 | 1,660 | 4,582 |
| Labour Party | | 39 | 10,748 | 4,385 |
| Māori Party | | 8,140 | 17,306 | |
| National Party | | won the last seat | won the last seat | won the last seat |
| United Future | | 6,985 | 4,709 | 504 |
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