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Candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election by electorate

This page lists candidates contesting electorates in the 2020 New Zealand general election.

General electorates

Auckland Central

Banks Peninsula

Bay of Plenty

Botany

Christchurch Central

Christchurch Central candidates' meeting (from left): Carole Church (Advance NZ), Mark Arneil (NZ First), David Bennett (Green Party; candidate in the Ilam electorate who stood in for Chrys Horn), Dale Stephens (National), Duncan Webb (Labour), Michael Britnell (Legalise Cannabis), Benjamin Price (New Conservative), and Hayden Laurie (Independent)

Christchurch East

Coromandel

Dunedin

East Coast

East Coast Bays

Epsom

Hamilton East

Hamilton West

Hutt South

Ilam

Ilam candidates' meeting (from left): Toni Pengelly (Advance NZ), David Bennett (Green), Sarah Pallett (Labour), Simon Walmisley (New Conservative), Heidi Jensen-Warren (Outdoors), and Ben Atkinson (Opportunities; standing in for the party as their Ilam candidate has withdrawn)

Invercargill

Kaikōura

Kaipara ki Mahurangi

Kelston

Mana

Māngere

Manurewa

Maungakiekie

Mount Albert

Mount Roskill

Napier

Nelson

New Lynn

New Plymouth

North Shore

Northcote

Northland

Ōhāriu

Ōtaki

Pakuranga

Palmerston North

Panmure-Ōtāhuhu

Papakura

Port Waikato

Rangitata

Rangitīkei

Remutaka

Rongotai

Rotorua

Selwyn

Southland

Taieri

Takanini

Tāmaki

Taranaki-King Country

Taupō

Tauranga

Te Atatū

Tukituki

Upper Harbour

Waikato

Waimakariri

Wairarapa

Waitaki

Wellington Central

West Coast-Tasman

Whanganui

Whangaparāoa

Whangārei

Wigram

Māori electorates

Hauraki-Waikato

Ikaroa-Rāwhiti

Tāmaki Makaurau

Te Tai Hauāuru

Te Tai Tokerau

Te Tai Tonga

Waiariki

See also

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