The National Party’s candidate Scott Simpson is currently ahead in the race to become MP for the Coromandel electorate, with 43.4 per cent of votes counted so far.

Scott has 15,683 votes so far, with Labour Party’s Beryl Riley on 4658 votes, and Pamela Grealey with 2630 votes.

If Scott wins the Coromandel seat this General Election it will be the fifth consecutive time he has won this seat – after winning in the 2020, 2017, 2014 and 2011 elections.

The candidates in the race are National Party’s Scott Simpson, Labour’s Beryl Riley, Green Party’s Pamela Grealey, Act’s Joanna Verburg, NZ First’s Caleb Ansell, NZ Loyal’s Ray Cobb and The Outdoors party’s Sarah TePou.

So far 27,630 of this electorate’s votes have been counted, with the current margin 11,025.

The Coromandel electorate is based on the communities of the Coromandel Peninsula, including Thames, Coromandel, Whitianga, and Whangamatā. It extends down through Waihi Beach, Katikati, and Matakana Island.

Scott Simpson (National Party) has won the Coromandel electorate in the 2020, 2017, 2014 and 2011 elections.

The winning candidate in the 2020 election, Scott Simpson (National Party), captured a plurality (45.6%) of the 46,532 valid electorate votes cast for candidates in the Coromandel electorate, with a margin of 3505.

With 43.4 per cent of the votes counted, the Coromandel Preliminary Count is: