Election 2020: Tauranga and Bay of Plenty electorate results

Mount Maunganui and Tauranga. Photo / File

Tauranga:
• VOTES COUNTED: 37,364- 100%
• LEADING CANDIDATE: Simon Bridges 16,602
2nd CANDIDATE: Jan Tinetti - 14,169
• CURRENT MARGIN: 2,433
• PARTY VOTE LEAD:Labour Party 40.9%
•2nd PARTY:National Party 33.9%

Bay of Plenty:
• VOTES COUNTED: - 36,973- 100%
• LEADING CANDIDATE: Todd Muller - 16,929
• 2nd CANDIDATE: Angie Warren-Clarke -13,457
• CURRENT MARGIN: 3,472
• PARTY VOTE LEAD: Labour Party 41.3%
•2nd PARTY:National Party 33.9%

Labour has so far secured more of the party vote in the Tauranga and Bay of Plenty electorates - both National Party strongholds.

In the Tauranga electorate party vote, Labour Party is on 41.1 per cent and National Party is on 34.0 per cent

In the Bay of Plenty party vote Labour Party is on 41.3% and the National Party is on 33.9%.

However, former National Party leaders Todd Muller and Simon Bridges are both leading the candidate votes in their respective electorates.

Bridges is leading Labour's candidate Jan Tinetti in the Tauranga electorate while current MP Todd Muller leading the Bay of Plenty electorate.

After 100 per cent of the votes have been counted, Bridges is ahead of Tinetti by 2,433 votes.

In the Bay of Plenty electorate, Muller is ahead of Labour's Angie Warren-Clark by 3,472 votes after 99.1 per cent of the votes have been counted.

In Tauranga Cameron Luxton is in third place on 1492 and Bruce Carley is third on 1699 in Bay of Plenty.

The referendum votes will not be counted on election night with preliminary results not known until Friday October 30.