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Craig Foss wins Tukituki seat

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20 Sep, 2014 09:23 AM3 mins to read

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National Tukituki candidate Craig Foss gives his supporters an update on the early vote count at his election night base at No 5 Cafe, Golflands, Mangateretere, Hastings.

National Tukituki candidate Craig Foss gives his supporters an update on the early vote count at his election night base at No 5 Cafe, Golflands, Mangateretere, Hastings.

UPDATE:
Craig Foss and National have walked to victory in the Tukituki electorate despite his rivals reducing his majority from the 2011 election.

Incumbent Mr Foss won with a 5800 majority over Anna Lorck (Labour) with all the votes now counted, according to the Electoral Commission.

A total of 32,457 people voted today with Mr Foss taking 16,887 of those votes, while Mrs Lorck stole 11,087.

Chris Perley (Greens) placed third with 1827 while Stephen Jenkinson (Conservative) was fourth with 1,775.

National claimed a massive victory in the party vote with a total of 17,233, while Labour only gathered 7145.

Craig Foss (National) is on the brink of victory and remain as the MP for the Tukituki electorate with more than 90 per cent of the vote counted.

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Incumbent Mr Foss has a 5688 majority and building lead over Anna Lorck (Labour) with 91.3 per cent of the vote already counted for the electorate, says the Electoral Commission.
National is also blowing away all other parties with a massive lead in the party vote.

Craig Foss (National) continues to look solid as the he builds his lead for the Tukituki electorate with more than 75 per cent of the vote counted.

Incumbent Mr Foss has a 4584 majority over Anna Lorck (Labour) with 75.4 per cent of the vote already counted for the electorate, says the Electoral Commission.

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Mr Foss (11,898 votes) has a comfortable lead over Mrs Lorck (7314). Stephen Jenkinson (Conservative) is in third place with 1185 and Chris Perley (Greens) in fourth with 1158.

A total of 22,137 votes have been counted for Tukituki with National blowing away all other parties for the majority party vote with nearly more than 12,000 total party votes.

National candidate Craig Foss continues to build a strong lead over his nearest rivals with more than half the vote counted for the Tukituki electorate.

Incumbent Mr Foss
has a 4434 majority over Anna Lorck (Labour) with 55.1 per cent of the vote already counted for the electorate, says the Electoral Commission.

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Mr Foss (9523 votes) is close to doubling Mrs Lorck's total votes (5089). Stephen Jenkinson (Conservative) is in third place with 905 and Chris Perley (Greens) in fourth with 809.

A total of 16,726 votes have been counted for Tukituki with National blowing away all other parties for the majority party vote with nearly 10,000 total votes for blue.

Mr Foss had a 3209 majority over Lorck (Labour) with 30.4 per cent of the vote already counted for the electorate, says the Electoral Commission.

Mr Foss had a total of 7033 votes while Mrs Lorck had 3824 votes, Stephen Jenkinson (Conservative) was in third place with 669 and Chris Perley (Greens) in fourth with 558.

A total of 12,394 votes have been counted for Tukituki with National already holding a vast majority in the party vote with more than triple the number of votes Labour holds for the seat.

Party Candidates
National Party 17,233 FOSS, Craig NAT 16,887
Conservative 2,157 JENKINSON, Stephen CNSP 1,775
ACT New Zealand 123 LENNOX, Duncan ACT 143
Labour Party 7,145 LORCK, Anna LAB 11,087
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 116 MANNING, Romana Marnz ALCP 307
Green Party 2,599 PERLEY, Chris GP 1,827
Democrats for Social Credit 16 RYAN, Dick NZDSC 83
Ban1080 43
Focus New Zealand 5
Internet MANA 189
Maori Party 155
New Zealand First Party 2,477
NZ Independent Coalition 4
The Civilian Party 11
United Future 48

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