Panmure-Ōtāhuhu

This article is about the current electorate. For the electorate that existed 1938–1963 and 1972–1984, see Otahuhu (New Zealand electorate). For the electorate that existed 1984–1996, see Panmure (New Zealand electorate).

Panmure-Ōtāhuhu is an electorate to the New Zealand House of Representatives in south-central Auckland. It was first contested at the 2020 election, and has been held by Jenny Salesa of the Labour Party since its inception.

Panmure-Ōtāhuhu
Single-member general constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Formation	2020
Region	Auckland
Character	Suburban
Term	3 years
Member for Panmure-Ōtāhuhu
Jenny Salesa[1] since 20 September 2014
Party	Labour
Previous MP	null
Party vote distribution

Population centres

It is located in south-central Auckland, along the thinnest section of the Auckland isthmus.^[2] The electorate consists of the mid-eastern part of the Manukau ward, and a long strip of suburbs along the west bank of the Tāmaki River.

History

Panmure-Ōtāhuhu was created in the 2019/20 redistribution, mostly from the former Manukau East, but now including a large portion of the eastern part of the Maungakiekie electorate.^[3]

Rapid population growth north of Auckland resulted in a domino effect through Auckland, and in becoming Panmure-Ōtāhuhu, Manukau East was moved northward, losing a triangular area around Puhinui to Manurewa and being extended north to Point England.^[4] Initially it was proposed to keep the name of Manukau East, but the name of Panmure-Ōtāhuhu was adopted after a public consultation period.^[5]

Manukau East was, since its creation in 1996, a safe Labour seat, held since 2014 by Jenny Salesa. When Salesa contested the new electorate in the 2020 election she won again, holding the seat for Labour.^[6]

Members of Parliament

Key   Labour

Election	Winner
2020 election		Jenny Salesa
2023 election

List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Panmure-Ōtāhuhu electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.

Key   Green

Election
2023 election		Efeso Collins[note 1]

1. Collins died on 21 February 2024.

Election results

2023

2023 general election: Panmure-Ōtāhuhu[7]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Jenny Salesa		15,358	51.56	–21.94	16,024	52.15	–20.37
	National	Navtej Randhawa		7,388	24.80	+11.30	8,074	26.27	+13.72
	Green	Efeso Collins		4,312	14.47	+10.07	2,601	8.46	+4.40
	ACT	Antonia Modkova		1,238	4.15	–	1,100	3.58	+1.23
	Independent	Karl Mokaraka		387	1.29	–
	Independent	James Robb		235	0.78	–
	NZ First						1,001	3.26	+0.82
	Te Pāti Māori						410	1.33	+0.70
	Opportunities						369	1.20	+0.46
	Freedoms NZ						222	0.72	–
	NewZeal						187	0.60	+0.46
	Legalise Cannabis						133	0.43	0.00
	NZ Loyal						124	0.40	–
	Animal Justice						50	0.16	–
	New Conservatives						37	0.12	–1.09
	Women's Rights						33	0.10	–
	DemocracyNZ						20	0.06	–
	New Nation						13	0.04	–
	Leighton Baker Party						7	0.02	–
Informal votes				863			318
Total valid votes				29,781			30,723
	Labour hold		Majority	7,970	26.76	–33.24

2020

2020 general election: Panmure-Ōtāhuhu[8]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Jenny Salesa		22,818	73.50	—	22,929	72.52	—
	National	Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi		4,192	13.50	—	3,970	12.55	—
	Green	Mark Simiona		1,366	4.40	—	1,284	4.06	—
	New Conservative	Ted Johnston		648	2.08	—	383	1.21	—
	Advance NZ	Bryn Jones		324	1.04	—	259	0.81	—
	Outdoors	Phillip Bridge		210	0.67	—	33	0.10	—
	Communist League	Patrick Brown		81	0.26	—
	NZ First						772	2.44	—
	ACT						744	2.35	—
	Opportunities						234	0.74	—
	Māori Party						202	0.63	—
	Legalise Cannabis						136	0.43	—
	Vision NZ						87	0.27	—
	ONE						45	0.14	—
	TEA						37	0.11	—
	Sustainable NZ						9	0.02	—
	Heartland						4	0.01	—
	Social Credit						2	0.01	—
Informal votes				1,403			485
Total valid votes				31,042			31,615
	Labour win new seat		Majority	18,626	60.00