2005 Election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Party Votes | % |
| Labour | Y Harry Duynhoven | 17512 | 53.20 | 12542 | 37.64 |
| National | Moira Irving | 12073 | 36.67 | 14836 | 44.53 |
| Green | Sarah Brown | 1165 | 3.54 | 1816 | 5.45 |
| Destiny | Keren Roberts | 555 | 1.69 | 244 | 0.73 |
| United | Matt Collier | 539 | 1.64 | 791 | 2.37 |
| Māori Party | Tony Ruakere | 312 | 0.95 | 148 | 0.44 |
| ACT | Kerry O'Connor | 301 | 0.91 | 394 | 1.18 |
| IND | Rusty Kane | 252 | 0.77 | - | - |
| Democrats | Kevin Smith | 121 | 0.37 | 52 | 0.16 |
| NZ First | - | - | - | 2036 | 6.11 |
| Progressive | - | - | - | 249 | 0.75 |
| ALCP | - | - | - | 86 | 0.26 |
| Christian Heritage | - | - | - | 36 | 0.11 |
| Alliance | - | - | - | 18 | 0.05 |
| Direct Democracy | - | - | - | 15 | 0.05 |
| Libertarianz | - | - | - | 14 | 0.04 |
| One NZ | - | - | - | 12 | 0.04 |
| Family Rights PP | - | - | - | 11 | 0.03 |
| Republic of NZ | - | - | - | 7 | 0.03 |
| 99 MP | - | - | - | 12 | 0.04 |
| informal votes | 338 | 126 | |||
| total valid votes | 32,919 | 33,319 | |||
| Labour hold | Majority | 5,439 |
sourced from electionresults.govt.nz
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