Ōtaki (New Zealand electorate)

In the 1892 electoral redistribution, population shift to the North Island required the transfer of one seat from the South Island to the north. The resulting ripple effect saw every electorate established in 1890 have its boundaries altered, and eight electorates were established for the first time, including Otaki.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=59f}} Otaki was first contested in the 1893 election, and the first member for Otaki was James Wilson, who held the seat for one term until 1896. It was then won by Henry Augustus Field and then, after Henry's death, by his brother William Hughes Field. William Field, a Liberal-turn-independent-turn-Reform, held it for a total of 32 years, from 1900 to 1935. Field lost the electorate in 1911 to John Robertson of the Social Democratic Party (who had been nominated by the flax-workers union), but won it back in 1914.

The seat was abolished in 1972, and Allan McCready, who was the incumbent, instead stood for and won the Manawatu electorate.

Otaki was recreated ahead of the change to mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting in 1996, by combining two bellwether seats: the northern half of Kapiti with the entire Horowhenua seat. Since its recreation the boundaries have been left largely unaltered, though after the 2007 boundary review a macron was added to the name and it is now spelled Ōtaki. The first MP for Otaki since its recreation was Judy Keall, who won by less than a thousand votes in 1996 before a more decisive victory in 1999.{{cite news |last1=Counsell |first1=Gerard |title=Swing seats: All eyes on Otaki |url= http://tvnz.co.nz/content/2250215/484445/article.html |access-date=8 October 2014 |work=One News |date=31 October 2008}} In 2002, her former electorate assistant Darren Hughes won the seat, becoming the youngest member of the House of Representatives. His 2002 majority was slashed to just 382 at the 2005 election by former Horowhenua District councillor Nathan Guy. In a 2008 rematch, Guy tipped out Hughes by 1,354 votes; Hughes returned to Parliament off the Labour Party list.

Nathan Guy won Ōtaki for National at every election since 2008; at the 2017 election Guy won 50.3% of the vote compared with the second-place Rob McCann getting 35.4%. Guy announced he would be resigning at the 2020 election,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2019/07/national-party-reshuffle-after-nathan-guy-announces-retirement-from-politics.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730090508/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2019/07/national-party-reshuffle-after-nathan-guy-announces-retirement-from-politics.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 July 2019|title=National party reshuffle after Nathan Guy announces retirement from politics|work=Newshub |access-date=2019-11-25|language=en}} and National have selected Tim Costley as its replacement candidate.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12286038|title=Former Air Force pilot Tim Costley has been selected to run in the National safe seat of Ōtaki|last=Walls|first=Jason|date=2019-11-17|work=The New Zealand Herald|access-date=2019-11-25|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}

In the 2020 election, Terisa Ngobi returned the seat to Labour in a tight contest, winning 17,953 of the votes compared to Tim Costley's 16,683 votes based on preliminary results.{{cite web |title=Ōtaki – Preliminary Count |url=https://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2020_preliminary/electorate-details-34.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |access-date=28 October 2020 }}{{cite news |last1=Willis |first1=Rosalie |title=Terisa Ngobi wins Ōtaki seat in election night thriller |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kapiti-news/news/terisa-ngobi-wins-otaki-seat-in-election-night-thriller/ALFCCXKTKJMPHZ2C7NXDJ3SUSU/ |access-date=29 October 2020 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=19 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028072326/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kapiti-news/news/terisa-ngobi-wins-otaki-seat-in-election-night-thriller/ALFCCXKTKJMPHZ2C7NXDJ3SUSU/ |archive-date=28 October 2020|url-status=live}}

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.

Key

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{{Party index link|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}

{{Party index link|New Zealand Labour Party (1910)}}

{{Party index link|New Zealand Labour Party}}

{{Party index link|New Zealand National Party}}

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

{{MMP election box begin |title=2023 general election: Otaki{{cite web|title=Official Count Results – Otaki|url=http://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2023/electorate-details-34.html|publisher=New Zealand Electoral Commission|access-date=16 November 2023}}}}

{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Tim Costley

|votes = 22,145

|percentage = 50.23

|change = +8.96

|party votes = 16,520

|party percent = 37.08

|party change = +10.65

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent lose|

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Terisa Ngobi

|votes = 15,874

|percentage = 36.01

|change = -11.80

|party votes = 13,709

|party percent = 30.77

|party change = -19.54

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

|candidate = Ali Muhammad

|votes = 2,946

|percentage = 6.68

|change = +2.01

|party votes = 4,703

|party percent = 10.56

|party change = +4.15

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = ACT New Zealand

|candidate = Sean Rush

|votes = 1,327

|percentage = 3.01

|change = +1.00

|party votes = 3,306

|party percent = 7.42

|party change = +0.28

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = New Zealand Loyal

|candidate = Bryan Ten-Have

|votes = 1,078

|percentage = 2.45

|change = —

|party votes = 637

|party percent = 1.43

|party change = —

}}

{{MMP election box local party candidate|

|party = Not A Party

|color = #FF4419

|candidate = Bob Wessex

|votes = 75

|percentage = 0.17

|change = —

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand First

|party votes = 3,437

|party percent = 7.72

|party change = +5.07

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Opportunities Party

|party votes = 692

|party percent = 1.55

|party change = +0.49

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Te Pāti Māori

|party votes = 510

|party percent = 1.14

|party change = +0.83

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = NewZeal

|party votes = 210

|party percent = 0.47

|party change = +0.16 {{efn|Compared to ONE Party}}

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

|party votes = 158

|party percent = 0.35

|party change = +0.04

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Freedoms New Zealand

|party votes = 137

|party percent = 0.31

|party change = —

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand

|party votes = 89

|party percent = 0.20

|party change = —

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Conservative Party (New Zealand)

|party votes = 52

|party percent = 0.12

|party change = −1.26

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = DemocracyNZ

|party votes = 48

|party percent = 0.11

|party change = —

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Women's Rights Party

|party votes = 34

|party percent = 0.08

|party change = —

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Leighton Baker Party

|party votes = 17

|party percent = 0.04

|party change = —

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 640

|party votes = 270

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 44,085

|party votes = 44,549

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = New Zealand National Party

|loser = New Zealand Labour Party

|votes = 6,271

|percent = 14.22

|change = +7.79

}}

{{MMP election box begin|title=2020 general election: Ōtaki{{cite web |title=Ōtaki – Official Result |url=https://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2020/electorate-details-34.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |date=6 November 2020 |access-date=14 September 2021 }}}}

{{MMP election box candidate win||party=New Zealand Labour Party|candidate=Terisa Ngobi|votes=21,867|percentage=47.81|change=+12.44|party votes=24,023|party percent=52.22|party change=+17.28}}

{{MMP election box candidate||party=New Zealand National Party|candidate=Tim Costley|votes=18,879|percentage=41.27|change=-9.04|party votes=12,159|party percent=26.43|party change=-19.59}}

{{MMP election box candidate||party=Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|candidate=Bernard Long|votes=2,135|percentage=4.67|change=-0.59|party votes=2,947|party percent=6.41|party change=+0.76}}

{{MMP election box candidate||party=ACT New Zealand|candidate=Wayne Desmond Grattan|votes=918|percentage=2.01|change=+1.76|party votes=3,284|party percent=7.14|party change=+6.75}}

{{MMP election box candidate||party=New Conservative Party (New Zealand)|candidate=Martin Frauenstein|votes=496|percentage=1.08|change=—|party votes=633|party percent=1.38|party change=+1.22}}

{{MMP election box minor party candidate|

|color = #4BB8B3

|party = Attica|candidate=Michael Kay|votes=241|percentage=0.53|change=—}}

{{MMP election box candidate||party=Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|candidate=Amanda Vickers|votes=192|percentage=0.42|change=—|party votes=60|party percent=0.13|party change=+0.12}}

{{MMP election box candidate||party=ONE Party|candidate=Pisa Seala|votes=163|percentage=0.36|change=—|party votes=144|party percent=0.31|party change=—}}

{{MMP election box party only|party=New Zealand First|party votes=1,218|party percent=2.65|party change=-5.55}}

{{MMP election box party only|party=The Opportunities Party|party votes=485|party percent=1.06|party change=-1.13}}

{{MMP election box party only||party=Advance New Zealand|party votes=372|party percent=0.81|party change=—}}

{{MMP election box party only||party=Māori Party|party votes=141|party percent=0.31|party change=-0.06}}

{{MMP election box party only||party=Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party|party votes=141|party percent=0.31|party change=+0.13}}

{{MMP election box party only||party=New Zealand Outdoors Party|party votes=41|party percent=0.09|party change=+0.05}}

{{MMP election box party only||party=Vision NZ|party votes=30|party percent=0.07|party change=—}}

{{MMP election box party only||party=Sustainable New Zealand Party|party votes=21|party percent=0.05|party change=—}}

{{MMP election box party only||party=Tea Party New Zealand|party votes=6|party percent=0.01|party change=—}}

{{MMP election box party only||party=Heartland New Zealand Party|party votes=2|party percent=0.00|party change=—}}

{{MMP election box informal vote||votes=850|party votes=300}}

{{MMP election box total vote||votes=45,741|party votes=46,007}}

{{MMP election box turnout||turnout=46,007|percentage=|change=}}

{{MMP election box majority gain||winner=New Zealand Labour Party|loser=New Zealand National Party|votes=2,988|percent=6.43|change=—}}

{{MMP election box begin |title=2017 general election: Otaki{{cite web|title=Official Count Results – Otaki|url=http://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2017/electorate-details-37.html|publisher=New Zealand Electoral Commission|access-date=21 December 2017|location=Wellington}}}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Nathan Guy

|votes = 20,725

|percentage = 50.31

|change = −4.49

|party votes = 19,187

|party percent = 46.02

|party change = −2.69

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Rob McCann

|votes = 14,569

|percentage = 35.37

|change = +0.90

|party votes = 15,014

|party percent = 34.94

|party change = +10.29

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

|candidate = Sam Ferguson

|votes = 2,167

|percentage = 5.26

|change = −1.17

|party votes = 2,358

|party percent = 5.65

|party change = −3.74

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = New Zealand First

|candidate = Romuald Edward Rudzki

|votes = 1,680

|percentage = 4.07

|change = —

|party votes = 3,421

|party percent = 8.20

|party change = −1.69

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = The Opportunities Party

|candidate = Piri-Hira Tukapua

|votes = 1,051

|percentage = 2.55

|change = —

|party votes = 910

|party percent = 2.18

|party change = —

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate = Sam Jennings

|votes = 504

|percentage = 1.22

|change = —

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = ACT New Zealand

|candidate = Wayne Desmond Grattan

|votes = 105

|percentage = 0.25

|change = —

|party votes = 163

|party percent = 0.39

|party change = +0.10

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Māori Party

|party votes = 156

|party percent = 0.37

|party change = −0.07

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

|party votes = 79

|party percent = 0.18

|party change = −0.18

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Conservative Party (New Zealand)

|party votes = 69

|party percent = 0.16

|party change = −4.22

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ban 1080

|party votes = 44

|party percent = 0.10

|party change = −0.06

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = United Future

|party votes = 25

|party percent = 0.05

|party change = —

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand People's Party

|party votes = 24

|party percent = 0.05

|party change = —

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Outdoors Party

|party votes = 19

|party percent = 0.04

|party change = —

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Mana Party (New Zealand)

|party votes = 9

|party percent = 0.02

|party change = −0.62{{efn|name=Mana Party|2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election}}

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Democrats for Social Credit

|party votes = 7

|party percent = 0.01

|party change = −0.04

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Internet Party (New Zealand)

|party votes = 3

|party percent = 0.007

|party change = −0.633{{efn|name=Internet Party|2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election}}

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 386

|party votes = 198

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 41,187

|party votes = 41,686

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = New Zealand National Party

|votes = 6,156

|percent = 14.95

|change = -5.38

}}

{{MMP election box begin |title=2014 general election: Ōtaki{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2014/electorate-37.html|title=Official Count Results – Ōtaki (2014)|publisher=Electoral Commission|access-date=14 April 2016}}}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party =New Zealand National Party

|candidate =Nathan Guy

|votes =20,980

|percentage = 54.80

|change = +3.23

|party votes = 18,854

|party percent = 48.71

|party change = +1.92

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party =New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate =Rob McCann

|votes =13,198

|percentage = 34.47

|change = −3.01

|party votes = 9,543

|party percent = 24.65

|party change = −4.94

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

|candidate =Maddy Drew

|votes =2,462

|percentage =6.43

|change = +1.72

|party votes = 3,635

|party percent =9.39

|party change = +0.21

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Conservative Party (New Zealand)

|candidate =Anne Lovelock

|votes =913

|percentage = 2.38

|change = +0.65

|party votes = 1,695

|party percent =4.38

|party change = +1.19

}}

{{MMP election box independent candidate|

|candidate =Amanda Vickers

|votes =203

|percentage =0.53

|change = +0.53

}}

{{MMP election box independent candidate|

|candidate =Frederick Macdonald

|votes =118

|percentage =0.31

|change = +0.31

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand First

|party votes = 3,827

|party percent =9.89

|party change = +1.77

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Internet Party and Mana Movement

|party votes =249

|party percent =0.64

|party change = +0.43{{efn|name=Internet Mana|2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.}}

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Māori Party

|party votes =169

|party percent =0.44

|party change = −0.12

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

|party votes =138

|party percent =0.36

|party change = −0.07

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = ACT New Zealand

|party votes =111

|party percent =0.29

|party change = −0.38

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = United Future

|party votes =74

|party percent =0.19

|party change = −0.52

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ban 1080 Party

|party votes =61

|party percent =0.16

|party change = +0.16

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit

|party votes =19

|party percent =0.05

|party change = +0.01

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = NZ Independent Coalition

|party votes =19

|party percent =0.05

|party change = +0.05

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Civilian Party

|party votes =12

|party percent =0.03

|party change = +0.03

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Focus New Zealand

|party votes =6

|party percent =0.02

|party change = +0.02

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes =412

|party votes =298

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 38,286

|party votes = 38,710

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 38,710

|percentage =82.49

|change =+3.23

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = New Zealand National Party

|votes =7,782

|percent =20.33

|change = +6.24

}}

{{MMP election box begin |title=2011 general election: Ōtaki{{Cite web|url=http://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2011/electorate-36.html|title=2011 election results}}}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party =New Zealand National Party

|candidate =Nathan Guy

|votes =19,151

|percentage = 51.57

|change = +2.90

|party votes =17,609

|party percent = 46.79

|party change = +2.02

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party =New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate =Peter Foster

|votes =13,920

|percentage = 37.48

|change = -7.70

|party votes =11,137

|party percent = 29.59

|party change = -7.36

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party =Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

|candidate =Michael Gilchrist

|votes =1,750

|percentage = 4.71

|change = +2.06

|party votes =3,612

|party percent = 9.60

|party change = +3.96

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party =New Zealand First

|candidate =David Scott

|votes =1,122

|percentage = 3.02

|change = +1.02

|party votes =3,057

|party percent = 8.12

|party change = +2.63

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party =Conservative Party (New Zealand)

|candidate =John Stephen Ryersson

|votes =644

|percentage = 1.73

|change = +1.73

|party votes =1,202

|party percent = 3.19

|party change = +3.19

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party =Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

|candidate =Fred MacDonald

|votes =253

|percentage = 0.68

|change = +0.68

|party votes =162

|party percent = 0.43

|party change = +0.14

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party =ACT New Zealand

|candidate =Peter McCaffrey

|votes =115

|percentage = 0.31

|change = -0.23

|party votes =253

|party percent = 0.67

|party change = -1.92

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party =United Future

|candidate =Diane Brown

|votes =110

|percentage = 0.30

|change = -0.09

|party votes =266

|party percent = 0.71

|party change = -0.31

}}

{{MMP election box independent|

|candidate =Philip Dean Taueki

|votes =73

|percentage = 0.20

|change = +0.20

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Māori Party

|party votes = 210

|party percent = 0.56

|party change = -0.26

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Mana Party (New Zealand)

|party votes = 80

|party percent = 0.21

|party change = +0.21

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Libertarianz

|party votes = 19

|party percent = 0.05

|party change = +0.02

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Democratic Party

|party votes = 15

|party percent = 0.04

|party change = +0.01

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)

|party votes = 11

|party percent = 0.03

|party change = -0.04

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 573

|party votes = 292

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 37,138

|party votes = 37,633

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner =New Zealand National Party

|votes = 5,231

|percent = 14.09

|change = +10.60

}}

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 47,483{{cite web |url= http://www.elections.org.nz/ages/ |title= Enrolment statistics |publisher= Electoral Commission |date= 26 November 2011 |access-date= 27 November 2011}}

{{MMP election box begin |title=2008 general election: Ōtaki{{Cite web|url=http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2008/electorate-36.html|title=2008 Official Count Results – Ōtaki}}}}

{{MMP election box list win|

|party =New Zealand National Party

|candidate =Nathan Guy

|votes =18,885

|percentage = 48.67

|change = +3.91

|party votes =17,534

|party percent = 44.77

|party change = +3.10

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent lose list|

|party =New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate =Darren Hughes

|votes =17,531

|percentage = 45.18

|change = -0.58

|party votes =14,472

|party percent = 36.95

|party change = +4.72

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party =Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

|candidate =Jim Kebbell

|votes =1,029

|percentage = 2.65

|change =

|party votes =2,207

|party percent = 5.64

|party change = 1.09

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party =New Zealand First

|candidate =David John Scott

|votes =778

|percentage = 2.01

|change =

|party votes =2,153

|party percent = 5.50

|party change = -1.29

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party =New Zealand Progressive Party

|candidate =Josie Pagani

|votes =221

|percentage = 0.57

|change =

|party votes =453

|party percent = 1.16

|party change = -0.43

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party =ACT New Zealand

|candidate =Peter McCaffrey

|votes =210

|percentage = 0.54

|change =

|party votes =1,014

|party percent = 2.59

|party change = +1.60

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party =United Future

|candidate =Diane Brown

|votes =148

|percentage = 0.38

|change = -1.25

|party votes = 397

|party percent = 1.01

|party change = -2.34

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Māori Party

|party votes = 321

|party percent = 0.82

|party change = +0.08

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bill and Ben Party

|party votes = 177

|party percent = 0.45

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Kiwi Party

|party votes = 165

|party percent = 0.42

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

|party votes = 115

|party percent = 0.29

|party change = +0.06

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Family Party

|candidate =

|votes =

|percentage =

|change =

|party votes = 84

|party percent = 0.21

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)

|party votes = 28

|party percent = 0.07

|party change = -0.13

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Libertarianz

|party votes = 12

|party percent = 0.03

|party change = +0.01

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Democratic Party

|party votes = 10

|party percent = 0.03

|party change = -0.02

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Pacific Party

|party votes = 9

|party percent = 0.02

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Workers Party of New Zealand

|party votes = 6

|party percent = 0.02

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republic of New Zealand Party

|party votes = 5

|party percent = 0.01

|party change = ±0.00

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Residents Action Movement

|party votes = 0

|party percent = 0.00

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 186

|party votes = 111

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 38,802

|party votes = 39,162

}}

{{MMP election box majority gain|

|winner = New Zealand National Party

|loser = New Zealand Labour Party

|votes = 1,354

|percent = 3.49

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box begin |title=2005 general election: Otaki{{Cite web|url=http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2005/electorate-38.html|title=2005 Official Count Results – Otaki}}}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Darren Hughes

|votes = 17,556

|percentage = 45.76

|change = -7.27

|party votes = 16,131

|party percent = 41.67

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Nathan Guy

|votes = 17,174

|percentage = 44.76

|change = +13.79

|party votes = 15,174

|party percent = 39.20

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = New Zealand First

|candidate = Chris Perry

|votes = 1,043

|percentage = 2.72

|change =

|party votes = 2,630

|party percent = 6.79

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

|candidate = Nick Fisher

|votes = 1,022

|percentage = 2.66

|change =

|party votes = 1,761

|party percent = 4.55

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = United Future

|candidate = Diane Brown

|votes = 611

|percentage = 1.59

|change =

|party votes = 1,297

|party percent = 3.35

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Māori Party

|candidate = Richard Orzecki

|votes = 353

|percentage = 0.92

|change =

|party votes = 286

|party percent = 0.74

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = New Zealand Progressive Party

|candidate = Russell Franklin

|votes = 303

|percentage = 0.79

|change =

|party votes = 614

|party percent = 1.59

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = ACT New Zealand

|candidate = Simon Ewing-Jarvie

|votes = 163

|percentage = 0.42

|change =

|party votes = 383

|party percent = 0.99

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)

|candidate = Margaret Jeune

|votes = 97

|percentage = 0.25

|change =

|party votes = 78

|party percent = 0.20

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand

|candidate = Robert Atack

|votes = 47

|percentage = 0.12

|change =

|party votes = 7

|party percent = 0.02

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Destiny New Zealand

|party votes = 154

|party percent = 0.40

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

|party votes = 88

|party percent = 0.23

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Family Rights Protection Party

|party votes = 54

|party percent = 0.14

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Christian Heritage New Zealand

|party votes = 37

|party percent = 0.10

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Democratic Party

|party votes = 21

|party percent = 0.05

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = 99 MP Party

|party votes = 14

|party percent = 0.04

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = One New Zealand Party

|party votes = 14

|party percent = 0.04

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Libertarianz

|party votes = 9

|party percent = 0.02

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republic of New Zealand Party

|party votes = 5

|party percent = 0.01

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 242

|party votes = 134

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 38,369

|party votes = 38,707

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = New Zealand Labour Party

|votes = 382

|percent = 1.00

|change = -21.07

}}

Refer to Candidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#Otaki for a list of candidates.

{{Election box begin | title=1943 general election: Otaki

{{cite web |title = The General Election, 1943 |url = http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1944-I.2.2.5.37 |publisher = National Library |access-date = 28 March 2014 |page = 11 |year = 1944}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Leonard Lowry

|votes = 5,151

|percentage = 46.56

|change = -9.76

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Bert Cooksley

|votes = 4,960

|percentage = 44.83

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Robert James Barnett

|votes = 454

|percentage = 4.10

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = People's Movement (New Zealand)

|candidate = William Jonathan Crawford

|votes = 413

|percentage = 3.73

|change =

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 84

|percentage = 0.75

|change = +0.41

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 191

|percentage = 1.72

|change = -11.27

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 11,062

|percentage = 92.16

|change = -1.97

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 12,003

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1938 general election: Otaki{{cite web |title = The General Election, 1938 |url = http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1939-I.2.3.2.36 |publisher = National Library |access-date = 8 February 2012 |pages = 1–6 |year = 1939}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Leonard Lowry

|votes = 5,926

|percentage = 56.32

|change = +6.35

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = George Alexander Monk

|votes = 4,559

|percentage = 43.33

|change = +12.41

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 36

|percentage = 0.34

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,367

|percentage = 12.99

|change = -6.06

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 10,521

|percentage = 94.13

|change = +10.87

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 11,177

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1935 general election: Otaki{{cite news |title=How the votes were cast |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19351128.2.53.2 |access-date=16 November 2013 |newspaper=The Evening Post |date=28 November 1935 |volume=CXX |issue=130 |page=8}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Leonard Lowry

|votes = 4,511

|percentage = 49.97

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = United/Reform Coalition

|candidate = George Alexander Monk{{cite news |title=Otaki Seat |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19351021.2.134 |access-date=28 March 2014 |newspaper=The Evening Post |date=2 September 1935 |volume=CXX |issue=55 |page=10}}

|votes = 2,791

|percentage = 30.92

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Will Appleton{{cite news |title=Mr. Appleton's Candidature |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19351021.2.134 |access-date=28 March 2014 |newspaper=The Evening Post |date=21 October 1935 |volume=CXX |issue=97 |page=11}}

|votes = 975

|percentage = 10.80

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Democrat Party (1934)

|candidate = Robert Westley Bothamley{{cite news |title=Election Notices |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350429.2.7.6 |access-date=28 March 2014 |newspaper=The Evening Post |date=29 April 1935 |volume=CXIX |issue=99 |page=2}}

|votes = 750

|percentage = 8.31

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,720

|percentage = 19.05

|change = +3.28

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 9,027

|percentage = 83.26

|change = -0.73

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 10,842

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1931 general election: Otaki{{cite book |title=The General Election, 1931 |year=1932 |publisher=Government Printer |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1932-I-II.2.3.2.31 |page=4 |access-date=2 November 2014}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = William Hughes Field

|votes = 4,848

|percentage = 57.89

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Jim Thorn

|votes = 3,527

|percentage = 42.11

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,321

|percentage = 15.77

|change =

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 92

|percentage = 1.09

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 8,467

|percentage = 83.99

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 10,081

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1928 general election: Otaki{{cite book |last=Skinner | first=W. A. G. |title=The General Election, 1928 |year=1929 |publisher=Government Printer |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1929-I.2.3.2.37 |page=4 |access-date=19 February 2020}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Reform Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = William Hughes Field

|votes = 3,407

|percentage = 44.54

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = United Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Archibald Burnett Sievwright

|votes = 2,594

|percentage = 33.91

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Harold Dyson

|votes = 1,400

|percentage = 18.30

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = James Purchase

|votes = 249

|percentage = 3.25

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 813

|percentage = 10.63

|change =

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 106

|percentage = 1.37

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 7,756

|percentage = 88.29

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 8,785

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Otaki by-election, 1900}}

{{Notelist}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{cite book |title=Electoral Atlas of New Zealand |last=McRobie |first=Alan |year=1989 |publisher=GP Books |location=Wellington |isbn=0-477-01384-8}}
• {{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year=First published in 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103}}

• [http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/01623062-BFA7-4F0D-9314-0453FB298704/168/Otaki1.pdf Electorate Profile] Parliamentary Library

{{electorates of New Zealand}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Otaki}}

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