Takanini (New Zealand electorate)

Takanini is an electorate to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It is located in South Auckland and was first created for the 2020 New Zealand general election. Rima Nakhle is the sitting Member of Parliament.

The electorate is located in the far south of Auckland, on the edge of the city's built-up area. It stretches from Wattle Downs in its southwest to Mission Heights in the north.^[1] It was created out of eastern parts of the Manurewa electorate around Goodwood Heights and Greenmeadows, a small part of northeastern Hunua around Mission Heights, and a northern section of the Papakura electorate around Takanini and Wattle Downs.^[2] This was due to rapid population growth in the area caused mainly by the outward expansion of Auckland.^[2]

South Auckland has traditionally been a stronghold for the Labour Party. Takanini, however, was considered to be a marginal seat between Labour and National, as it takes in both Labour-leaning areas and National-leaning areas.^[3] Initially, the electorate's name was proposed as Flat Bush after the Auckland suburb in the north of the electorate.^[4][5] After a public consultation period, the name was changed to Takanini after a suburb in the south of the electorate.^[2][6]

  Labour   National

2023 general election: Takanini[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	%	±%
	National	Rima Nakhle		21,936	55.95	+23.60	21,056	52.56	+22.74
	Labour	N Neru Leavasa		13,161	33.57	-20.13	11,181	27.91	-26.61
	ACT	Rae Ah Chee		2,037	5.20	+1.59	1,688	4.21	-0.38
	Animal Justice	Lynley Tulloch		736	1.88	–	46	0.11	–
	Green						2,277	5.68	+2.40
	NZ First						1,267	3.16	+1.20
	Māori Party						440	1.10	+0.66
	Opportunities						333	0.83	+0.24
	NewZeal						299	0.75	—
	Freedoms NZ						208	0.52	–
	NZ Loyal						135	0.34	–
	Legalise Cannabis						108	0.27	+0.01
	New Conservative						68	0.17	-1.51
	DemocracyNZ						32	0.08
	Women's Rights						25	0.06
	Leighton Baker Party						16	0.04
	New Nation						14	0.03
Informal votes				1,332			320
Total valid votes				39,202			40,063
Turnout
	National gain from Labour		Majority	8,775	22.38	—