The Needle

New Zealand votes · 7 November 2026
 


Who forms the government

The polls

Since May · line = average with house effects removed · dots = individual polls

Every poll since May (table)

Seat by seat

How it could go

Every simulation sorted into one outcome · graded by how often

Six nights, scored

The scenario guide's six nights, graded the same way: the share of simulations whose party vote is closest to each, measured in units of past polling error.

The Swing Atlas

Every voting place · change in National's lead over Labour since 2023
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Scroll or pinch to zoom · drag to pan · click a place for its electorate
Swing since 2023, by voting place
← LabourNational →
not yet counted · size = 2023 votes