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Opinion polling for the 2026 New Zealand general election
Opinion polls in New Zealand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eight polling firms have conducted opinion polls during the term of the 54th New Zealand Parliament (2023–present) for the 2026 New Zealand general election. The regular polls are the quarterly polls produced by Television New Zealand (1 News) conducted by Verian (formerly known as Colmar Brunton and Kantar Public) and Radio New Zealand (RNZ) conducted by Reid Research,[1] along with monthly polls by Roy Morgan and by Curia (Taxpayers' Union). Curia Market Research is no longer a member of the Research Association of New Zealand, following complaints and the resignation from RANZ by its principal, David Farrar.[2] The sample size, margin of error, and confidence interval of each poll varies by organisation and date.
The current parliament was elected on 14 October 2023. The next election is to be held no later than 19 December 2026.
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The parties shown in this section are National (NAT), Labour (LAB), Green (GRN), ACT, New Zealand First (NZF), Te Pāti Māori (TPM), and Opportunities (TOP). Other parties may have also registered in some polls, but are not listed in this section.
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Table of polls
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Preferred prime minister
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Preferred prime minister polling table
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Leadership approval rating
Government approval rating
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Forecasts
The use of mixed-member proportional representation allows ready conversion of a party's support into a party vote percentage and therefore a number of seats in Parliament. Projections generally assume no material change to the electorate seats held by each party (ACT retains Epsom and Tāmaki, Greens retain Auckland Central, Rongotai and Wellington Central, Te Pāti Māori retains all six of their Māori electorates, etc). However, projections that show the National Party winning fewer than 44 total seats (44 being the number of electorate seats currently held by National) assume that National will lose at least enough electorates to avoid an overhang. Parties that do not hold an electorate seat and poll below 5% are assumed to win zero seats.
When determining the scenarios for the overall result, the minimum parties necessary to form majority governments are listed (provided parties have indicated openness to working together). Actual governments formed may include other parties beyond the minimum required for a majority; this happened after the 2014 election, when National only needed one seat from another party to reach a 61-seat majority, but instead chose to form a 64-seat government with Māori, ACT and United Future.[11]
- * indicates an overhang seat
- Forecasted seats are calculated using the Electoral Commission's MMP seat allocation calculator, based on polling results.
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- These are the survey dates of the poll, or if the survey dates are not stated, the date the poll was released.
- Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 0.4%
Women's Rights Party 0.2%
NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 0.4%
New Conservatives Party 0.1%
NewZeal 0.1%
Vision NZ 0%
Animal Justice Party 0% - NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 1.5%
New Conservatives Party 1.2%
Vision NZ 0.4% - Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 0.5%
Women's Rights Party 0.5%
NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 0.4%
New Conservatives Party 0.3%
NewZeal 0.2%
Vision NZ 0.2%
Animal Justice Party 0.1% - Freedoms New Zealand 2.3%
New Zealand Loyal 1%
Vision NZ 0.6% - NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 0.8%
Vision NZ 0.6%
New Conservatives Party 0.3% - NewZeal 0.4%
Women's Rights Party 0.4%
New Conservatives Party 0.2%
Animal Justice Party 0.1%
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 0.1%
NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 0.1% - NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 1.1%
Vision NZ 0.4% - NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 1.1%
New Conservatives Party 0.7%
Vision NZ 0.6% - NewZeal 1.3% NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 1.1% Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 0.6% New Conservatives Party 0.4% Vision NZ 0.2% Animal Justice Party 0.1%
- NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 0.4%
Vision NZ 0.4% - Freedoms New Zealand 0.5%
NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 0.4%
Vision NZ 0.2%
Animal Justice Party 0.2% - NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 0.6%
Vision NZ 0.4% - Freedoms New Zealand 1%
Women's Rights Party 1%
Vision NZ 0.5%
NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 0.3%
Animal Justice Party 0.2%
New Conservatives Party 0.2%
NewZeal 0.2%
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 0.1%
New Nation Party 0.1% - NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 1.7%
Vision NZ 0.6% - Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 0.5%
New Conservatives Party 0.4%
Freedoms New Zealand 0.3%
New Nation Party 0.3%
Vision NZ 0.3%
Women's Rights Party 0.2%
NewZeal 0.1% - NewZeal 0.6%
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 0.4%
Animal Justice Party 0.3%
New Conservatives Party 0.2%
New Nation Party 0.2%
Freedoms New Zealand 0.2%
NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 0.2%
Vision NZ 0.2% - NewZeal 0.7%
New Conservatives Party 0.5%
Animal Justice Party 0.3%
DemocracyNZ 0.2%
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 0.2%
Democratic Alliance 0.1%
Women's Rights Party 0.1%
New Nation Party 0.1%
NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 0.1%
Freedoms New Zealand 0.1%
Others 0.4% - NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 1.0%
Others 0.8% - New Nation Party 0.6%
Animal Justice Party 0.5%
NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 0.2%
Vision NZ 0.2%
New Zealand Loyal 0.2%
Freedoms New Zealand 0.1%
New Conservatives Party 0.1%
NewZeal 0.1%
Women's Rights Party 0.1% - NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 1.3%
Vision NZ 0.5%
New Conservatives Party 0.1%
Others 0.5% - NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 1.1%
Others 2.0% - New Zealand Loyal 0.9%
NewZeal 0.6%
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 0.5%
New Nation Party 0.4%
Freedoms New Zealand 0.3%
New Conservatives Party 0.3%
Animal Justice Party 0.2%
DemocracyNZ 0.2%
Vision NZ 0.1%
Others 0.2% - NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 1.5%
DemocracyNZ 0.3%
Vision NZ 0.2%
New Conservatives Party 0.2%
Others 0.8% - NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 1.3%
Vision NZ 0.8%
DemocracyNZ 0.4%
Others 1.5% - NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party 0.4%
New Zealand Loyal 0.4%
Animal Justice Party 0.3%
New Conservatives Party 0.3%
Women's Rights Party 0.3%
NewZeal 0.3%
DemocracyNZ 0.3%
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 0.1%
Vision NZ 0.1%
Others 0.1% - New Conservatives Party 0.5%
Others 2% - New Conservatives Party 0.7%
Vision NZ 0.3%
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