Invercargill
General electorate in Southland
Suburbs connected49 suburbs & localitiesShow ▾
Ōtautau, Wyndham, Invercargill Central, Longwood Forest, Catlins, Appleby, Bluff, Glengarry, Waikiwi, Edendale, Otatara, Strathern, Windsor, Woodlands, Richmond, Grasmere, Prestonville, Riverton, Georgetown, Gladstone, Wallacetown, Newfield, Kennington, Makarewa, West Plains, Hargest, Rosedale, Waverley, Clifton-Kew, Kingswell, Tisbury, Turnbull Thompson Park, Awarua Plains, Greenhills, Woodend, Ōhai-Nightcaps, Stewart Island, Waianiwa, Grove Bush, Heidelberg, Avenal, Hedgehope, Myross Bush, Rockdale, Ōhai, Nightcaps, Fiordland, Oban, Tuatapere.
Boundaries do not always follow the edge of a suburb. Catlins, Richmond, Gladstone, Waverley, Woodend, Hedgehope and 1 others are split with a neighbouring electorate, so they appear on more than one page. Hover a dotted name for the share that falls here.
Built from the 2025 electorate boundaries used for the 2026 election, matched against Stats NZ statistical areas. Names are the official ones, so a very small settlement may sit inside a larger named locality rather than appear on its own. If you are unsure which electorate you are in, check your address on vote.nz.
Source: Stats NZ: 2025 electorate boundaries and 2026 statistical areas
Enrolment info86.37% enrolled · as at 31 July 2026Show ▾
| Age | Est. eligible | General | Māori | Enrolled | Not enrolled | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 - 24 | 5,916 | 2,679 | 370 | 3,049 | 2,867 | 51.54% |
| 25 - 29 | 4,099 | 2,977 | 360 | 3,337 | 762 | 81.41% |
| 30 - 34 | 4,910 | 3,433 | 384 | 3,817 | 1,093 | 77.74% |
| 35 - 39 | 5,209 | 3,968 | 354 | 4,322 | 887 | 82.97% |
| 40 - 44 | 5,058 | 3,992 | 357 | 4,349 | 709 | 85.98% |
| 45 - 49 | 4,661 | 3,912 | 337 | 4,249 | 412 | 91.16% |
| 50 - 54 | 4,867 | 4,038 | 282 | 4,320 | 547 | 88.76% |
| 55 - 59 | 4,623 | 4,084 | 259 | 4,343 | 280 | 93.94% |
| 60 - 64 | 5,110 | 4,479 | 210 | 4,689 | 421 | 91.76% |
| 65 - 69 | 4,417 | 4,251 | 183 | 4,434 | -17 | 100.38% |
| 70+ | 9,776 | 9,456 | 289 | 9,745 | 31 | 99.68% |
| Total | 58,646 | 47,269 | 3,385 | 50,654 | 7,992 | 86.37% |
Enrolment figures are as at 31 July 2026. The eligible population is the Electoral Commission's own estimate, so “not enrolled” is the gap between that estimate and the roll — not a count of identified people.
Some age bands show above 100% enrolled, which means the roll holds more people than the population estimate for that band. This appears in the Commission's own published table and is not an error here.
The youngest band is consistently the least enrolled: 18 - 24 sits at 51.54% here, against 86.37% across all ages.
Source: Electoral Commission: enrolment by general electorate
2023 election resultsShow ▾
Electorate (candidate) votes, 14 October 2023. Winner: Penny Simmonds (National), majority 9,874.
- Penny SimmondsNational20,819 (56.4%)
- Liz CraigLabour10,945 (29.7%)
- Ian Scott DonaldsonACT1,990 (5.4%)
- David KowalewskiNZ Loyal1,760 (4.8%)
- Kevin Patrick O'ConnellLegalise Cannabis1,072 (2.9%)
- Judith TerrilVision NZ307 (0.8%)
Source: Electoral Commission (electionresults.govt.nz). Electorate (candidate) vote only; party vote not shown.
Current MP for Invercargill
Penny Simmonds
Current MPFocus
Focused on regional development and vocational education for Invercargill; led the Southland Regional Development Strategy.
Candidates
Janice Lee
NewFocus
Koha Kai founder focused on cost of living, affordable food access, job security and better representation for disabled people and seniors in Southland.
Dave Kennedy
NewFocus
Standing in Invercargill primarily for the party vote, campaigning on Southland water quality, community housing and local food networks.