Muralidhar set to become National's first Indian MP to win an electorate seat
Preliminary results show Muralidhar leading by over 5,300 votes; special-vote total to be revealed 27 November
Mahesh Muralidhar has reclaimed the Tāmaki electorate for the National Party and is set to become the party's first Indian MP to win an electorate seat. With 97% of votes counted, Muralidhar led ACT candidate James Christmas by more than 5,300 votes, securing 15,303 votes to Christmas's 7,659. The win returns the seat to National after it was lost to ACT in a 2023 upset.