Christchurch Central is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate in the South Island city of Christchurch. The electorate was established for the 1946 election and, until 2011 had always been won by the Labour Party. Since 2008, the incumbent was Brendon Burns but the election night results for the 2011 election resulted in a tie but the Special Vote results combined with a Judicial recount revealed a 47 vote majority for Nicky Wagner, the National List MP based in the Electorate.
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