UPDATED 10.40PM: Simon Bridges is the winner of the Tauranga seat, and Todd Muller has taken the Bay of Plenty Seat.
Te Ururoa Flavell has secured his Wairiki seat, while Todd McClay has kept his Rotorua seat.
See final results from throughout the region below.
Simon Bridges is leading the race for Tauranga's seat. Pictured taking at selfie with Rosalie Crawford at his celebrations at No.1 The Strand tonight.
Tauranga: The top three
Votes counted: 100 per cent
National, Simon Bridges: 18,967
NZ First, Clayton Mitchell: 5441
Labour, Rachel Jones: 5290
Bay of Plenty: The top three
Votes counted: 100 per cent
National, Todd Muller: 20,013
Labour, Clare Wilson: 5884
NZ First, Raymond Dolman: 4180
Waiariki: The top three
Votes counted: 98 per cent
Maori Party, Te Ururoa Flavell: 7892
Labour, Rawiri Waititi: 4914
Mana Party, Annette Sykes: 4426
Rotorua: The top three
Votes counted: 100 per cent
National, Todd McClay: 17,180
Labour, Tamati Coffey: 10,079
NZ First, Fletcher Tabuteau: 2239
Coromandel: The top three
Votes counted: 100 per cent
National, Scott Simpson: 20,165
Green Party, Catherine Delahunty: 5382
Labour, Korbinian Poschl: 3858
Join us on SunLive as we cover the night's events alongside our local candidates, keeping you up to date with everything that's going on!
We're catching up with Tauranga MP Simon Bridges as he waits to hear if he will retain his seat and National Bay of Plenty candidate Todd Muller who is hoping to take over retiring Tony Ryall's seat.
We will be schmoozing with NZ First candidate Clayton Mitchell at the Devonport Towers, visiting NZIC's Brendon Horan in Mount Maunganui and checking in with Labour's Bay of Plenty candidate Clare Wilson and Tauranga candidate Rachel Jones.
We've got a top team of local journalists and photographers on the job, so keep watching SunLive for the Bay's top election coverage for 2014!
Tauranga candidates:
BRIDGES, Simon - National Party
HESLOP, Nathaniel - Conservative
JONES, Rachel - Labour Party
KANE, Rusty - Independent
LAMARE, Yvette - Independent
McLEAN, Ian - Green Party
MAXWELL, James - United Future
MITCHELL, Clayton - New Zealand First Party
OHIA-GATE, Verna - Maori Party
O'NEILL, Michael - NZ Independent Coalition
PEDERSEN, Stuart - ACT New Zealand
Bay of Plenty candidates:
CUNLIFFE, Deborah - Conservative
DOLMAN, Raymond - New Zealand First Party
HORAN, Brendan - NZ Independent Coalition
LIVINGSTON, Tracy - Democrats for Social Credit
MULLER, Todd - National Party
RICKARD, Ben - United Future
WILSON, Clare - Labour Party
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