Elections in New Zealand
As of , the next election we list for New Zealand is the general election on Saturday 7 November 2026 (expected). The latest result in our data is the 2020 general election: New Zealand Labour Party won 65 of 120 seats. This page lists 40 elections, past and coming.
Coming up
- General electionExpected
Latest result in our data
New Zealand 2020 general election61 for a majority
Turnout at national parliament elections
Past elections
The latest result we hold for New Zealand comes from ParlGov, which reaches June 2023: a later election is not in our data yet.
| Election and largest party | % | Seats | Turnout % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 general electionNew Zealand Labour Party | 50.0 | 65 of 120 | 82.2 |
| 2017 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 44.4 | 56 of 120 | 79.8 |
| 2014 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 47.0 | 60 of 121 | 77.9 |
| 2011 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 47.3 | 59 of 121 | 74.2 |
| 2008 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 44.9 | 58 of 122 | 79.5 |
| 2005 general electionNew Zealand Labour Party | 41.1 | 50 of 121 | 80.9 |
| 2002 general electionNew Zealand Labour Party | 41.3 | 52 of 120 | 77.0 |
| 1999 general electionNew Zealand Labour Party | 38.7 | 49 of 120 | 84.8 |
| 1996 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 33.8 | 44 of 120 | 88.3 |
| 1993 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 35.0 | 50 of 99 | 85.2 |
| 1990 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 47.8 | 67 of 97 | 85.2 |
| 1987 general electionNew Zealand Labour Party | 48.0 | 58 of 97 | 89.1 |
Earlier elections
| Election and largest party | % | Seats | Turnout % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 general electionNew Zealand Labour Party | 43.0 | 56 of 95 | 93.7 |
| 1981 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 38.8 | 47 of 92 | 91.4 |
| 1978 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 39.8 | 51 of 92 | 80.9 |
| 1975 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 47.4 | 55 of 87 | 82.5 |
| 1972 general electionNew Zealand Labour Party | 48.4 | 55 of 87 | 89.8 |
| 1969 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 45.2 | 45 of 84 | 89.9 |
| 1966 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 43.6 | 44 of 80 | 86.0 |
| 1963 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 47.1 | 45 of 80 | 89.6 |
| 1960 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 47.6 | 46 of 80 | 89.8 |
| 1957 general electionNew Zealand Labour Party | 48.3 | 41 of 80 | 93.4 |
| 1954 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 44.3 | 45 of 80 | 91.4 |
| 1951 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 53.9 | 50 of 80 | 89.1 |
| 1949 general electionNew Zealand National Party | 51.9 | 46 of 80 | 94.0 |
| 1946 general electionNew Zealand Labour Party | 51.3 | 42 of 80 | 97.5 |
| 1943 general electionNew Zealand Labour Party | 47.6 | 46 of 80 | 95.2 |
| 1938 general electionNew Zealand Labour Party | 55.8 | 53 of 80 | 95.8 |
| 1935 general electionNew Zealand Labour Party | 45.7 | 53 of 80 | 93.4 |
| 1931 general electionReform Party | 26.6 | 28 of 80 | 82.2 |
| 1928 general electionReform Party | 35.9 | 28 of 80 | 90.5 |
| 1925 general electionReform Party | 47.2 | 55 of 80 | 92.1 |
| 1922 general electionReform Party | 39.4 | 37 of 80 | 91.6 |
| 1919 general electionReform Party | 35.6 | 45 of 80 | 82.0 |
| 1914 general electionReform Party | 45.5 | 40 of 80 | 87.7 |
| 1911 general electionReform Party | 33.4 | 37 of 80 | 81.6 |
| 1908 general electionNew Zealand Liberal Party | 58.7 | 50 of 80 | 80.3 |
| 1905 general electionNew Zealand Liberal Party | 53.1 | 58 of 80 | 86.6 |
| 1902 general electionNew Zealand Liberal Party | 51.8 | 47 of 80 | 76.7 |
Parties
Every partyEach party's share of the vote at its latest election in our data, and the year of that election.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata (election items) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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