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New Zealand 1905 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : New Zealand Liberal Party won 58 of 80 seats with 53.1% of the vote; 86.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

  • New Zealand Liberal Party58
  • Reform Party16
  • Independents6

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
New Zealand Liberal Party5853.1216,312
Reform Party1629.7120,810
New Zealand Labour Party00.93,623
Independents6
Votes by party
  • New Zealand Liberal Party 216,312
  • Reform Party 120,810
  • New Zealand Labour Party 3,623
  • Independents

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

Share of the vote

Turnout

86.6% of the 476,473 registered voters cast a ballot (412,702 ballots). 407,234 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • New Zealand Liberal Party53.1% of votes72.5% of seats
  • Reform Party29.7% of votes20.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

New Zealand Liberal Party led Reform Party by 23.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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