New Zealand 1914 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Reform Party won 40 of 80 seats with 45.5% of the vote; 87.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- New Zealand
- Held
Result
- Reform Party40
- New Zealand Liberal Party34
- New Zealand Labour Party3
- Social Democratic Party2
- Independents1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reform Party | 40 | 45.5 | 243,025 |
| New Zealand Liberal Party | 34 | 42.6 | 227,706 |
| New Zealand Labour Party | 3 | 4.2 | 22,672 |
| Social Democratic Party | 2 | 4.2 | 22,500 |
| Independents | 1 | 3.5 | 18,554 |
Votes by party
- Reform Party 243,025
- New Zealand Liberal Party 227,706
- New Zealand Labour Party 22,672
- Social Democratic Party 22,500
- Independents 18,554
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
87.7% of the 616,043 registered voters cast a ballot (540,075 ballots). 534,457 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Reform Party45.5% of votes50.0% of seats
- New Zealand Liberal Party42.6% of votes42.5% of seats
- New Zealand Labour Party4.2% of votes3.8% of seats
- Social Democratic Party4.2% of votes2.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.5 by votes and 2.3 by seats; Reform Party led New Zealand Liberal Party by 2.9 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.