New Zealand 1931 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Reform Party won 28 of 80 seats with 26.6% of the vote; 82.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- New Zealand
- Held
Result
- Reform Party28
- New Zealand Labour Party24
- New Zealand Liberal Party19
- Independents4
- Other parties (seats only)4
- Country Party1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand Labour Party | 24 | 34.3 | 244,867 |
| Reform Party | 28 | 26.6 | 190,170 |
| New Zealand Liberal Party | 19 | 16.9 | 120,801 |
| Other parties (seats only) | 4 | 10.5 | 75,069 |
| Independents | 4 | 9.4 | 66,894 |
| Country Party | 1 | 2.3 | 16,710 |
Votes by party
- New Zealand Labour Party 244,867
- Reform Party 190,170
- New Zealand Liberal Party 120,801
- Other parties (seats only) 75,069
- Independents 66,894
- Country Party 16,710
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
82.2% of the 874,787 registered voters cast a ballot (719,466 ballots). 714,511 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Reform Party26.6% of votes35.0% of seats
- New Zealand Labour Party34.3% of votes30.0% of seats
- New Zealand Liberal Party16.9% of votes23.8% of seats
- Country Party2.3% of votes1.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); New Zealand Labour Party led Reform Party by 7.7 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
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