New Zealand 1946 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : New Zealand Labour Party won 42 of 80 seats with 51.3% of the vote; 97.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- New Zealand
- Held
Result
41 for a majority
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand Labour Party | 42 | 51.3 | 536,994 |
| New Zealand National Party | 38 | 48.4 | 507,139 |
| Communist Party of New Zealand | 0 | 0.1 | 836 |
Votes by party
- New Zealand Labour Party 536,994
- New Zealand National Party 507,139
- Communist Party of New Zealand 836
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.
Share of the vote
Turnout
97.5% of the 1,081,898 registered voters cast a ballot (1,055,204 ballots). 1,047,205 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- New Zealand Labour Party51.3% of votes52.5% of seats
- New Zealand National Party48.4% of votes47.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.0 by votes and 2.0 by seats; New Zealand Labour Party led New Zealand National 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.