New Zealand 1949 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : New Zealand National Party won 46 of 80 seats with 51.9% of the vote; 94.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.5 points on 1946.
- New Zealand
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand National Party | 46 | +8 | 51.9 | +3.5 | 556,805 |
| New Zealand Labour Party | 34 | −8 | 47.2 | −4.1 | 506,073 |
| Communist Party of New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | +0.2 | 2,697 |
± is the change against the New Zealand 1946 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- New Zealand National Party 556,805
- New Zealand Labour Party 506,073
- Communist Party of New Zealand 2,697
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
94.0% of the 1,148,748 registered voters cast a ballot (1,079,878 ballots), down 3.5 points on 1946. 1,073,154 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- New Zealand National Party51.9% of votes57.5% of seats
- New Zealand Labour Party47.2% of votes42.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.0 by votes and 2.0 by seats; New Zealand National Party led New Zealand Labour Party by 4.7 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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