New Zealand 1951 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : New Zealand National Party won 50 of 80 seats with 53.9% of the vote; 89.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 4.9 points on 1949.
- New Zealand
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand National Party | 50 | +4 | 53.9 | +2.1 | 577,625 |
| New Zealand Labour Party | 30 | −4 | 45.9 | −1.3 | 491,200 |
| Communist Party of New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | −0.2 | 657 |
± is the change against the New Zealand 1949 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- New Zealand National Party 577,625
- New Zealand Labour Party 491,200
- Communist Party of New Zealand 657
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
89.1% of the 1,205,762 registered voters cast a ballot (1,074,475 ballots), down 4.9 points on 1949. 1,070,843 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- New Zealand National Party53.9% of votes62.5% of seats
- New Zealand Labour Party45.9% of votes37.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.0 by votes and 1.9 by seats; New Zealand National Party led New Zealand Labour Party by 8.1 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.