New Zealand 1960 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : New Zealand National Party won 46 of 80 seats with 47.6% of the vote; 89.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.6 points on 1957.
- New Zealand
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand National Party | 46 | +7 | 47.6 | +3.4 | 557,046 |
| New Zealand Labour Party | 34 | −7 | 43.4 | −4.9 | 508,179 |
| Social Credit / Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | +1.4 | 100,905 |
± is the change against the New Zealand 1957 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- New Zealand National Party 557,046
- New Zealand Labour Party 508,179
- Social Credit / Democratic Party 100,905
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
89.8% of the 1,310,742 registered voters cast a ballot (1,176,963 ballots), down 3.6 points on 1957. 1,170,503 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1951 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- New Zealand National Party47.6% of votes57.5% of seats
- New Zealand Labour Party43.4% of votes42.5% of seats
- Social Credit / Democratic Party8.6% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.4 by votes and 2.0 by seats; New Zealand National Party led New Zealand Labour Party by 4.2 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.