New Zealand 1972 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : New Zealand Labour Party won 55 of 87 seats with 48.4% of the vote; 89.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.1 points on 1969.
- New Zealand
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand Labour Party | 55 | +16 | 48.4 | +4.2 | 677,669 |
| New Zealand National Party | 32 | −13 | 41.5 | −3.7 | 581,422 |
| Social Credit / Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | −2.4 | 93,231 |
| Values Party | 0 | 2.0 | 27,467 |
± is the change against the New Zealand 1969 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- New Zealand Labour Party 677,669
- New Zealand National Party 581,422
- Social Credit / Democratic Party 93,231
- Values Party 27,467
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 1,569,937 registered voters cast a ballot (1,410,240 ballots), down 0.1 points on 1969. 1,401,152 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- New Zealand Labour Party48.4% of votes63.2% of seats
- New Zealand National Party41.5% of votes36.8% of seats
- Social Credit / Democratic Party6.7% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 12.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.4 by votes and 1.9 by seats; New Zealand Labour Party led New Zealand National Party by 6.9 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
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