New Zealand 1981 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : New Zealand National Party won 47 of 92 seats with 38.8% of the vote; 91.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 10.5 points on 1978.
- New Zealand
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand Labour Party | 43 | +3 | 39.0 | −1.4 | 702,630 |
| New Zealand National Party | 47 | −4 | 38.8 | −1.0 | 698,508 |
| Social Credit / Democratic Party | 2 | +1 | 20.6 | +4.6 | 372,056 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.5 | 8,332 |
± is the change against the New Zealand 1978 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- New Zealand Labour Party 702,630
- New Zealand National Party 698,508
- Social Credit / Democratic Party 372,056
- Largest party without seats 8,332
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
91.4% of the 2,034,747 registered voters cast a ballot (1,860,564 ballots), up 10.5 points on 1978. 1,801,303 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1957 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- New Zealand National Party38.8% of votes51.1% of seats
- New Zealand Labour Party39.0% of votes46.7% of seats
- Social Credit / Democratic Party20.6% of votes2.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 16.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.9 by votes and 2.1 by seats; New Zealand Labour Party led New Zealand National Party by 0.2 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.