New Zealand 1987 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : New Zealand Labour Party won 58 of 97 seats with 48.0% of the vote; 89.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 4.6 points on 1984.
- New Zealand
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand Labour Party | 58 | +2 | 48.0 | +5.0 | 878,448 |
| New Zealand National Party | 39 | +2 | 44.0 | +8.1 | 806,305 |
| Social Credit / Democratic Party | 0 | −2 | 5.7 | −1.9 | 105,091 |
± is the change against the New Zealand 1984 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- New Zealand Labour Party 878,448
- New Zealand National Party 806,305
- Social Credit / Democratic Party 105,091
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 2,114,656 registered voters cast a ballot (1,883,394 ballots), down 4.6 points on 1984. 1,831,777 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1978 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- New Zealand Labour Party48.0% of votes59.8% of seats
- New Zealand National Party44.0% of votes40.2% of seats
- Social Credit / Democratic Party5.7% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.3 by votes and 1.9 by seats; New Zealand Labour Party led New Zealand National Party by 3.9 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
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.