New Zealand 1999 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : New Zealand Labour Party won 49 of 120 seats with 38.7% of the vote; 84.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.5 points on 1996.
- New Zealand
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand Labour Party | 49 | +12 | 38.7 | +10.6 | 800,199 |
| New Zealand National Party | 39 | −5 | 30.5 | −3.3 | 629,932 |
| Alliance | 10 | −3 | 7.7 | −2.4 | 159,859 |
| ACT New Zealand | 9 | +1 | 7.0 | +0.9 | 145,493 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 7 | 5.2 | 106,560 | ||
| New Zealand First | 5 | −12 | 4.3 | −9.1 | 87,926 |
| Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | −1.9 | 49,154 |
| Christian Democrat Party | 0 | 1.1 | 23,033 | ||
| Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | −0.6 | 22,687 |
| United New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | −0.3 | 11,065 |
± is the change against the New Zealand 1996 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- New Zealand Labour Party 800,199
- New Zealand National Party 629,932
- Alliance 159,859
- ACT New Zealand 145,493
- Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 106,560
- New Zealand First 87,926
- Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand 49,154
- Christian Democrat Party 23,033
- Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 22,687
- United New Zealand 11,065
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
84.8% of the 2,509,365 registered voters cast a ballot (2,127,265 ballots), down 3.5 points on 1996. 2,065,494 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1978 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- New Zealand Labour Party38.7% of votes40.8% of seats
- New Zealand National Party30.5% of votes32.5% of seats
- Alliance7.7% of votes8.3% of seats
- ACT New Zealand7.0% of votes7.5% of seats
- Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand5.2% of votes5.8% of seats
- New Zealand First4.3% of votes4.2% of seats
- United New Zealand0.5% of votes0.8% of seats
- Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand2.4% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.4 by seats; New Zealand Labour Party led New Zealand National Party by 8.2 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
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