New Zealand 2002 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : New Zealand Labour Party won 52 of 120 seats with 41.3% of the vote; 77.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 7.8 points on 1999.
- New Zealand
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand Labour Party | 52 | +3 | 41.3 | +2.5 | 838,219 |
| New Zealand National Party | 27 | −12 | 20.9 | −9.6 | 425,310 |
| New Zealand First | 13 | +8 | 10.4 | +6.1 | 210,912 |
| ACT New Zealand | 9 | 0 | 7.1 | +0.1 | 145,078 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 9 | +2 | 7.0 | +1.8 | 142,250 |
| United Future | 8 | 6.7 | 135,918 | ||
| Jim Anderton's Progressive Party | 2 | 1.7 | 34,542 | ||
| Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | −1.0 | 27,492 |
| Outdoor Recreation New Zealand | 0 | 1.3 | 25,985 | ||
| Alliance | 0 | −10 | 1.3 | −6.5 | 25,888 |
± is the change against the New Zealand 1999 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- New Zealand Labour Party 838,219
- New Zealand National Party 425,310
- New Zealand First 210,912
- ACT New Zealand 145,078
- Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 142,250
- United Future 135,918
- Jim Anderton's Progressive Party 34,542
- Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand 27,492
- Outdoor Recreation New Zealand 25,985
- Alliance 25,888
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
77.0% of the 2,670,030 registered voters cast a ballot (2,055,404 ballots), down 7.8 points on 1999. 2,031,617 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- New Zealand Labour Party41.3% of votes43.3% of seats
- New Zealand National Party20.9% of votes22.5% of seats
- New Zealand First10.4% of votes10.8% of seats
- ACT New Zealand7.1% of votes7.5% of seats
- Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand7.0% of votes7.5% of seats
- United Future6.7% of votes6.7% of seats
- Jim Anderton's Progressive Party1.7% of votes1.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.2 by votes and 3.8 by seats; New Zealand Labour Party led New Zealand National Party by 20.3 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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