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Electorate results of the 2023 New Zealand general election Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up Third place Auckland Central: Chlöe Swarbrick: 3,896 Mahesh Muralidhar: Oscar Sims Banks Peninsula: Tracey McLellan: Vanessa Weenink: 396 Tracey McLellan: Lan Pham: Bay of Plenty: Todd Muller: Tom Rutherford: 15,405 Pare Taikato: Cameron ...
The 2023 New Zealand general election was held on 14 October 2023 to determine the composition of the 54th Parliament of New Zealand.Voters elected 122 members to the unicameral New Zealand House of Representatives under the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, with 71 members elected from single-member electorates and the remaining members elected from closed party lists. [1]
Results of the 2020 general election. From left to right: general electorate winners, Māori electorate winners, and numbers of List MPs.. This article summarises results of the 17 October 2020 New Zealand general election, including both party vote and electorate vote outcomes.
The death, resignation, or expulsion of a sitting electorate MP can cause a by-election. (Note that list MPs do not have geographic districts for the purpose of provoking by-elections – if a list MP's seat becomes vacant, the next person on his or her party's list fills the position.) Historically, by-elections were often caused by general ...
According to Elections New Zealand, "having the printed electoral rolls available for the public to view is a part of the open democratic process of New Zealand". [13] The Electoral Commission, in their report on the 2017 general election, recommended that roll sales be discontinued for anything other than electoral purposes. [14]
ACT New Zealand released their list on 16 July 2023. [3] [4] Anto Coates, 33rd on the list, withdrew in July. [5] Elaine Naidu Franz, 29th on the list, stood down on 23 August due to controversial social media comments. [6] Brent Miles, 57th on the list, and contesting Taranaki-King Country, withdrew in September for "personal reasons". [7]
To form a government in New Zealand, a party or alliance needs 61 of the 120 seats in the single-house parliament, which equates to around 48% of the popular vote.
The 2020 New Zealand general election was held on Saturday 17 October 2020 to determine the composition of the 53rd New Zealand Parliament. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Voters elected 120 members to the House of Representatives , 72 from single-member electorates and 48 from closed party lists .