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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]
The 2023 New Zealand general election was held on Saturday, 14 October 2023 to determine the membership of the 54th New Zealand Parliament. [1] This page lists candidates by party, including their ranking on a list. Full official lists were published on 16 September. [2]
The Sixth National Government is a coalition government comprising the National Party, ACT Party and New Zealand First that has governed New Zealand since November 2023. The government is headed by Christopher Luxon, the National Party leader and prime minister, along with coalition party leaders David Seymour and Winston Peters.
Unless an early election is called or the election date is set to circumvent holding a by-election, a general election is held every three years. The last election was held on Saturday, 14 October 2023. [6] The Governor General must issue a writs for an election within seven days of the expiration or dissolution of the current Parliament. [7]
Until the 1938 election, elections were held on a weekday. In 1938 and in 1943, elections were held on a Saturday. In 1946 and 1949, elections were held on a Wednesday. [21] In 1950, the legal requirement to hold elections on a Saturday was introduced, [22] and this first applied to the 1951 election.
The preliminary count only includes advance ordinary and election day ordinary votes; it does not include any special votes, which have a deadline ten days later (24 October). [2] Special votes include votes from those who enrolled after the deadline of 10 September, those who voted outside their electorate (including all overseas votes ...
2023 general election: Bay of Plenty; Notes: Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP. Party Candidate Notes List # Source Leighton Baker Party: Wendy Gillespie 2 [27] Animal Justice: Caitlin Grattan 14 [19] ACT: Cameron Luxton: Contested Tauranga in 2020 and 2022
In July 2023 the party filed an application to change their name and logo to NewZeal. [22] This became official in August 2023. [ 23 ] Both RNZ and the New Zealand Herald described NewZeal as a "new political party" launched by Alfred Ngaro, who left the National Party to form it.