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Map of the 2023 New Zealand general election, shaded by electorate. Māori electorates are in the bottom right. This article summarises results of the 14 October 2023 New Zealand general election , including both party vote and electorate vote outcomes.
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]
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]
Electoral rolls and voter registration serve a number of functions, especially to streamline voting on election day. Voter registration can be used to detect electoral fraud by enabling authorities to verify an applicant's identity and entitlement to a vote, and to ensure a person doesn't vote multiple times.
New Zealand Sovereignty Party: Tony Corbett Contested Tauranga in 2022 [222] Green: Thea Doyle 33 [28] Opportunities: Shai Navot: Contested North Shore in 2020 5 [12] [13] NZ Loyal: Chris Newman [223] Vision NZ: Bernadette Soares Contested electorate for New Conservative in 2020 [39] Labour: Vanushi Walters: 30 [44] [9] NZ First: David Wilson
Freedoms New Zealand: 2022: 15 February 2023: No Leighton Baker Party: 2023 16 August 2023: No New Conservatives: 2011: 6 October 2011: No New Nation Party: 2022: 12 April 2023: No New Zealand First: 1993: 20 December 1994: Yes New Zealand Labour Party: 1916: 17 February 1995: Yes New Zealand Loyal: 2023 28 August 2023: No NewZeal: 2020: 9 July ...
Apart from a brief period from 1908 to 1913, when elections used runoff voting, New Zealand used the first-past-the-post electoral system until 1996. Gradually, single-member electorates replaced multi-member electorates in urban areas, and single-member first-past-the-post electorates became the norm for most of the twentieth century.