2017 New Zealand general election

The 2017 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 23 September 2017 to elect the membership of the 52nd New Zealand Parliament along with the Prime Minister of New Zealand. The last parliament was elected on 20 September 2014 and officially ended on 22 August 2017.[1]

2017 New Zealand general election

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All 120 seats in the House of Representatives
61 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout2,630,173 (79.8%) Increase1.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Bill English July 2017.jpg
Jacinda Ardern, 2018.jpg
Winston Peters - 2017 (38351102806) (cropped).jpg
Leader Bill English Jacinda Ardern Winston Peters
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Leader since 12 December 2016 1 August 2017 18 July 1993
Leader's seat List Mount Albert List
(lost Northland)
Last election 60 seats, 47.04% 32 seats, 25.13% 11 seats, 8.66%
Seats before 59 32 12
Seats won 56 46 9
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 14 Decrease 3
Electorate vote 1,114,367
44.05%
Decrease 2.03 pp
958,155
37.88%
Increase 3.75 pp
137,816
5.45%
Increase 2.32 pp
Party vote 1,152,075
44.45%
Decrease 2.59 pp
956,184
36.89%
Increase 11.76 pp
186,706
7.20%
Decrease 1.46 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
James Shaw, 2014.jpg
David Seymour at ACT Selection Announcement for Leader and Epsom.jpg
Marama Fox and Te Ururoa Flavell.png
Leader James Shaw David Seymour Marama Fox
Te Ururoa Flavell
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Leader since 30 May 2015 4 October 2014 October 2014
13 July 2013
Leader's seat List Epsom List
Waiariki
(lost both seats)
Last election 14 seats, 10.70% 1 seat, 0.69% 2 seats, 1.32%
Seats before 14 1 2
Seats won 8 1 0
Seat change Decrease 6 Steady Decrease 2
Electorate vote 174,725
6.91%
Decrease 0.15 pp
25,471
1.01%
Decrease 0.17 pp
53,247
2.11%
Increase 0.32 pp
Party vote 162,443
6.27%
Decrease4.43 pp
13,075
0.50%
Decrease 0.19 pp
30,580
1.18%
Decrease 0.14 pp

New Zealand 2017 Election Results Map - Results By Electorate, Māori Electorate, and Additional Member Seats.svg
Map of the general election. Electorate results are shown on the left, Maori electorate results in the centre, and the list members on the right.

Prime Minister before election

Bill English
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Subsequent Prime Minister

Jacinda Ardern
Labour

Jacinda Ardern became New Zealand's third female Prime Minister, and Winston Peters again became Deputy Prime Minister, a role he had first held in 1996–98.[2] This ended nine years under the National Party Government. Ardern became Prime Minister after the Labour Party agreed to create a coalition with Peters's New Zealand First party, thus making him Deputy Prime Minister. Their shared votes were larger than that of English, thus defeating him.[2]

About

Voters elected 120 members to the House of Representatives under New Zealand's mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, a system in which 71 members were elected from single-member electorates and 49 members were elected from closed party lists.

Around 3.57 million people were registered to vote in the election,[3] with 2.63 million (79.8%) turning out. Advance voting proved popular, with 1.24 million votes cast before election day, more than the previous two elections combined.[4]

Candidates

The centre-right National Party, led by Prime Minister Bill English, had governed since 2008 in a minority government. It was the first election for English as incumbent Prime Minister, having replaced John Key on 12 December 2016 and the first since 1975 where both major parties had leadership changes. The main opposition parties to the National government were Labour (the official opposition), led by Jacinda Ardern, the Green Party, and New Zealand First.

  1. Name is bold because she won the election

Opinion polling

   

Results

 
Party affiliation of winning electorate candidates.
Popular vote
National
  
44.45%
Labour
  
36.89%
NZ First
  
7.20%
Green <div style="background:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found.; width:6.27%; overflow:hidden">   6.27%
Opportunities
  
2.24%
Māori
  
1.18%
ACT
  
0.50%
Others
  
1.07%
Parliament seats
National
  
46.67%
Labour
  
38.33%
NZ First
  
7.50%
Green <div style="background:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found.; width:6.67%; overflow:hidden">   6.67%
ACT
  
0.83%

2017 New Zealand General Election Media

References

  1. Watch the dissolution of Parliament on Tuesday 22 August. New Zealand Parliament. 15 August 2017. https://www.parliament.nz/en/get-involved/features/watch-the-dissolution-of-parliament-on-tuesday-22-august/. Retrieved 6 September 2017. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Moir, Jo (19 October 2017). "Labour finally retake power after Winston Peters gives Jacinda Ardern his support". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  3. "Enrolment statistics by electorate". Electoral Commission of New Zealand. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  4. "Advance voting statistics". Electoral Commission of New Zealand. Retrieved 23 September 2017.