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General elections 1996-2005 - seats won by party

Election

Seats

Party

Total seats

% of Party votes

Electorate seats
(General, Maori)

% of Electorate votes

List seats

 

Electorate (General, Maori)

List

Total

           

1996

60, 5

55

120

National

Labour

NZ First

Alliance

ACT NZ

United

Christian Coalition

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis

Others

44

37

17

13

8

1

0

0

0

33.8

28.2

13.4

10.1

6.1

0.9

4.3

1.7

1.6

30, 0

26, 0

1, 5

1, 0

1, 0

1, 0

0, 0

0, 0

0, 0

33.9

31.1

13.5

11.3

3.8

2.1

1.6

0.2

2.7

14

11

11

12

7

0

0

0

0

1999

61, 6

53

120

Labour

National

Alliance

ACT NZ

Greens

NZ First

United

Christian Heritage

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis

Future NZ

Others

49

39

10

9

7

5

1

0

0

0

0

38.7

30.5

7.7

7.0

5.2

4.3

0.5

2.4

1.1

1.1

1.4

35, 6

22, 0

1, 0

0, 0

1, 0

1, 0

1, 0

0, 0

0, 0

0, 0

0, 0

41.8

31.3

6.9

4.5

4.2

4.2

1.1

2.2

0.3

0.9

2.6

8

17

9

9

6

4

0

0

0

0

0

2002

62, 7

51

120

Labour

National

NZ First

ACT NZ

Greens

United Future NZ

Progressive Coalition

Christian Heritage

Alliance

Outdoor Recreation NZ

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis

Others

52

27

13

9

9

8

2

0

0

0

0

0

41.3

20.9

10.4

7.1

7.0

6.7

1.7

1.4

1.3

1.3

0.6

0.4

38, 7

21, 0

1, 0

0, 0

0, 0

1, 0

1, 0

0, 0

0, 0

0, 0

0, 0

0, 0

44.7

30.5

4.0

3.6

5.4

4.6

1.8

2.1

1.7

0.0

0.2

1.5

7

6

12

9

9

7

1

0

0

0

0

0

2005

62, 7

52

121

Labour

National

NZ First

Greens

Maori Party

United Future NZ

ACT NZ

Jim Anderton's Progressive

Destiny New Zealand

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis

Others

50

48

7

6

4

3

2

1

0

0

0

41.1

39.1

5.7

5.3

2.1

2.7

1.5

1.2

0.6

0.3

0.5

28, 3

31, 0

0, 0

0, 0

0, 4

1, 0

1, 0

1, 0

0, 0

0, 0

0, 0

40.4

40.4

3.5

4.1

3.4

2.8

2.0

1.6

0.8

0.1

0.9

19

17

7

6

0

2

1

0

0

0

0