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New Zealand general election, 2011

New Zealand general election, 2011
New Zealand
2008 ←
26 November 2011 (2011-11-26) → 2014
outgoing members ← → elected members

All 120 seats (plus one overhang seat) in the New Zealand House of Representatives
61 seats are needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout 2,278,989 (74.21%) Decrease5.25%
  First party Second party Third party
  John Key headshot.jpg Phil Goff at Maungaraki School.jpg Metiria Turei and Russel Norman crop.jpg
Leader John Key Phil Goff Russel Norman
Metiria Turei
Party National Labour Green
Leader since 2006 2008 2006 / 2009
Leader's seat Helensville Mount Roskill List
Last election 58 seats, 44.93% 43 seats, 33.99% 9 seats, 6.72%
Seats before 58 42 9
Seats won 59 34 14
Seat change Increase1 Decrease8 Increase5
Popular vote 1,058,638 614,936 247,370
Percentage 47.31% 27.48% 11.06%
Swing Increase2.38% Decrease6.51% Increase4.34%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Winston Peters cropped.PNG below Hone Harawira (cropped).jpg
Leader Winston Peters Tariana Turia /
Pita Sharples
Hone Harawira
Party NZ First Māori Mana
Leader since 1993
(party foundation)
2004
(party foundation)
2011
(party foundation)
Leader's seat List Te Tai Hauāuru /
Tāmaki Makaurau
Te Tai Tokerau
Last election 0 seats, 4.07% 5 seats, 2.39% (not yet founded)
Seats before 0 4 1
Seats won 8 3 1
Seat change Increase8 Decrease1 Steady0
Popular vote 147,544 31,982 24,168
Percentage 6.59% 1.43% 1.08%
Swing Increase2.52% Decrease0.96% Increase1.08%

  Seventh party Eighth party
  below Peter Dunne.jpg
Leader Don Brash Peter Dunne
Party ACT United Future
Leader since 2011 2002
(party foundation)
Leader's seat (outside Parliament) Ōhariu
Last election 5 seats, 3.65% 1 seat, 0.87%
Seats before 5 1
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Decrease4 Steady0
Popular vote 23,889 13,443
Percentage 1.07% 0.60%
Swing Decrease2.58% Decrease0.27%

Prime Minister before election

John Key
National

Subsequent Prime Minister

John Key
National


John Key
National

John Key
National

The 2011 New Zealand general election on Saturday 26 November 2011 determined the membership of the 50th New Zealand Parliament.

One hundred and twenty-one MPs were elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives, 70 from single-member electorates, including one overhang seat, and 50 from party lists. New Zealand since 1996 has used the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) voting system, giving voters two votes: one for a political party and the other for their local electorate MP. A referendum on the voting system was held at the same time as the election, with voters voting by majority to keep the MMP system.

A total of 3,070,847 people were registered to vote in the election, with over 2.2 million votes cast and a turnout of 74.21% – the lowest turnout since 1887. The incumbent National Party, led by John Key, gained the plurality with 47.3% of the party vote and 59 seats, two seats short of holding a majority. The opposing Labour Party, led by Phil Goff, lost ground winning 27.5% of the vote and 34 seats, while the Green Party won 11.1% of the vote and 14 seats – the biggest share of the party vote for a minor party since 1996. New Zealand First, having won no seats in 2008 due to its failure to either reach the 5% threshold or win an electorate, made a comeback with 6.6% of the vote entitling them to eight seats.

National's confidence and supply partners in the 49th Parliament meanwhile suffered losses. ACT New Zealand won less than a third of the party vote it received in 2008, reducing from five seats to one. The Māori Party was reduced from five seats to three, as the party vote split between the Māori Party and former Māori Party MP Hone Harawira's Mana Party. United Future lost party votes, but retained their one seat in Parliament.


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