Template:1979 Christchurch Central by-election

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1979 Christchurch Central by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]] Geoffrey Palmer 6,149 64.20 +3.03
style="background-color: Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Social Credit Party (New Zealand)|Template:Social Credit Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]] Terry Heffernan 1,759 18.37 +9.02
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[New Zealand National Party|Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/shortname]] David Duncan 1,634 17.06 -8.55
Tory Suzanne Sadler 26 0.27
Economic Euthenics Tubby Hansen 10 0.10
Majority 4,390 45.83 +10.27
Turnout 9,578 36.00
Registered electors 26,605
style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color" | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]] hold Swing +11.58
  1. Norton 1988, p. 206.