Template:2008 New Zealand election

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[{{fullurl:Template:Transclude|action=edit}} e] • [[|d]] Summary of 8 November 2008 New Zealand House of Representatives official election results
2008 New Zealand general election - composition chart.svg
party votes % of votes seats
% change electorate list total change
Template:Meta color National 1,053,398 44.93 +5.83 41 17 58 +10
Template:Meta color Labour 796,880 33.99 −7.11 21 22 43 −7
Template:Meta color Green 157,613 6.72 +1.42 0 9 9 +3
Template:Meta color ACT 85,496 3.65 +2.14 1 4 5 +3
Template:Meta color Māori 55,980 2.39 +0.27 5 0 5 +1
Template:Meta color Progressive 21,241 0.91 −0.25 1 0 1 0
Template:Meta color United Future 20,497 0.87 −1.80 1 0 1 −2
other parties 153,461 6.55 +5.23 0 0 0 −7a
total 2,344,566 100.00 70 52 122 +1b
National minority government 1,159,391 49.45 43 21 64 +14
Opposition parties 1,031,714 44.00 27 31 58 -7
party informal votes 11,970c
disallowed special votes 19,517c
disallowed ordinary votes 427c
total votes cast 2,376,480
turnout 79.46d -1.46

a The loss of seven seats by 'other parties' shown here compared to the 2005 election result was mostly due to NZ First failing to clear the MMP threshold while two independents, Gordon Copeland and Taito Phillip Field, who had split from their parties since the 2005 election lost their seats.
b The Māori Party gained two overhang seats (increasing parliament's size from 120 to 122 seats) by virtue of gaining more electorate seats than their party vote would have otherwise given them. This was one more overhang seat than in Template:NZ election link year.
c"Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate". Chief Electoral Office, New Zealand Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
dThe turnout is given as a percentage of those enrolled to vote. In New Zealand, enrolment is compulsory, though voting is not. "New Zealand General Election 2008 – Official Results". Elections New Zealand. Retrieved 23 November 2008.