Template:2008 New Zealand election
party | votes | % of votes | seats | |||||
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% | 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.