2017 New Zealand general election

2017 New Zealand general election

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All 120 seats in the House of Representatives 61 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	2,630,173 (79.8%) 1.9%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Bill English Jacinda Ardern Winston Peters Party National Labour NZ First Leader's seat List Mount Albert List (lost Northland) Last election 60 seats, 47.04% 32 seats, 25.13% 11 seats, 8.66% Seats before 59 32 12 Seats won 56 46 9 Seat change 3 14 3 Electorate vote 1,114,367 44.05% 2.03 pp 958,155 37.88% 3.75 pp 137,816 5.45% 2.32 pp Party vote 1,152,075 44.45% 2.59 pp 956,184 36.89% 11.76 pp 186,706 7.20% 1.46 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader James Shaw David Seymour Marama Fox Te Ururoa Flavell Party Green ACT Māori Party Leader's seat List Epsom List Waiariki (lost both seats) Last election 14 seats, 10.70% 1 seat, 0.69% 2 seats, 1.32% Seats before 14 1 2 Seats won 8 1 0 Seat change 6 2 Electorate vote 174,725 6.91% 0.15 pp 25,471 1.01% 0.17 pp 53,247 2.11% 0.32 pp Party vote 162,443 6.27% 4.43 pp 13,075 0.50% 0.19 pp 30,580 1.18% 0.14 pp
Map of the general election. Electorate results are shown on the left, Maori electorate results in the centre, and the list members on the right.
Prime Minister before election Bill English National Subsequent Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Labour

The 2017 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 23 September 2017 to elect the membership of the 52nd New Zealand Parliament along with the Prime Minister of New Zealand. The last parliament was elected on 20 September 2014 and officially ended on 22 August 2017.^[1]

Jacinda Ardern became New Zealand's third female Prime Minister, and Winston Peters again became Deputy Prime Minister, a role he had first held in 1996–98.^[2] This ended nine years under the National Party Government. Ardern became Prime Minister after the Labour Party agreed to create a coalition with Peters's New Zealand First party, thus making him Deputy Prime Minister. Their shared votes were larger than that of English, thus defeating him.^[2]

1. ↑ "Watch the dissolution of Parliament on Tuesday 22 August". New Zealand Parliament. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Moir, Jo (19 October 2017). "Labour finally retake power after Winston Peters gives Jacinda Ardern his support". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 19 October 2017.