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New Zealand 1908 general election

What was the result of the 1908 general election in New Zealand?

New Zealand Liberal Party won 50 of 80 seats with 58.7% of the vote. 80.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : New Zealand Liberal Party won 50 of 80 seats with 58.7% of the vote; 80.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • New Zealand Liberal Party 50 58.7%
  • Reform Party 26 27.8%
  • New Zealand Labour Party 1 4.1%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
41 of 80 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 58.7%

    Share of the vote won by New Zealand Liberal Party

    New Zealand Liberal Party won 50 of 80 seats. A majority needs 41.

  2. 80.3%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
New Zealand Liberal Party5058.7250,445
Reform Party2627.8118,773
New Zealand Labour Party14.117,492
Independents3
Votes by party
  • New Zealand Liberal Party 250,445
  • Reform Party 118,773
  • New Zealand Labour Party 17,492
  • Independents

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

How many people voted?

80.3% of the 537,003 registered voters cast a ballot (431,467 ballots). 426,871 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • New Zealand Liberal Party58.7% of votes62.5% of seats
  • Reform Party27.8% of votes32.5% of seats
  • New Zealand Labour Party4.1% of votes1.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.4 by votes and 2.0 by seats; New Zealand Liberal Party led Reform Party by 30.9 points of the vote.

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