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New Zealand 1914 general election

What was the result of the 1914 general election in New Zealand?

Reform Party won 40 of 80 seats with 45.5% of the vote. 87.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Reform Party won 40 of 80 seats with 45.5% of the vote; 87.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Reform Party 40 45.5%
  • New Zealand Liberal Party 34 42.6%
  • New Zealand Labour Party 3 4.2%
  • Social Democratic Party 2 4.2%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
41 of 80 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 45.5%

    Share of the vote won by Reform Party

    Reform Party won 40 of 80 seats. A majority needs 41.

  2. 87.7%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Reform Party4045.5243,025
New Zealand Liberal Party3442.6227,706
New Zealand Labour Party34.222,672
Social Democratic Party24.222,500
Independents13.518,554
Votes by party
  • Reform Party 243,025
  • New Zealand Liberal Party 227,706
  • New Zealand Labour Party 22,672
  • Social Democratic Party 22,500
  • Independents 18,554

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?

87.7% of the 616,043 registered voters cast a ballot (540,075 ballots). 534,457 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Reform Party45.5% of votes50.0% of seats
  • New Zealand Liberal Party42.6% of votes42.5% of seats
  • New Zealand Labour Party4.2% of votes3.8% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party4.2% of votes2.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.5 by votes and 2.3 by seats; Reform Party led New Zealand Liberal Party by 2.9 points of the vote.

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