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New Zealand 1922 general election

What was the result of the 1922 general election in New Zealand?

Reform Party won 37 of 80 seats with 39.4% of the vote. 91.6% 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 37 of 80 seats with 39.4% of the vote; 91.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Reform Party 37 39.4%
  • New Zealand Liberal Party 22 26.3%
  • New Zealand Labour Party 17 23.7%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
41 of 80 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 39.4%

    Share of the vote won by Reform Party

    Reform Party won 37 of 80 seats. A majority needs 41.

  2. 91.6%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Reform Party3739.4249,735
New Zealand Liberal Party2226.3166,708
New Zealand Labour Party1723.7150,448
Independents410.767,837
Votes by party
  • Reform Party 249,735
  • New Zealand Liberal Party 166,708
  • New Zealand Labour Party 150,448
  • Independents 67,837

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?

91.6% of the 700,111 registered voters cast a ballot (641,308 ballots). 634,728 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Reform Party39.4% of votes46.3% of seats
  • New Zealand Liberal Party26.3% of votes27.5% of seats
  • New Zealand Labour Party23.7% of votes21.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.4 by votes and 3.0 by seats; Reform Party led New Zealand Liberal Party by 13.1 points of the vote.

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