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New Zealand 1925 general election

What was the result of the 1925 general election in New Zealand?

Reform Party won 55 of 80 seats with 47.2% of the vote. 92.1% 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 55 of 80 seats with 47.2% of the vote; 92.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Reform Party 55 47.2%
  • New Zealand Labour Party 12 27.3%
  • New Zealand Liberal Party 11 20.9%
  • Country Party 0 0.3%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
41 of 80 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 47.2%

    Share of the vote won by Reform Party

    Reform Party won 55 of 80 seats. A majority needs 41.

  2. 92.1%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Reform Party5547.2324,239
New Zealand Labour Party1227.3187,610
New Zealand Liberal Party1120.9143,931
Independents24.229,107
Country Party00.32,398
Votes by party
  • Reform Party 324,239
  • New Zealand Labour Party 187,610
  • New Zealand Liberal Party 143,931
  • Independents 29,107
  • Country Party 2,398

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?

92.1% of the 754,113 registered voters cast a ballot (694,191 ballots). 687,285 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Reform Party47.2% of votes68.8% of seats
  • New Zealand Labour Party27.3% of votes15.0% of seats
  • New Zealand Liberal Party20.9% of votes13.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 18.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); Reform Party led New Zealand Labour Party by 19.9 points of the vote.

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