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New Zealand 1969 general election

What was the result of the 1969 general election in New Zealand?

New Zealand National Party won 45 of 84 seats with 45.2% of the vote. 89.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : New Zealand National Party won 45 of 84 seats with 45.2% of the vote; 89.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.9 points on 1966.

  • New Zealand National Party 45 +1 seat 45.2% +1.6 points
  • New Zealand Labour Party 39 +4 seats 44.2% +2.7 points
  • Social Credit / Democratic Party 0 −1 seat 9.1% −5.4 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the New Zealand 1966 general election, party by party.

43 of 84 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 45.2%

    Share of the vote won by New Zealand National Party

    New Zealand National Party won 45 of 84 seats. A majority needs 43.

  2. +4 seats

    Seats gained by New Zealand Labour Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1966. Social Credit / Democratic Party lost 1 seat.

  3. 89.9%

    Voter turnout

    Up 3.9 points on 1966.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
New Zealand National Party45+145.2+1.6605,960
New Zealand Labour Party39+444.2+2.7592,055
Social Credit / Democratic Party0−19.1−5.4121,576

± is the change against the New Zealand 1966 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • New Zealand National Party 605,960
  • New Zealand Labour Party 592,055
  • Social Credit / Democratic Party 121,576

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.

How many people voted?

89.9% of the 1,503,952 registered voters cast a ballot (1,351,813 ballots), up 3.9 points on 1966. 1,340,168 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1957 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • New Zealand National Party45.2% of votes53.6% of seats
  • New Zealand Labour Party44.2% of votes46.4% of seats
  • Social Credit / Democratic Party9.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.5 by votes and 2.0 by seats; New Zealand National Party led New Zealand Labour Party by 1.0 point of the vote.

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