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New Zealand 1993 general election

What was the result of the 1993 general election in New Zealand?

New Zealand National Party won 50 of 99 seats with 35.0% of the vote. 85.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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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 50 of 99 seats with 35.0% of the vote; 85.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, unchanged on 1990.

  • New Zealand National Party 50 −17 seats 35.0% −12.8 points
  • New Zealand Labour Party 45 +16 seats 34.7% −0.5 points
  • Alliance 2 18.2%
  • New Zealand First 2 8.4%
  • Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand 0 2.0%
  • 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 1990 general election, party by party.

50 of 99 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 35.0%

    Share of the vote won by New Zealand National Party

    New Zealand National Party won 50 of 99 seats. A majority needs 50.

  2. +16 seats

    Seats gained by New Zealand Labour Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1990. New Zealand National Party lost 17 seats.

  3. 85.2%

    Voter turnout

    Unchanged on 1990.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
New Zealand National Party50−1735.0−12.8673,892
New Zealand Labour Party45+1634.7−0.5666,759
Alliance218.2350,064
New Zealand First28.4161,481
Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand02.038,749

± is the change against the New Zealand 1990 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • New Zealand National Party 673,892
  • New Zealand Labour Party 666,759
  • Alliance 350,064
  • New Zealand First 161,481
  • Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand 38,749

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?

85.2% of the 2,321,664 registered voters cast a ballot (1,978,092 ballots), unchanged on 1990. 1,922,796 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1978 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • New Zealand National Party35.0% of votes50.5% of seats
  • New Zealand Labour Party34.7% of votes45.5% of seats
  • Alliance18.2% of votes2.0% of seats
  • New Zealand First8.4% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand2.0% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 18.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.5 by votes and 2.2 by seats; New Zealand National Party led New Zealand Labour Party by 0.4 points of the vote.

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