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New Zealand 2011 general election

What was the result of the 2011 general election in New Zealand?

New Zealand National Party won 59 of 121 seats with 47.3% of the vote. 74.2% 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 59 of 121 seats with 47.3% of the vote; 74.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 5.2 points on 2008.

  • New Zealand National Party 59 +1 seat 47.3% +2.4 points
  • New Zealand Labour Party 34 −9 seats 27.5% −6.5 points
  • Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 14 +5 seats 11.1% +4.3 points
  • New Zealand First 8 +8 seats 6.6% +2.5 points
  • Conservative Party NZ 0 2.6%
  • Te Pāti Māori 3 −2 seats 1.4% −1.0 points
  • Mana Movement 1 1.1%
  • ACT New Zealand 1 −4 seats 1.1% −2.6 points
  • United Future 1 0 seats 0.6% −0.3 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 2008 general election, party by party.

61 of 121 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 47.3%

    Share of the vote won by New Zealand National Party

    New Zealand National Party won 59 of 121 seats. A majority needs 61.

  2. +8 seats

    Seats gained by New Zealand First

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2008. New Zealand Labour Party lost 9 seats.

  3. 74.2%

    Voter turnout

    Down 5.2 points on 2008.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
New Zealand National Party59+147.3+2.41,058,637
New Zealand Labour Party34−927.5−6.5614,935
Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand14+511.1+4.3247,370
New Zealand First8+86.6+2.5147,544
Conservative Party NZ02.659,236
Te Pāti Māori3−21.4−1.031,982
Mana Movement11.124,168
ACT New Zealand1−41.1−2.623,889
United Future100.6−0.313,443

± is the change against the New Zealand 2008 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • New Zealand National Party 1,058,637
  • New Zealand Labour Party 614,935
  • Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 247,370
  • New Zealand First 147,544
  • Conservative Party NZ 59,236
  • Te Pāti Māori 31,982
  • Mana Movement 24,168
  • ACT New Zealand 23,889
  • United Future 13,443

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?

74.2% of the 3,070,847 registered voters cast a ballot (2,278,989 ballots), down 5.2 points on 2008. 2,237,464 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • New Zealand National Party47.3% of votes48.8% of seats
  • New Zealand Labour Party27.5% of votes28.1% of seats
  • Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand11.1% of votes11.6% of seats
  • New Zealand First6.6% of votes6.6% of seats
  • Te Pāti Māori1.4% of votes2.5% of seats
  • Mana Movement1.1% of votes0.8% of seats
  • ACT New Zealand1.1% of votes0.8% of seats
  • United Future0.6% of votes0.8% of seats
  • Conservative Party NZ2.6% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.2 by votes and 3.0 by seats; New Zealand National Party led New Zealand Labour Party by 19.8 points of the vote.

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