IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: New Zealand

Name	Official Name	Type
New Zealand House of Representatives		Assembly

Chief of State: King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022)
- Represented by Governor-General Cindy KIRO (since 21 October 2021)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Chris Hipkins (since 25 January 2023)
Assembly: unicameral Parliament (Pāremata Aotearoa) with 120 seats

The King is a hereditary monarch.
The Governor-General is nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the monarch.
The parliamentary majority leader is appointed Prime Minister by the Governor-General.
In Parliament, 72 members are directly elected by plurality vote in 65 general constituencies and 7 Māori constituencies. Each set of constituencies covers the entire country, and Māori voters may choose to vote in either their local Māori or general constituency. An additional 48 members are directly elected by closed party-list proportional representation vote. All members serve 3-year terms.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
New Zealand House of Representatives	1999-11-27	2,047,473	2,509,365	81.59
New Zealand House of Representatives	2002-07-27	2,040,248	2,670,030	76.41
New Zealand House of Representatives	2005-09-17	2,286,190	2,822,148	81.01
New Zealand House of Representatives	2008-11-08	2,376,480	2,990,759	79.46
Referendum	2009-08-25	1,684,402	3,002,968	56.09
New Zealand House of Representatives	2011-11-26	2,278,989	3,070,847	74.21
Referendum	2011-11-26	2,257,243	3,070,847	73.51
Referendum	2013-11-22	1,368,925	3,037,405	45.07
New Zealand House of Representatives	2014-09-20	2,416,481	3,140,417	76.95
Referendum	2016-03-03	2,124,507	3,158,576	67.26
New Zealand House of Representatives	2017-09-23	2,169,802	3,569,830	60.78
Referendum	2020-10-17	2,908,071	3,549,564	81.93
New Zealand House of Representatives	2020-10-17	2,919,073	3,549,580	82.24
New Zealand House of Representatives	2023-10-14	2,884,111	3,480,698	82.86

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