IFES
Record Modified: Aug 16 2023

Oct. 17, 2020 Held

New Zealand

New Zealand

Election for New Zealand House of Representatives

Results

Voter
Turnout*
Cast Votes:2,919,073
Valid Votes:2,824,198
Invalid Votes:94,875

Parties:

Party Seats Won Seats Change Votes

Labour Party 65 None

New Zealand National Party (Rōpū Nāhinara) 33 None

Green Party (Green Party) 10 None

ACT New Zealand 10 None

More Info:

This election has been postponed from September 19, 2020 due to COVID-19. 

At Stake in this Election:       

  • 120 seats or more in the House of Representatives depending on the proportional vote.

 

Government Structure:

  • Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), Represented by Governor General Dame Patricia Lee REDDY (since 28 September 2016)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Jacinda ARDEN (since 26 October 2017)
  • Assembly: Unicameral House of Representatives with 120 seats

 

Electoral System:

  • The monarchy is hereditary.
  • The monarch appoints the Governor General.
  • After general elections, the Governor General usually appoints the leader of the majority party or majority coalition to Prime Minister.
  • Members of the House of Representatives are directly elected to 3-year terms. 71 members are elected in single-seat constituencies and 49 list members are elected by a proportional representation vote under the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system.

 

Main Parties in this Election:                    

  • Labour
    • Leader: Jacinda ARDERN
    • Seats won in last election: 46
  • National
    • Leader: Judith COLLINS
    • Seats won in last election: 56
  • New Zealand First
    • Leader: Winston PETERS
    • Seats won in last election: 9
  • Green
    • Leader: James SHAW
    • Seats won in last election: 8
  • ACT
    • Leader: David SEYMOUR
    • Seats won in last election: 1
  • Advance NZ
    • Leader: Jami-Lee ROSS
    • Seats won in last election: 0
  • Opportunities
    • Leader: Geoff SIMMONS
    • Seats won in last election: 0
  • Māori
    • Leader: John TAMIHERE and Debbie NGAREWA-PACKER
    • Seats won in last election: 0
  • Legalise Cannabis
    • Leader: Maki HERBERT and Michael APPLEBY
    • Seats won in last election: 0
  • New Conservative
    • Leader: Leighton BAKER
    • Seats won in last election: 0
  • Outdoors
    • Leader: Sue GREY and Alan SIMMONS
    • Seats won in last election: 0
  • Social Credit
    • Leader: Chris LEITCH
    • Seats won in last election: 0
  • Heartland
    • Leader: Mark BALL
    • Seats won in last election: 0
  • ONE
    • Leader: Edward SHANLY and Stephanie HARAWIRA
    • Seats won in last election: 0
  • Sustainable NZ
    • Leader: Vernon TAVA
    • Seats won in last election: 0
  • TEA
    • Leader: John HONG and Susanna KRUGER
    • Seats won in last election: 0
  • Vision NZ
    • Leader: Hannah TAMAKI
    • Seats won in last election: 0

 

Population and Registered Voters:

  • Population: 4,925,477 (July 2020 est.)[1]
  • Registered Voters: 3,436,178 (2020 est.)[2]

 

Gender Data:

  • Female Population: 1,459,274 (June 2020 est.)[3]
  • Is New Zealand a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)
  • Has New Zealand ratified CEDAW: Yes (10 January 1985)
  • Gender Quota: No
  • Female Candidates in this election: Yes
  • Number of Female Legislators: 49 (as of 2020)[4]
  • Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 14[5]
  • Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

 

Disability Data:

  • Is New Zealand a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
  • Has New Zealand ratified CRPD: Yes (25 September 2008)
  • Population with a disability: 665,759[6]
 

[1] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html

[2] https://elections.nz/stats-and-research/enrolment-statistics/enrolment-by-general-electorate

[3] Ibid.

[4] https://data.ipu.org/women-ranking?month=6&year=2020

[5] http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/NZL

[6] http://www.electionaccess.org/en/resources/countries/NZ/all/