All 74 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives 38 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout
76.1%
First party
Second party
Leader
Richard Seddon
William Russell
Party
Liberal
Conservative
Leader since
28 April 1893
26 June 1894
Leader's seat
Westland
Hawke's Bay
Last election
51 seats, 57.8%
13 seats, 24.5%
Seats won
39
26
Seat change
12
13
Popular vote
184,650
114,574
Percentage
54.8%
34.0%
Swing
3.0%
9.5%
Results of the election.
Premier before election
Richard Seddon
Liberal
Subsequent Premier
Richard Seddon
Liberal
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The 1896 New Zealand general election was held on Wednesday, 4 December in the general electorates, and on Thursday, 19 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 74 MPs to the 13th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 337,024 (76.1%) voters turned out to vote.[1]
1896 was the year the limit of £200 was placed on each candidate's campaign spending.
^"General elections 1853-2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
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