All 80 seats in the New Zealand Parliament 41 seats were needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
Michael Joseph Savage
Adam Hamilton
Party
Labour
National
Leader since
12 October 1933
31 October 1936
Leader's seat
Auckland West
Wallace
Last election
53 seats, 45.7%
19 seats, 32.9% (as United–Reform Coalition)
Seats won
53
25
Seat change
6
Popular vote
528,290
381,081
Percentage
55.8%
40.3%
Swing
10.1%
7.4%
Results of the election.
Prime Minister before election
Michael Joseph Savage
Labour
Subsequent Prime Minister
Michael Joseph Savage
Labour
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The 1938 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 26th term. It resulted in the governing Labour Party being re-elected in a landslide, winning nearly 56% of the vote despite not gaining any more seats. Having replaced the United-Reform coalition, the newly founded National Party also gained a certain amount of ground.
This was the first election in which the Māori were given a secret ballot which had been available to white voters since 1870.
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