95 seats in the Parliament 48 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
David Lange
Sir Robert Muldoon
Party
Labour
National
Leader since
3 February 1983
9 July 1974
Leader's seat
Mangere
Tamaki
Last election
43 seats, 39.01%
47 seats, 38.77%
Seats won
56
37
Seat change
13
10
Popular vote
829,154
692,494
Percentage
42.98%
35.89%
Swing
3.97%
2.88%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Bruce Beetham
Bob Jones
Party
Social Credit
NZ Party
Leader since
14 May 1972
21 August 1983
Leader's seat
Rangitikei (lost seat)
None (contested Ohariu)
Last election
2 seats, 20.65%
Not yet founded
Seats won
2
0
Seat change
0
0
Popular vote
147,162
236,385
Percentage
7.63%
12.25%
Swing
13.02%
12.25%
Results by electorate, shaded by winning margin
Prime Minister before election
Robert Muldoon
National
Subsequent Prime Minister
David Lange
Labour
The 1984 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the composition of the 41st New Zealand Parliament. It marked the beginning of the Fourth Labour Government, with David Lange's Labour Party defeating the long-serving Prime Minister, Robert Muldoon, of the National Party. It was also the last election in which the Social Credit Party won seats as an independent entity. The election was also the only one in which the New Zealand Party, a protest party, played any substantial role.
A snap election, Muldoon called for it a month prior. When doing so he was both live on television and visibly drunk, leading to the election being dubbed the "schnapps election".[1]
^"Robert Muldoon | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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