All 121 seats in the House of Representatives, including one overhang seat 61 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout
2,278,989 (74.21%) 5.25%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
John Key
Phil Goff
Russel Norman Metiria Turei
Party
National
Labour
Green
Leader since
27 November 2006
11 November 2008
3 June 2006 30 May 2009
Leader's seat
Helensville
Mount Roskill
List List
Last election
58 seats, 44.93%
43 seats, 33.99%
9 seats, 6.72%
Seats before
58
42
9
Seats won
59
34
14
Seat change
1
8
5
Electorate vote
1,027,696 47.31% 0.71 pp
762,897 35.12% 0.10 pp
155,492 7.16% 1.53 pp
Party vote
1,058,638 47.31% 2.38 pp
614,936 27.48% 6.51 pp
247,370 11.06% 4.34 pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Winston Peters
Tariana Turia Pita Sharples
Hone Harawira
Party
NZ First
Māori Party
Mana
Leader since
18 July 1993
7 July 2004
30 April 2011
Leader's seat
List
Te Tai Hauāuru Tāmaki Makaurau
Te Tai Tokerau
Last election
0 seats, 4.07%
5 seats, 2.39%
(not yet founded)
Seats before
0
4
1
Seats won
8
3
1
Seat change
8
1
Electorate vote
39,892 1.84% 0.15 pp
39,320 1.81% 1.53 pp
29,872 1.38% new
Party vote
147,544 6.59% 2.52 pp
31,982 1.43% 0.96 pp
24,168 1.08% new
Seventh party
Eighth party
Leader
Don Brash
Peter Dunne
Party
ACT
United Future
Leader since
28 April 2011
16 November 2000
Leader's seat
Ran in North Shore (lost)
Ōhariu
Last election
5 seats, 3.65%
1 seat, 0.87%
Seats before
5
1
Seats won
1
1
Seat change
4
Electorate vote
31,001 1.43% 1.56 pp
18,792 0.87% 0.26 pp
Party vote
23,889 1.07% 2.58 pp
13,443 0.60% 0.27 pp
Results by electorate, shaded by winning margin
Prime Minister before election
John Key
National
Subsequent Prime Minister
John Key
National
The 2011 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 26 November 2011[1] to determine the membership of the 50th New Zealand Parliament.
One hundred and twenty-one MPs were elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives, 70 from single-member electorates, and 51 from party lists including one overhang seat. New Zealand since 1996 has used the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) voting system, giving voters two votes: one for a political party and the other for their local electorate MP. A referendum on the voting system was held at the same time as the election,[2] with voters voting by majority to keep the MMP system.[3]
A total of 3,070,847 people were registered to vote in the election, with over 2.2 million votes cast and a turnout of 74.21%[4] – the lowest turnout since 1887.[5] The incumbent National Party, led by John Key, gained the plurality with 47.3% of the party vote and 59 seats, two seats short of holding a majority. The opposing Labour Party, led by Phil Goff, lost ground winning 27.5% of the vote and 34 seats, while the Green Party won 11.1% of the vote and 14 seats – the biggest share of the party vote for a minor party since 1996. New Zealand First, having won no seats in 2008 due to its failure to either reach the 5% threshold or win an electorate, made a comeback with 6.6% of the vote entitling them to eight seats.
National's confidence and supply partners in the 49th Parliament meanwhile suffered losses. ACT New Zealand won less than a third of the party vote it received in 2008, reducing from five seats to one. The Māori Party was reduced from five seats to three, as the party vote split between the Māori Party and former Māori Party MP Hone Harawira's Mana Party. United Future lost party votes, but retained their one seat in Parliament.
Following the election, National reentered into confidence and supply agreements with ACT and United Future on 5 December 2011,[6][7] and with the Māori Party on 11 December 2011,[8] to form a minority government with a seven-seat majority (64 seats to 57) and give the Fifth National Government a second term in office.
^ ab"Key confirms election date". The New Zealand Herald. 2 February 2011. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
^"MMP referendum to be held with 2011 election". The New Zealand Herald. 20 October 2009. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
^"Overall Results – 2011 Referendum on the Voting System". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^"Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate – Statistics – 2011 General Election". Electoral Commission (New Zealand). Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^Otago Daily Times "Decision 2011":Election Special Issue, 28 November 2011, p. 2.
^"Dunne, Banks secure ministerial roles in coalition deals". Television New Zealand. 5 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
^"Dunne, Banks get Govt roles". The New Zealand Herald. 5 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
^"Key finalises Maori coalition deal". Television New Zealand. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
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