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in this election:
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Description
of government structure:
- Assemblies:
New Zealand has a unicameral House of Representatives.
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Description
of electoral system:
- New Zealand has
a mixed-member proportional system in which voters have two votes: a
'party vote' and a 'electorate vote'.
- Within this system,
there is a simple majority vote for 61 members elected from single member
General electoral districts and for six members elected from single-member
Maori electoral districts. The remaining 53 members of the
House of Representative are elected from nationwide party lists, according
to each party's share of all the party votes three-year
terms.
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Results of the electoral races:
- Party: New Zealand Labour Party (NZLP)
Leader: Helen CLARK
Seats won in last election: 37
Seats won in this election: 49
- Party: National Party (NP)
Leader: Jenny SHIPLEY
Seats won in last election: 44
Seats won in this election: 39
- Party Bloc: Alliance
Leader: Jim ANDERTON
Seats won in last election: 13
Seats won in this election: 10
- Party: ACT New Zealand
Leader: Richard PREBBLE
Seats won in last election: 8
Seats won in this election: 9
- Party: Green Party
Coleaders: Jeanette
FITZSIMONS and Rod DONALD
Seats won in last election: 0
Seats won in this election: 7
- Party: New Zealand First Party (NZFP)
Leader: Winston PETERS
Seats won in last election: 17
Seats won in this election: 5
- Party: United New Zealand (UNZ)
Leader: Peter DUNNE
Seats won in last election: 1
Seats won in this election: 1
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When was the last election? Number of
seats in last election?
- Parliamentary elections
last held: October 12, 1996
- Seats decided in
the last election: 120
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 3,662,265 (June 1999 est.)
- Number of registered voters: 2,509,872
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Of Interest:
- New Zealand's tax policy, unemployment rate and other
economic concerns, including welfare policy and student debt, were key
campaign issues.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
