NEW ZEALAND LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 7 NOVEMBER 2008 ================================================================================ Election to the House of Representatives Source: Elections New Zealand The New Zealand House of Representatives consists of 122 members, of whom 70 are elected from single-member constituencies, while 52 are elected by proportional representation from national party lists. A party must either obtain 5% of the national vote, or win at least one single-member constituency, to gain list seats. NATIONAL SUMMARY OF CONSTITUENCY VOTES AND SEATS ================================================================================= Party Votes % Change Seats --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT New Zealand 68,197 03.0 +01.0 1 Green Party 129,584 05.6 +01.5 - Jim Anderton's Progressive 25,981 01.1 -00.5 1 Labour Party 810,238 35.2 -05.1 21 -10 Mäori Party 76,836 03.3 -00.3 5 +01 National Party 1,072,024 46.6 +06.2 41 +10 New Zealand First Party 38,813 01.7 -01.8 - United Future New Zealand 25,955 01.1 -01.7 1 Others 52,635 02.3 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,300,263 70 +01 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL SUMMARY OF LIST VOTES AND SEATS ================================================================================= Party Votes % Change Seats --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT New Zealand 85,496 03.6 (+02.1) 4 +03 Green Party 157,613 06.7 (+01.4) 9 +03 Jim Anderton's Progressive 21,240 00.9 (-00.3) - Labour Party 796,800 33.8 (-07.3) 22 +03 Mäori Party 55,980 02.4 (+00.3) - National Party 1,053,398 44.7 (+05.6) 17 New Zealand First Party 95,356 04.0 (-01.7) - -07 United Future New Zealand 20,497 00.9 (-01.8) - -02 Others 70,156 03.0 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,356,536 52 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL SUMMARY OF SEATS ================================================================================= Constituency List Total Party Seats Seats Seats --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT New Zealand 1 4 5 +03 Green Party - 9 9 +03 Jim Anderton's Progressive 1 - 1 Labour Party 21 22 43 -07 Mäori Party 5 - 5 +01 National Party 41 17 58 +10 New Zealand First Party - - - -07 United Future New Zealand 1 - 1 -02 Others - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 70 52 122 +01 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is a provision in New Zealand election law which allows for the creation of extra seats where a party wins more constituency seats than its party vote would entitle it to, thus distorting the proportionality of the result. In this election the Mäori Party won five constituency seats with only 2.4% of the vote, leading to the creation of an extra "overhang" seat. MEMBERS ELECTED ON PARTY LISTS =========================================================================== ACT New Zealand --------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Boscawen Sir Roger Douglas David Garrett Heather Roy Green Party --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sue Bradford Catherine Delahunty Jeanette Fitzsimons Kennedy Graham Kevin Hague Sue Kedgley Keith Locke Russel Norman Metiria Turei Labour Party --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacinda Ardern Rick Barker Carol Beaumont Stephanie Chadwick Charles Chauvel Ashraf Choudhary Michael Cullen Kelvin Davis Darien Fenton Darren Hughes Raymond Huo Shane Jones Moana Mackey Sue Moroney Stuart Nash David Parker Lynne Pillay Rajen Prasad Mita Ririnui Carmel Sepuloni Maryan Street Phil Twyford National Party --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kanwaljit Bakshi Jackie Blue David Carter Christopher Finlayson Aaron Gilmore Tim Groser Tau Henare Steven Joyce Melissa Lee Hekia Parata Paul Quinn Katrina Shanks Georgina Te Heuheu Nicky Wagner Kate Wilkinson Michael Woodhouse Richard Worth