1896 New Zealand General Election

4 (general) & 19 December (Māori) 1896 · The Liberal era · 74 seats, 38 for a majority

The 1896 New Zealand general election was held on Wednesday, 4 December in the general electorates, and on Thursday, 19 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 74 MPs to the 13th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 337,024 (76.1%) voters turned out to vote.

Prime Minister before

Richard Seddon

Liberal

Prime Minister (continued)

Richard Seddon

Liberal

Largest force

Liberal

39 of 74 seats

Turnout

76.1%

The result

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Liberal

Richard Seddon · 54.8% of votes · -12 seats

seats

Conservative

William Russell · 34.0% of votes · +13 seats

seats

				Share of the House of Representatives
Liberal	Richard Seddon	39	-12		184,650	54.8%	-3.0
Conservative	William Russell	26	+13		114,574	34.0%	+9.5

9 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.