2002 New Zealand General Election
27 July 2002 · The MMP era · 120 seats, 61 for a majority
A general election was held in New Zealand on 27 July 2002 to determine the composition of the 47th New Zealand Parliament. It saw the reelection of Helen Clark's Labour Party government, as well as the worst-ever performance by the opposition National Party (the 2020 election would see it suffer a greater defeat in terms of net loss of seats).
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
Helen Clark
Labour—Progressive (C&S: United Future)
Largest force
Labour
52 of 120 seats
Turnout
77.0%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Helen Clark | 52 | +3 | — | — | — | |
| National | Bill English | 27 | -12 | — | — | — | |
| NZ First | Winston Peters | 13 | +8 | — | — | — | |
| ACT | Richard Prebble | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Green | Rod Donald | 9 | +2 | — | — | — | |
| United Future New Zealand | — | 8 | +7 | — | — | — | |
| Progressive | Jim Anderton | 2 | +2 | — | — | — | |
| Alliance | Laila Harré | 0 | -10 | — | — | — |