2011 New Zealand General Election
26 November 2011 · The MMP era · 121 seats, 61 for a majority
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.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
John Key
National (C&S: Māori, ACT, United Future)
Largest force
National
59 of 121 seats
Turnout
74.2%
The result
National
John Key · +1 seats
59
seats
Labour
Phil Goff · -9 seats
34
seats
Green
Russel Norman · +5 seats
14
seats
NZ First
Winston Peters · +8 seats
8
seats
Māori Party
Tariana Turia · -1 seats
3
seats
Mana
0 seats
1
seats
ACT
Don Brash · -4 seats
1
seats
United Future
Peter Dunne · 0 seats
1
seats