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
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | John Key | 59 | +1 | — | — | — | |
| Labour | Phil Goff | 34 | -9 | — | — | — | |
| Green | Russel Norman | 14 | +5 | — | — | — | |
| NZ First | Winston Peters | 8 | +8 | — | — | — | |
| Māori Party | Tariana Turia | 3 | -1 | — | — | — | |
| Mana | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| ACT | Don Brash | 1 | -4 | — | — | — | |
| United Future | Peter Dunne | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |