2014 New Zealand General Election

20 September 2014 · The MMP era · 121 seats, 61 for a majority

Voters elected 121 members to the House of Representatives, with 71 from single-member electorates (an increase from 70 in 2011) and 49 from party lists. Since 1996, New Zealand has used the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) voting system, giving voters two votes: one for a political party and one 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

60 of 121 seats

Turnout

77.9%

The result

National
John Key · +1 seats
60
seats
Labour
David Cunliffe · -2 seats
32
seats
Green
Russel Norman · 0 seats
14
seats
NZ First
Winston Peters · +3 seats
11
seats
Māori Party
Te Ururoa Flavell · -1 seats
2
seats
ACT
Jamie Whyte · 0 seats
1
seats
United Future
Peter Dunne · 0 seats
1
seats
Internet Mana
Hone Harawira · -1 seats
0
seats