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Preliminary results for the 2011 General Election and advance voting for the Referendum on the Voting System

Nov 27, 2011 | Media release

The Electoral Commission has released the preliminary results for the 2011 General Election, and the advance votes for the Referendum on the Voting System.

2011 General Election Preliminary Results

Party               

Party
Votes

%
Votes

Electorate
Seats

List
Seats

Total
Seats
National Party
957,769
47.99
41
19
60
Labour Party
541,499
27.13
22
12
34
Green Party
211,931
10.62
0
13
13
New Zealand First Party
135,865
6.81
0
8
8
Māori Party
26,887
1.35
3
0
3
ACT New Zealand
21,446
1.07
1
0
1
Mana
19,898
1.00
1
0
1
United Future
12,159
0.61
1
0
1
Conservative Party
55,070
2.76
0
0
0
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
9,516
0.48
0
0
0
Democrats for Social Credit
1,432
0.07
0
0
0
Libertarianz
1,405
0.07
0
0
0
Alliance
1,069
0.05
0
0
0
 
69*
52
121
 

*One electorate seat is unallocated because of the tied preliminary count in the Christchurch Central electorate. As a result, the total number of list seats is increased by one. The total number of seats allocated to each party is unaffected.

The preliminary results are based on the 2,014,334 votes counted on election night.
 
Special declaration votes still to be counted are estimated at 240,247 (10.7% of total votes). This includes an estimated 19,527 overseas votes.
 
The total estimated votes (those counted on election night plus estimated special votes to be counted) is 2,254,581.
 
Voter turnout for the 2011 General Election is estimated to be 73.83% of those enrolled as at 5pm Friday 25 November. This compares with a final 79.46% turnout of those enrolled in 2008.
 
A summary of all party votes, electorate votes and advance votes is available on www.electionresults.govt.nz. The website also shows the probable distribution of seats by party as calculated by the St. Lague formula. Preliminary results by polling place for each electorate will also be available on the site.
 

Advance Vote results for the Referendum on the Voting System

Part A - Should New Zealand keep the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) voting system?
Response
Number of Votes
Percentage of Total Votes
KEEP
155,966
53.74%
CHANGE
123,708
42.62%
Informal Votes*
10,559
3.64%
Total Votes
290,233
100.00%
 
 

Part B - If New Zealand were to change to another voting system which voting system would you choose?
Response
Number of Votes
Percentage of Total Votes
First Past the Post (FPP)
92,416
31.89%
Preferential Voting (PV)
23,749
8.19%
Single Transferable Vote (STV)
32,564
11.24%
Supplementary Member (SM)
42,120
14.53%
Informal Votes*
98,967
34.15%
Total Votes
289,816
100.00%
 

*An informal vote is when the voter has not clearly indicated the option for which they wish to vote.

In accordance with the Electoral Referendum Act 2010, referendum voting papers were not counted in polling places on election night to avoid delays to the release of the general election results.

Official Results Process

The Official Results process starts today (Sunday) and is expected to be completed in 14 days. All votes counted on election night will be recounted. Special declaration votes will be processed and counted. The target to release the Official Results of both the General Election and the Referendum on the Voting System is 2pm on Saturday 10 December 2011. 

 

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