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Elections to the New Zealand House of Representatives - Results Lookup
 House Elections: 
October 12, 1996 General Election Results

 Electors on Master Roll    2,418,587     
 Total Votes    2,135,175  88.3%   

 
  Party Vote   Electorate Vote

 Special Votes Disallowed    54,633        54,633       
 Informal Votes    8,183  0.4%      18,796  0.9%    
 Valid Votes    2,072,359  99.6%      2,061,746  99.1%    

 

Party Party
Votes
 % List
Seats
Electorate
Votes
 % Electorate
Seats
Total
 Seats 

 New Zealand National Party    701,315  33.8  14    699,073  33.9  30  44 
 Labour Party    584,159  28.2  11    640,884  31.1  26  37 
 New Zealand First Party    276,603  13.4  11    278,103  13.5  17 
 Alliance    209,347  10.1  12    231,944  11.3  13 
 ACT New Zealand    126,442  6.1    77,319  3.8 
 United New Zealand    18,245  0.9    42,666  2.1 
 Christian Coalition    89,716  4.3    31,995  1.6 
 Others    66,532  3.2    59,762  2.9