49th New Zealand Parliament
2008 election results

49th New Zealand Parliament

Section Title: 2008 election results
Table Section Text: None

party	votes	% of votes	seats

%	change	electorate	list	total	change

National	1,053,398	44.93	+5.83	41	17	58	+10

Labour	796,880	33.99	−7.11	21	22	43	−7

Green	157,613	6.72	+1.42	0	9	9	+3

ACT	85,496	3.65	+2.14	1	4	5	+3

Māori	55,980	2.39	+0.27	5	0	5	+1

Progressive	21,241	0.91	−0.25	1	0	1	0

United Future	20,497	0.87	−1.80	1	0	1	−2

other parties	153,461	6.55	+5.23	0	0	0	−7a

total	2,344,566	100.00	70	52	122	+1b

National minority government	1,159,391	49.45	43	21	64	+14

Opposition parties	1,031,714	44.00	27	31	58	7

party informal votes	11,970c

disallowed special votes	19,517c

disallowed ordinary votes	427c

total votes cast	2,376,480

turnout	79.46d	1.46

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