48th New Zealand Parliament
Election result
Government: the third and final term of the Fifth Labour Government, in power from 1999 until 2008; minority coalition with Progressive Party since 2002 Prime Minister: Helen Clark (Labour) from 1999 to 2008 Governor General: Dame Silvia Cartwright to August 2006; Anand Satyanand August 2006– Deputy Prime Minister: Michael Cullen (Labour) 2002–2008 Leader of the Opposition: Don Brash (National Party), to November 2006; John Key (National) November 2006 – Speaker : Margaret Wilson (Labour) Deputy Speaker: Clem Simich (National) Assistant Speaker: Ross Robertson (Labour) and Ann Hartley (Labour) Leader of the House: Michael Cullen (Labour)

48th New Zealand Parliament

Section Title: Election result
Table Section Text: Government: the third and final term of the Fifth Labour Government, in power from 1999 until 2008; minority coalition with Progressive Party since 2002 Prime Minister: Helen Clark (Labour) from 1999 to 2008 Governor General: Dame Silvia Cartwright to August 2006; Anand Satyanand August 2006– Deputy Prime Minister: Michael Cullen (Labour) 2002–2008 Leader of the Opposition: Don Brash (National Party), to November 2006; John Key (National) November 2006 – Speaker : Margaret Wilson (Labour) Deputy Speaker: Clem Simich (National) Assistant Speaker: Ross Robertson (Labour) and Ann Hartley (Labour) Leader of the House: Michael Cullen (Labour)

party	votes	% of votes	seats

%	change	electorate	list	total	change

Labour	935,319	41.10	0.16	31	19	50	2

National	889,813	39.10	+18.17	31	17	48	+21

NZ First	130,115	5.72	4.66	0	7	7	6

Green	120,521	5.30	1.70	0	6	6	3

Māori	48,263	2.12	+2.12	4	0	4	+4

United Future	60,860	2.67	4.02	1	2	3	5

ACT	34,469	1.51	5.63	1	1	2	7

Progressive	26,441	1.16	0.54	1	0	1	1

other parties	29,828	1.31	3.58	0	0	0	0

total	2,275,629	100.00	69	52	121	+1

informal votes	10,561

disallowed special votes	17,815

total votes cast	2,304,005

turnout	80.92%

Sentence(s)

The 48th Parliament consists of 121 representatives.

final_sentence: The 48th Parliament consists of 121 representatives.