2017 New Zealand general election
Results
Preliminary results were gradually released after polling booths closed at 19:00 (NZST) on 23 September. The preliminary count only includes advance ordinary and election day ordinary votes; it does not include any special votes.

2017 New Zealand general election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: Preliminary results were gradually released after polling booths closed at 19:00 (NZST) on 23 September. The preliminary count only includes advance ordinary and election day ordinary votes; it does not include any special votes.

Party	Votes	% of votes	Seats

%	Change	Electorate	List	Total	Change

National	1,152,075	44.45	−2.59	41	15	56	−4

Labour	956,184	36.89	+11.76	29	17	46	+14

NZ First	186,706	7.20	−1.46	0	9	9	−2

Green	162,443	6.27	−4.43	0	8	8	−6

ACT	13,075	0.50	−0.19	1	0	1	0

Opportunities	63,260	2.44	+2.44	0	0	0	0

Māori	30,580	1.18	−0.14	0	0	0	−2

Legalise Cannabis	8,075	0.31	−0.14	0	0	0	0

Conservative	6,253	0.24	−3.75	0	0	0	0

Mana	3,642	0.14	−1.28	0	0	0	0

Ban 1080	3,005	0.12	−0.10	0	0	0	0

People's Party	1,890	0.07	+0.07	0	0	0	0

United Future	1,782	0.07	−0.15	0	0	0	−1

Outdoors	1,620	0.06	+0.06	0	0	0	0

Democrats	806	0.03	−0.04	0	0	0	0

Internet	499	0.02	−1.40	0	0	0	0

total	2,591,896	100.00	71	49	120	−1

Labour minority government	1,305,333	50.36	+5.88	29	34	63	+6

Opposition parties	1,165,150	44.95	–2.27	42	15	57	−4

Party informal votes	10,793

Disallowed votes	27,484

Total votes cast	2,630,173

Turnout	79.8%

Total electorate	3,298,009

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The 2017 New Zealand general elections had a turnout of 2.63 million (79.8%).

final_sentence: The 2017 New Zealand general elections had a turnout of 2.63 million (79.8%).