1999 New Zealand general election

The **1999 New Zealand general election** was held on 27 November 1999. The governing National Party, led by Prime Minister Jenny Shipley, was defeated, being replaced by a coalition of Helen Clark's Labour Party and the smaller Alliance.

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1999 New Zealand general election
- **turnout**: 2,127,295 (84.77%) 3.51%
- **country**: New Zealand
- **type**: parliamentary
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 1996 New Zealand general election
- **previous year**: 1996
- **outgoing members**: 45th New Zealand Parliament
- **next election**: 2002 New Zealand general election
- **next year**: 2002
- **seats for election**: All 120 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives
- **majority seats**: 61
- **elected mps**: 46th New Zealand Parliament, members
- **1blank**: Electorate vote
- **3blank**: Party vote
- **leader1**: Helen Clark
- **leader since1**: 1993 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1 December 1993
- **party1**: New Zealand Labour Party
- **leaders seat1**: Mount Albert (New Zealand electorate), Mount Albert
- **last election1**: 37 seats, 28.19%
- **seats1**: 49
- **seat change1**: 12
- **1data1**: 854,736
41.75%
 10.67
- **3data1**: 800,199
38.74%
 10.55
- **leader2**: Jenny Shipley
- **leader since2**: 1997 New Zealand National Party leadership election, 8 December 1997
- **party2**: New Zealand National Party
- **leaders seat2**: Rakaia (New Zealand electorate), Rakaia
- **last election2**: 44 seats, 33.87%
- **seats2**: 39
- **seat change2**: 5
- **1data2**: 641,361
31.92%
 1.99
- **3data2**: 629,932
30.50%
 3.37
- **leader3**: Jim Anderton
- **leader since3**: 7 May 1995
- **party3**: Alliance (New Zealand political party)
- **leaders seat3**: Wigram (New Zealand electorate), Wigram
- **last election3**: 13 seats, 10.10%
- **seats3**: 10
- **seat change3**: 3
- **1data3**: 141,322
6.90%
 4.35
- **3data3**: 159,859
7.74
 2.36
- **leader4**: Richard Prebble
- **leader since4**: 24 March 1996
- **party4**: ACT New Zealand
- **leaders seat4**: Party-list proportional representation, List
_(lost Wellington Central (New Zealand electorate), Wellington Central)_
- **last election4**: 8 seats, 6.10%
- **seats4**: 9
- **seat change4**: 1
- **1data4**: 92,445
4.52%
 0.77
- **3data4**: 145,493
7.04
 0.94
- **leader5**: Rod Donald
Jeanette Fitzsimons
- **leader since5**: 21 May 1995
- **party5**: Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
- **leaders seat5**: Party-list proportional representation, List
Coromandel (New Zealand electorate), Coromandel
- **last election5**: _Ran as part of Alliance (New Zealand political party), Alliance_
- **seats5**: 7
- **seat change5**: 7
- **1data5**: 86,157
4.21%
_new_
- **3data5**: 106,560
5.16
_new_
- **leader6**: Winston Peters
- **leader since6**: 18 July 1993
- **party6**: New Zealand First
- **leaders seat6**: Tauranga (New Zealand electorate), Tauranga
- **last election6**: 17 seats, 13.35%
- **seats6**: 5
- **seat change6**: 12
- **1data6**: 85,737
4.19%
 9.30
- **3data6**: 87,926
4.26
 9.09
- **map image**: 1999 New Zealand general election - Results.svg
- **map size**: 400px
- **map caption**: Results of the election.
- **title**: Prime Minister of New Zealand, Prime Minister
- **posttitle**: Subsequent Prime Minister
- **before election**: Jenny Shipley
- **after election**: Helen Clark
- **before party**: New Zealand National Party
- **after party**: New Zealand Labour Party