page_title: 1972 New Zealand general election
section_title: Election day
hierarchical_section_title: 1972 New Zealand general election / Election day
caption_attribution_description: English: Mr Norman Kirk speaks to crowd outside Labour Party headquarters, Levin, 1972
context_page_description: The New Zealand general election of 1972 was held on 25 November to elect MPs to the 37th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Labour Party, led by Norman Kirk, defeated the governing National Party.
context_section_description: The date for the 1972 elections was 25 November, a Saturday. 1,583,256 people were registered to vote. There was a turnout of 89.1%, slightly higher than the previous election and considerably higher than the following one. The number of electorates being contested was 87.
caption: Kirk campaigning in Levin
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