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| 2 | 1978 Rangitikei by-election - Results |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| 4 | - | Social Credit | Bruce Beetham | 6,804 | 48.03 | +11.64 |
| 5 | - | National | Jim Bull | 5,469 | 38.61 | 8.66 |
| 6 | - | Labour | Dr John Joseph Stewart | 1,614 | 11.39 | 2.63 |
| 7 | - | Values | Dr Denis Hocking | 264 | 1.68 | +0.12 |
| 8 | - | Independent | M. Leniston | 13 | 0.09 | - |
| 9 | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,335 | 9.42 | - |
| 10 | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,164 | - | - |
| 11 | - | Social Credit gain from National | Social Credit gain from National | Swing | - | - |

Question: Who won the 1978 Rangitikei by-election and with what vote majority did he win?
Answer: The 1978 Rangitikei by-election was won by Bruce Beetham, the Social Credit Party candidate, with a majority of 1,335.