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style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #00529F;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 125px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Bolger,_1990s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Jim Bolger,_1990s.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Jim_Bolger%2C_1990s.jpg/125px-Jim_Bolger%2C_1990s.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Jim_Bolger%2C_1990s.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="165" data-file-height="217" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #D82A20;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -5px; left: -20px; width: 155px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Moore,_1992_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Mike Moore, 1992 (crop).jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Mike_Moore%2C_1992_%28crop%29.jpg/155px-Mike_Moore%2C_1992_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="155" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Mike_Moore%2C_1992_%28crop%29.jpg/233px-Mike_Moore%2C_1992_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Mike_Moore%2C_1992_%28crop%29.jpg/310px-Mike_Moore%2C_1992_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="742" data-file-height="927" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FF4040;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -10px; width: 190px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Anderton,_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Jim Anderton, 2010.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Jim_Anderton%2C_2010.jpg/190px-Jim_Anderton%2C_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Jim_Anderton%2C_2010.jpg/285px-Jim_Anderton%2C_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Jim_Anderton%2C_2010.jpg/380px-Jim_Anderton%2C_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2676" data-file-height="3423" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bolger" title="Jim Bolger">Jim Bolger</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Moore_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)">Mike Moore</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Anderton" title="Jim Anderton">Jim Anderton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/NewLabour_Party_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="NewLabour Party (New Zealand)">NewLabour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1986_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="1986 New Zealand National Party leadership election">26 March 1986</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1990_New_Zealand_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1990 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election">4 September 1990</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 April 1989 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/King_Country_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="King Country (New Zealand electorate)">King Country</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Christchurch_North_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Christchurch North (New Zealand electorate)">Christchurch North</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Sydenham_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Sydenham (New Zealand electorate)">Sydenham</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">40 seats, 44.02% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">57 seats, 47.96% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New party</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>67</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">29 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 27 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 28 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>872,358</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">640,915 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">94,171 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>47.82%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">35.14% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5.16% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3.80% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 12.82% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5.16% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1990_New_Zealand_general_election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/1990_New_Zealand_general_election.svg/350px-1990_New_Zealand_general_election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="505" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/1990_New_Zealand_general_election.svg/525px-1990_New_Zealand_general_election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/1990_New_Zealand_general_election.svg/700px-1990_New_Zealand_general_election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1424" data-file-height="2055" /></a></span><div>Results by electorate, shaded by winning margin</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_New_Zealand" title="Prime Minister of New Zealand">Prime Minister</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Mike_Moore_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)">Mike Moore</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Subsequent Prime Minister</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bolger" title="Jim Bolger">Jim Bolger</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1990 New Zealand general election</b> was held on 27 October to determine the composition of the <a href="/wiki/43rd_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="43rd New Zealand Parliament">43rd New Zealand parliament</a>. The governing <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour Party</a> was defeated in a <a href="/wiki/Landslide_victory" title="Landslide victory">landslide</a>, ending its <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Labour_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand">two terms in office</a>. The <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National Party</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bolger" title="Jim Bolger">Jim Bolger</a>, won the largest majority government in New Zealand history. </p><p>This election was the first time since <a href="/wiki/1975_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1975 New Zealand general election">1975</a> that National had won the popular vote.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour Party</a> had taken office after defeating the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National Party</a> under <a href="/wiki/Robert_Muldoon" title="Robert Muldoon">Robert Muldoon</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1984_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1984 New Zealand general election">1984 election</a>. <a href="/wiki/David_Lange" title="David Lange">David Lange</a> became <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_New_Zealand" title="Prime Minister of New Zealand">prime minister</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Douglas" title="Roger Douglas">Roger Douglas</a> became <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(New_Zealand)" title="Minister of Finance (New Zealand)">Minister of Finance</a>. The economic program outlined by Douglas was deeply unpopular with Labour's traditional supporters, however – <a href="/wiki/Deregulation" title="Deregulation">deregulation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Privatisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Privatisation">privatisation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Free_trade" title="Free trade">free trade</a>, all opposed by the party's more left-wing members, were a key part of the <a href="/wiki/Rogernomics" title="Rogernomics">Rogernomics</a> platform. This internal dissent was off-set somewhat by new social legislation and a strong stance against <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapons</a>. </p><p>Labour was re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/1987_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1987 New Zealand general election">1987 election</a> with its parliamentary majority untouched, but the internal disputes continued. Eventually Lange forced Douglas to resign in December 1988, but continued destabilisation of his leadership by Douglas had weakened Lange's position such that he resigned eight months later. He was replaced as prime minister by <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Palmer_(politician)" title="Geoffrey Palmer (politician)">Geoffrey Palmer</a>, but Palmer failed to revive Labour's falling popularity. Several months before the election, Palmer was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Moore_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)">Mike Moore</a>. The National Party was performing strongly – its leader, Jim Bolger, spoke repeatedly of "the Decent Society", saying that the reforms were doing significant damage to the social fabric of the country. The government was also being challenged by the <a href="/wiki/NewLabour_Party_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="NewLabour Party (New Zealand)">NewLabour Party</a>, founded by renegade MP <a href="/wiki/Jim_Anderton" title="Jim Anderton">Jim Anderton</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MPs_retiring_in_1990">MPs retiring in 1990</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: MPs retiring in 1990"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Five National MPs and eleven Labour MPs intended to retire at the end of the 42nd Parliament. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Electorate </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="background-color: #00529F"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Gair" title="George Gair">George Gair</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="North Shore (New Zealand electorate)">North Shore</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Merv_Wellington" title="Merv Wellington">Merv Wellington</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Papakura_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Papakura (New Zealand electorate)">Papakura</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_McLean_(politician)" title="Ian McLean (politician)">Ian McLean</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tarawera_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tarawera (New Zealand electorate)">Tarawera</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Venn_Young" title="Venn Young">Venn Young</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Waitotara_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitotara (New Zealand electorate)">Waitotara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Angus" title="Derek Angus">Derek Angus</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wallace_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wallace (New Zealand electorate)">Wallace</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="11" style="background-color: #D82A20"> </td> <td rowspan="11"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Palmer_(politician)" title="Geoffrey Palmer (politician)">Geoffrey Palmer</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christchurch_Central" title="Christchurch Central">Christchurch Central</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stan_Rodger" title="Stan Rodger">Stan Rodger</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_North_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Dunedin North (New Zealand electorate)">Dunedin North</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anne_Fraser" title="Anne Fraser">Anne Collins</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Cape_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="East Cape (New Zealand electorate)">East Cape</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Young" title="Trevor Young">Trevor Young</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hutt" title="Eastern Hutt">Eastern Hutt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_Douglas" title="Roger Douglas">Roger Douglas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manurewa_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Manurewa (New Zealand electorate)">Manurewa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philip_Woollaston" title="Philip Woollaston">Philip Woollaston</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Nelson (New Zealand electorate)">Nelson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Moyle" title="Colin Moyle">Colin Moyle</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Otara_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Otara (New Zealand electorate)">Otara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trevor_de_Cleene" title="Trevor de Cleene">Trevor de Cleene</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palmerston_North_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Palmerston North (New Zealand electorate)">Palmerston North</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Tizard" title="Bob Tizard">Bob Tizard</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panmure_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Panmure (New Zealand electorate)">Panmure</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bassett" title="Michael Bassett">Michael Bassett</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Te_Atat%C5%AB_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Te Atatū (New Zealand electorate)">Te Atatu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell_Marshall" title="Russell Marshall">Russell Marshall</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whanganui_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Whanganui (New Zealand electorate)">Wanganui</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_election">The election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The date for the 1990 election was 27 October. 2,202,157 people were registered to vote, and 85.2% of these people turned out. The number of seats being contested was 97 – this was the same as in the previous election, which had the largest number of seats for any Parliament until that point. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary_of_results">Summary of results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Summary of results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1990 election eventually saw a victory for the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National Party</a>, then in opposition. National won nearly half (48%) of the vote and 67 (69%) of the seats, becoming the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Fourth National Government of New Zealand">fourth National government</a>. This was the highest number of seats the party had ever won, either in absolute terms or as a percentage, and by extension the largest majority government in New Zealand history. Four new (and young) National MPs: (<a href="/wiki/Bill_English" title="Bill English">Bill English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Ryall" title="Tony Ryall">Tony Ryall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Sowry" title="Roger Sowry">Roger Sowry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a>) were called the "brat pack" by Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Muldoon" title="Robert Muldoon">Robert Muldoon</a> (himself one of the "Young Turks" of <a href="/wiki/1960_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1960 New Zealand general election">1960</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green Party</a> gained the third-highest number of votes, but won no seats. The <a href="/wiki/NewLabour_Party_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="NewLabour Party (New Zealand)">NewLabour Party</a> won a single seat, due to <a href="/wiki/Jim_Anderton" title="Jim Anderton">Jim Anderton</a> retaining the <a href="/wiki/Sydenham_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Sydenham (New Zealand electorate)">Sydenham</a> seat he originally won as a Labour candidate. </p><p>The governing Labour Party, by contrast, suffered its worst-ever defeat since it first won power in the <a href="/wiki/1935_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1935 New Zealand general election">1935 election</a>, winning only 29 (30%) of the seats and 35% of the vote (its lowest percentage since 1931), and losing 27 seats. Initially it appeared that twelve ministers and the Speaker had lost their seats, but <a href="/wiki/Fran_Wilde" title="Fran Wilde">Fran Wilde</a> scraped in on special votes. Many of Labour's talented "class of 84" were swept out, though five of them, <a href="/wiki/Annette_King" title="Annette King">Annette King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Sutton" title="Jim Sutton">Jim Sutton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Mallard" title="Trevor Mallard">Trevor Mallard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Northey" title="Richard Northey">Richard Northey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Judy_Keall" title="Judy Keall">Judy Keall</a>, returned in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBassett2008538_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBassett2008538-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The result was primarily due to intense anger at Labour and its policies (shown by it losing 12% of the vote) rather than love of National (which only increased its vote by 4%). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Detailed_results">Detailed results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Detailed results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Party_totals">Party totals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Party totals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1990_nz_parliament.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/1990_nz_parliament.svg/360px-1990_nz_parliament.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/1990_nz_parliament.svg/540px-1990_nz_parliament.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/1990_nz_parliament.svg/720px-1990_nz_parliament.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Election results<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidates </th> <th>Total votes </th> <th>Percentage </th> <th>Seats won </th></tr> <tr> <td width="5" bgcolor="#00529F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a> </td> <td>97 </td> <td>872,358 </td> <td>47.82 </td> <td><b>67</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#D82A20"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td>97 </td> <td>640,915 </td> <td>35.14 </td> <td><b>29</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#098137"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Greens</a> </td> <td>71 </td> <td>124,915 </td> <td>6.85 </td> <td><b>-</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF4040"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/NewLabour_Party_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="NewLabour Party (New Zealand)">NewLabour</a> </td> <td>93 </td> <td>94,171 </td> <td>5.16 </td> <td><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#339966"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Democratic_Party_for_Social_Credit" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit">Democrats</a> </td> <td>91 </td> <td>30,455 </td> <td>1.67 </td> <td><b>-</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CBE800"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit-NZ" title="Social Credit-NZ">Social Credit</a> </td> <td>68 </td> <td>17,897 </td> <td>0.98 </td> <td><b>-</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#C32148"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mana_Motuhake_(political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mana Motuhake (political party)">Mana Motuhake</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>10,869 </td> <td>0.60 </td> <td><b>-</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFC0CB"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/McGillicuddy_Serious_Party" title="McGillicuddy Serious Party">McGillicuddy Serious</a> </td> <td>59 </td> <td>10,058 </td> <td>0.55 </td> <td><b>-</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#878FB8"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Heritage_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Heritage New Zealand">Christian Heritage</a> </td> <td>18 </td> <td>9,591 </td> <td>0.53 </td> <td><b>-</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left">Minor parties and Independents </td> <td>76 </td> <td>12,863 </td> <td>0.71 </td> <td><b>-</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor=""> <td colspan="2" align="left">Total </td> <td>674 </td> <td>1,824,092 </td> <td> </td> <td><b>97</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Votes_summary">Votes summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Votes summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,white); color: var(--color-base,black)"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Popular Vote</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>National</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#00529F; width:47.82%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">47.82%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labour</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#D82A20; width:35.14%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">35.14%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Greens</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#098137; width:6.85%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">6.85%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">NewLabour</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FF4040; width:5.16%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">5.16%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Democrats</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#339966; width:2.02%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.02%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#777777; width:3.37%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.37%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,white); color: var(--color-base,black)"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Parliament seats</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>National</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#00529F; width:69.07%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">69.07%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labour</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#D82A20; width:29.90%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">29.90%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">NewLabour</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FF4040; width:1.03%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.03%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electorate_results">Electorate results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Electorate results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NewZealandElectorates1990-Labeled.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/NewZealandElectorates1990-Labeled.png" decoding="async" width="678" height="604" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="678" data-file-height="604" /></a></span> The tables below shows the results of the 1990 general election: </p><p><b>Key</b> </p><p><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#00529F"> </span> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#D82A20"> </span> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#339966"> </span> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Democratic_Party_for_Social_Credit" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit">Democrats</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#FF4040"> </span> <a href="/wiki/NewLabour_Party_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="NewLabour Party (New Zealand)">NewLabour</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#C32148"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Mana_Motuhake" title="Mana Motuhake">Mana Motuhake</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Electorate results for the 1990 New Zealand general election </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Electorate </th> <th colspan="2">Incumbent </th> <th colspan="2">Winner </th> <th>Majority </th> <th colspan="2">Runner up </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" style="background-color:#FFDEAD"><b>General electorates</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Albany_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Albany (New Zealand electorate)">Albany</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Don_McKinnon" title="Don McKinnon">Don McKinnon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,455 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">June Allen </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashburton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ashburton (New Zealand electorate)">Ashburton</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Shipley" title="Jenny Shipley">Jenny Shipley</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,922 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Basil Moskovis </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Auckland_Central_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Auckland Central (New Zealand electorate)">Auckland Central</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Prebble" title="Richard Prebble">Richard Prebble</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,277 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Kathryn Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Avon_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Avon (New Zealand electorate)">Avon</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Sutherland" title="Larry Sutherland">Larry Sutherland</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,250 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Wendy Rush </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Awarua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Awarua (New Zealand electorate)">Awarua</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Grant" title="Jeff Grant">Jeff Grant</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,964 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Heather Russell </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Islands_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Bay of Islands (New Zealand electorate)">Bay of Islands</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Carter (New Zealand politician)">John Carter</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,285 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Bruce Raitt </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Birkenhead_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Birkenhead (New Zealand electorate)">Birkenhead</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Kirk_(politician)" title="Jenny Kirk (politician)">Jenny Kirk</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Revell" title="Ian Revell">Ian Revell</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,813 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Jenny Kirk </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christchurch_Central_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Christchurch Central (New Zealand electorate)">Christchurch Central</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Palmer_(politician)" title="Geoffrey Palmer (politician)">Geoffrey Palmer</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Lianne_Dalziel" title="Lianne Dalziel">Lianne Dalziel</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,769 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Ross Gluer </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christchurch_North_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Christchurch North (New Zealand electorate)">Christchurch North</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Moore_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)">Mike Moore</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,148 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Peter Yarrell </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clevedon_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Clevedon (New Zealand electorate)">Clevedon</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Warren_Kyd" title="Warren Kyd">Warren Kyd</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,732 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Batten" title="Ann Batten">Ann Batten</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clutha_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Clutha (New Zealand electorate)">Clutha</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Robin_Gray_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Robin Gray (New Zealand politician)">Robin Gray</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,527 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Jeff Buchanan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Coromandel_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Coromandel (New Zealand electorate)">Coromandel</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Graeme_Lee_(politician)" title="Graeme Lee (politician)">Graeme Lee</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,342 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Margaret Hawkeswood </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_North_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Dunedin North (New Zealand electorate)">Dunedin North</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Rodger" title="Stan Rodger">Stan Rodger</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Hodgson" title="Pete Hodgson">Pete Hodgson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,336 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Gael Donoghue </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_West_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunedin West (New Zealand electorate)">Dunedin West</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Clive_Matthewson" title="Clive Matthewson">Clive Matthewson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,779 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Ian McMeeking </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Cape_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="East Cape (New Zealand electorate)">East Cape</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Anne_Fraser" title="Anne Fraser">Anne Collins</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Ryall" title="Tony Ryall">Tony Ryall</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,968 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Dianne Collins </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Bays_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="East Coast Bays (New Zealand electorate)">East Coast Bays</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Murray_McCully" title="Murray McCully">Murray McCully</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,216 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#339966"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Knapp" title="Gary Knapp">Gary Knapp</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hutt_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Hutt (New Zealand electorate)">Eastern Hutt</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Young" title="Trevor Young">Trevor Young</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Swain_(politician)" title="Paul Swain (politician)">Paul Swain</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">801 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Rosemary Thomas </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eden_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Eden (New Zealand electorate)">Eden</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Northey" title="Richard Northey">Richard Northey</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Christine_Fletcher" title="Christine Fletcher">Christine Fletcher</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,524 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Northey" title="Richard Northey">Richard Northey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fendalton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Fendalton (New Zealand electorate)">Fendalton</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Burdon" title="Philip Burdon">Philip Burdon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,993 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Tony Day </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gisborne_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Gisborne (New Zealand electorate)">Gisborne</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Allan_Wallbank" title="Allan Wallbank">Allan Wallbank</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Kimber" title="Wayne Kimber">Wayne Kimber</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">449 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Allan_Wallbank" title="Allan Wallbank">Allan Wallbank</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenfield_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Glenfield (New Zealand electorate)">Glenfield</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Judy_Keall" title="Judy Keall">Judy Keall</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hilt" title="Peter Hilt">Peter Hilt</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,958 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Judy_Keall" title="Judy Keall">Judy Keall</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_East_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hamilton East (New Zealand electorate)">Hamilton East</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dillon_(politician)" title="Bill Dillon (politician)">Bill Dillon</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Steel" title="Tony Steel">Tony Steel</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,121 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dillon_(politician)" title="Bill Dillon (politician)">Bill Dillon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_West_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hamilton West (New Zealand electorate)">Hamilton West</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Mallard" title="Trevor Mallard">Trevor Mallard</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Grant_Thomas_(politician)" title="Grant Thomas (politician)">Grant Thomas</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,563 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Mallard" title="Trevor Mallard">Trevor Mallard</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hastings_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hastings (New Zealand electorate)">Hastings</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/David_Butcher" title="David Butcher">David Butcher</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Whittaker" title="Jeff Whittaker">Jeff Whittaker</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">728 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/David_Butcher" title="David Butcher">David Butcher</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawkes_Bay_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hawkes Bay (New Zealand electorate)">Hawkes Bay</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sutton_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Bill Sutton (New Zealand politician)">Bill Sutton</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Laws" title="Michael Laws">Michael Laws</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,895 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sutton_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Bill Sutton (New Zealand politician)">Bill Sutton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Heretaunga_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Heretaunga (New Zealand electorate)">Heretaunga</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Jeffries" title="Bill Jeffries">Bill Jeffries</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Peter_McCardle" title="Peter McCardle">Peter McCardle</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,122 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Jeffries" title="Bill Jeffries">Bill Jeffries</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hobson_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hobson (New Zealand electorate)">Hobson</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Ross_Meurant" title="Ross Meurant">Ross Meurant</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,641 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Howard Henry </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Horowhenua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Horowhenua (New Zealand electorate)">Horowhenua</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Annette_King" title="Annette King">Annette King</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Hamish_Hancock" title="Hamish Hancock">Hamish Hancock</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">624 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Annette_King" title="Annette King">Annette King</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Invercargill_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Invercargill (New Zealand electorate)">Invercargill</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Rob_Munro_(politician)" title="Rob Munro (politician)">Rob Munro</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,137 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Barry Rait </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Island_Bay_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Island Bay (New Zealand electorate)">Island Bay</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Tennet" title="Elizabeth Tennet">Elizabeth Tennet</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,635 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Ann Nolan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaimai_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kaimai (New Zealand electorate)">Kaimai</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Anderson_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Robert Anderson (New Zealand politician)">Robert Anderson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,147 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Gordon Dickson </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaipara_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kaipara (New Zealand electorate)">Kaipara</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Lockwood_Smith" title="Lockwood Smith">Lockwood Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,610 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Wayne Sellwood </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kapiti_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kapiti (New Zealand electorate)">Kapiti</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Shields" title="Margaret Shields">Margaret Shields</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Sowry" title="Roger Sowry">Roger Sowry</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,599 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Shields" title="Margaret Shields">Margaret Shields</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/King_Country_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="King Country (New Zealand electorate)">King Country</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bolger" title="Jim Bolger">Jim Bolger</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,274 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Cameron Gordon </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lyttelton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Lyttelton (New Zealand electorate)">Lyttelton</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Simpson_(writer)" title="Peter Simpson (writer)">Peter Simpson</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Gail_McIntosh" title="Gail McIntosh">Gail McIntosh</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">68 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Simpson_(writer)" title="Peter Simpson (writer)">Peter Simpson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manawatu_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Manawatu (New Zealand electorate)">Manawatu</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/David_Robinson_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="David Robinson (New Zealand politician)">David Robinson</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Hamish_MacIntyre" title="Hamish MacIntyre">Hamish MacIntyre</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,089 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/David_Robinson_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="David Robinson (New Zealand politician)">David Robinson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mangere_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangere (New Zealand electorate)">Mangere</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/David_Lange" title="David Lange">David Lange</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,039 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Bryan Archer </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manurewa_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Manurewa (New Zealand electorate)">Manurewa</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Douglas" title="Roger Douglas">Roger Douglas</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/George_Hawkins_(politician)" title="George Hawkins (politician)">George Hawkins</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,143 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Pat Baker </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maramarua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Maramarua (New Zealand electorate)">Maramarua</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Birch" title="Bill Birch">Bill Birch</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,670 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Chauvel_(politician)" title="Charles Chauvel (politician)">Charles Chauvel</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marlborough_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Marlborough (New Zealand electorate)">Marlborough</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Doug_Kidd" title="Doug Kidd">Doug Kidd</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,187 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Barbara Hutchinson </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Matamata_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Matamata (New Zealand electorate)">Matamata</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/John_Luxton" title="John Luxton">John Luxton</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,501 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Bill Pepperell </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miramar_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Miramar (New Zealand electorate)">Miramar</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Neilson_(politician_born_1954)" title="Peter Neilson (politician born 1954)">Peter Neilson</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Graeme_Reeves" title="Graeme Reeves">Graeme Reeves</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">552 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Neilson_(politician_born_1954)" title="Peter Neilson (politician born 1954)">Peter Neilson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mt_Albert_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mt Albert (New Zealand electorate)">Mt Albert</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Helen_Clark" title="Helen Clark">Helen Clark</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,230 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Larry Bellshaw </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Napier_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Napier (New Zealand electorate)">Napier</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Braybrooke" title="Geoff Braybrooke">Geoff Braybrooke</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,265 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Colleen Pritchard </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Nelson (New Zealand electorate)">Nelson</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Woollaston" title="Philip Woollaston">Philip Woollaston</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/John_Blincoe" title="John Blincoe">John Blincoe</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">636 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">L Baigent </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Lynn_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="New Lynn (New Zealand electorate)">New Lynn</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Hunt_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Jonathan Hunt (New Zealand politician)">Jonathan Hunt</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,099 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Martyn Athol Bishop </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Plymouth_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="New Plymouth (New Zealand electorate)">New Plymouth</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Duynhoven" title="Harry Duynhoven">Harry Duynhoven</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/John_Armstrong_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Armstrong (New Zealand politician)">John Armstrong</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,701 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Duynhoven" title="Harry Duynhoven">Harry Duynhoven</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="North Shore (New Zealand electorate)">North Shore</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/George_Gair" title="George Gair">George Gair</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Cliffe" title="Bruce Cliffe">Bruce Cliffe</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,183 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Graeme Ransom </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohariu_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ohariu (New Zealand electorate)">Ohariu</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Dunne" title="Peter Dunne">Peter Dunne</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">783 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">George Mathew </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Onehunga_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Onehunga (New Zealand electorate)">Onehunga</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Gerbic" title="Fred Gerbic">Fred Gerbic</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Grahame_Thorne" title="Grahame Thorne">Grahame Thorne</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">612 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Gerbic" title="Fred Gerbic">Fred Gerbic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Otago_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Otago (New Zealand electorate)">Otago</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Warren_Cooper" title="Warren Cooper">Warren Cooper</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,927 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Tony Cooke </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Otara_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Otara (New Zealand electorate)">Otara</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Moyle" title="Colin Moyle">Colin Moyle</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Rogers_(politician)" title="Trevor Rogers (politician)">Trevor Rogers</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,226 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Taito_Phillip_Field" title="Taito Phillip Field">Taito Phillip Field</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pahiatua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Pahiatua (New Zealand electorate)">Pahiatua</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/John_Falloon" title="John Falloon">John Falloon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,689 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Margo Martindale </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pakuranga_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Pakuranga (New Zealand electorate)">Pakuranga</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Williamson" title="Maurice Williamson">Maurice Williamson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,086 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Paul Charles Grant </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Palmerston_North_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Palmerston North (New Zealand electorate)">Palmerston North</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Trevor_de_Cleene" title="Trevor de Cleene">Trevor de Cleene</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Maharey" title="Steve Maharey">Steve Maharey</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">349 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Paul Sherriff </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Panmure_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Panmure (New Zealand electorate)">Panmure</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Tizard" title="Bob Tizard">Bob Tizard</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Judith_Tizard" title="Judith Tizard">Judith Tizard</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,098 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Gray_Bartlett" title="Gray Bartlett">Gray Bartlett</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Papakura_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Papakura (New Zealand electorate)">Papakura</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Merv_Wellington" title="Merv Wellington">Merv Wellington</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/John_Robertson_(New_Zealand_politician,_born_1951)" title="John Robertson (New Zealand politician, born 1951)">John Robertson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,665 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">James Stubbs </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Papatoetoe_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Papatoetoe (New Zealand electorate)">Papatoetoe</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Ross_Robertson" title="Ross Robertson">Ross Robertson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">510 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Allan_Brewster" class="mw-redirect" title="Allan Brewster">Allan Brewster</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pencarrow_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Pencarrow (New Zealand electorate)">Pencarrow</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Sonja_Davies" title="Sonja Davies">Sonja Davies</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">384 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Wallace_(mayor)" title="Ray Wallace (mayor)">Ray Wallace</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Porirua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Porirua (New Zealand electorate)">Porirua</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Graham_Kelly_(politician)" title="Graham Kelly (politician)">Graham Kelly</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,453 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">P Faulkner </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raglan_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Raglan (New Zealand electorate)">Raglan</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Upton" title="Simon Upton">Simon Upton</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,442 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Olivia Scaletti-Longley </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rangiora_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Rangiora (New Zealand electorate)">Rangiora</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gerard" title="Jim Gerard">Jim Gerard</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,273 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Judith Alison McLachlan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rangitikei_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rangitikei (New Zealand electorate)">Rangitikei</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Denis_Marshall_(politician)" title="Denis Marshall (politician)">Denis Marshall</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,127 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Patricia Barton </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Remuera_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Remuera (New Zealand electorate)">Remuera</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Doug_Graham" title="Doug Graham">Doug Graham</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,368 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Carl Harding </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roskill_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Roskill (New Zealand electorate)">Roskill</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Goff" title="Phil Goff">Phil Goff</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Myles" title="Gilbert Myles">Gilbert Myles</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">644 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Goff" title="Phil Goff">Phil Goff</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rotorua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Rotorua (New Zealand electorate)">Rotorua</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Paul_East" title="Paul East">Paul East</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,270 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Bruce Raitt </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Albans_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="St Albans (New Zealand electorate)">St Albans</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/David_Caygill" title="David Caygill">David Caygill</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,560 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">David Dumergue </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="St Kilda (New Zealand electorate)">St Kilda</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cullen_(politician)" title="Michael Cullen (politician)">Michael Cullen</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,886 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Bruce Alexander </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Selwyn_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Selwyn (New Zealand electorate)">Selwyn</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Richardson" title="Ruth Richardson">Ruth Richardson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,441 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Val Elley </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydenham_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Sydenham (New Zealand electorate)">Sydenham</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FF4040"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEECC"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Anderton" title="Jim Anderton">Jim Anderton</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,443 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Linda Constable </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamaki (New Zealand electorate)">Tamaki</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Muldoon" title="Robert Muldoon">Robert Muldoon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,592 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Malcolm Johnston </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Taranaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Taranaki (New Zealand electorate)">Taranaki</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Maxwell_(politician)" title="Roger Maxwell (politician)">Roger Maxwell</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,867 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Scott Dalziel </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tarawera_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tarawera (New Zealand electorate)">Tarawera</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ian_McLean_(politician)" title="Ian McLean (politician)">Ian McLean</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Max_Bradford" title="Max Bradford">Max Bradford</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,152 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Malcolm Moore </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tasman_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tasman (New Zealand electorate)">Tasman</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Shirley" title="Ken Shirley">Ken Shirley</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,246 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Shirley" title="Ken Shirley">Ken Shirley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tauranga_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tauranga (New Zealand electorate)">Tauranga</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Winston_Peters" title="Winston Peters">Winston Peters</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,314 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Bill Delaney </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Te_Atatu_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Te Atatu (New Zealand electorate)">Te Atatu</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bassett" title="Michael Bassett">Michael Bassett</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Neeson" title="Brian Neeson">Brian Neeson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,370 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Dan McCaffrey </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Timaru_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Timaru (New Zealand electorate)">Timaru</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_McTigue" title="Maurice McTigue">Maurice McTigue</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,192 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Gary Clarke </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Titirangi_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Titirangi (New Zealand electorate)">Titirangi</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Maxwell_(politician)" title="Ralph Maxwell (politician)">Ralph Maxwell</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Marie_Hasler" title="Marie Hasler">Marie Hasler</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">64 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Maxwell_(politician)" title="Ralph Maxwell (politician)">Ralph Maxwell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tongariro_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tongariro (New Zealand electorate)">Tongariro</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Noel_Scott" title="Noel Scott">Noel Scott</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Peters" title="Ian Peters">Ian Peters</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">886 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Noel_Scott" title="Noel Scott">Noel Scott</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waikaremoana_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waikaremoana (New Zealand electorate)">Waikaremoana</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Roger_McClay" title="Roger McClay">Roger McClay</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,865 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">David Davies </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waikato_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waikato (New Zealand electorate)">Waikato</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Rob_Storey" title="Rob Storey">Rob Storey</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,172 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">George Middleton </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waipa_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waipa (New Zealand electorate)">Waipa</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Katherine_O%27Regan" title="Katherine O'Regan">Katherine O'Regan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,477 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Mark Apiata-Wade </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wairarapa_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wairarapa (New Zealand electorate)">Wairarapa</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Wyatt_Creech" title="Wyatt Creech">Wyatt Creech</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,141 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Pauline Moran </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waitaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)">Waitaki</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Sutton" title="Jim Sutton">Jim Sutton</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Alec_Neill" title="Alec Neill">Alec Neill</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,905 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Sutton" title="Jim Sutton">Jim Sutton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waitotara_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitotara (New Zealand electorate)">Waitotara</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Venn_Young" title="Venn Young">Venn Young</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Gresham" title="Peter Gresham">Peter Gresham</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,192 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Dominic O'Sullivan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wallace_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wallace (New Zealand electorate)">Wallace</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Derek_Angus" title="Derek Angus">Derek Angus</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Bill_English" title="Bill English">Bill English</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,886 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">David Soper </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wanganui_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wanganui (New Zealand electorate)">Wanganui</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Russell_Marshall" title="Russell Marshall">Russell Marshall</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Cam_Campion" title="Cam Campion">Cam Campion</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">409 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jill_Pettis" title="Jill Pettis">Jill Pettis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Central_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wellington Central (New Zealand electorate)">Wellington Central</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Fran_Wilde" title="Fran Wilde">Fran Wilde</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">246 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Gardiner" title="Pauline Gardiner">Pauline Gardiner</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Auckland_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="West Auckland (New Zealand electorate)">West Auckland</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Elder_(politician)" title="Jack Elder (politician)">Jack Elder</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">252 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Laurie Wicks </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="West Coast (New Zealand electorate)">West Coast</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Burke" title="Kerry Burke">Kerry Burke</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Moir" title="Margaret Moir">Margaret Moir</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,611 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Burke" title="Kerry Burke">Kerry Burke</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Hutt_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Hutt (New Zealand electorate)">Western Hutt</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Terris" title="John Terris">John Terris</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/Joy_Quigley" title="Joy Quigley">Joy Quigley</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">700 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Terris" title="John Terris">John Terris</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Whangarei_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Whangarei (New Zealand electorate)">Whangarei</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCDDFF"><a href="/wiki/John_Banks_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Banks (New Zealand politician)">John Banks</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,839 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Edna Tait </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yaldhurst_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Yaldhurst (New Zealand electorate)">Yaldhurst</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Austin" title="Margaret Austin">Margaret Austin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">42 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#00529F"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">John Connelly </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" style="background-color:#FFDEAD"><b><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_electorates" title="Māori electorates">Māori electorates</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Maori_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Maori (New Zealand electorate)">Eastern Maori</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Tapsell_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Peter Tapsell (New Zealand politician)">Peter Tapsell</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,844 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#C32148"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Wi Kuki Kaa </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Maori_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Maori (New Zealand electorate)">Northern Maori</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Gregory_(politician)" title="Bruce Gregory (politician)">Bruce Gregory</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">956 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#C32148"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Matiu_Rata" title="Matiu Rata">Matiu Rata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Maori_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Maori (New Zealand electorate)">Southern Maori</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Whetu_Tirikatene-Sullivan" title="Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan">Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,614 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#C32148"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Tikirau Stevens </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Maori_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Maori (New Zealand electorate)">Western Maori</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFBAA8"><a href="/wiki/Koro_W%C4%93tere" title="Koro Wētere">Koro Wētere</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,466 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#C32148"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Eva_Rickard" title="Eva Rickard">Eva Rickard</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Table footnotes: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gardiner was first on election night for Wellington Central, but lost when special votes were included <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBassett2008538_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBassett2008538-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Summary_of_seat_changes">Summary of seat changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Summary of seat changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Electoral redistributions:</b> <ul><li>There was no redistribution of electoral boundaries between the 1987 and 1990 elections.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Seats captured:</b> <ul><li>By National: <i>Birkenhead</i>, <i>East Cape</i>, <i>Eden</i>, <i>Gisborne</i>, <i>Glenfield</i>, <i>Hamilton East</i>, <i>Hamilton West</i>, <i>Hastings</i>, <i>Hawkes Bay</i>, <i>Heretaunga</i>, <i>Horowhenua</i>, <i>Kapiti</i>, <i>Lyttelton</i>, <i>Manawatu</i>, <i>Miramar</i>, <i>New Plymouth</i>, <i>Onehunga</i>, <i>Otara</i>, <i>Roskill</i>, <i>Tasman</i>, <i>Te Atatu</i>, <i>Titirangi</i>, <i>Tongariro</i>, <i>Waitaki</i>, <i>Wanganui</i>, <i>West Coast</i> and <i>Western Hutt</i> (27 seats) were captured from Labour. Seventeen of these (Gisborne, Hamilton East, Hamilton West, Hastings, Horowhenua, Lyttelton, Manawatu, Miramar, New Plymouth, Onehunga, Otara, Roskill, Te Atatu, Titirangi, Tongariro, Wanganui & the West Coast) were <i>one-term</i> gains, recaptured by Labour in 1993.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Seats transferred from departing MPs to new MPs</b>: <ul><li>The seats of <i>North Shore</i>, <i>Papakura</i>, <i>Tarawera</i>, <i>Waitotara</i> and <i>Wallace</i>, all held by departing National MPs, were won by new National candidates.</li> <li>The seats of <i>Christchurch Central</i>, <i>Dunedin North</i>, <i>Eastern Hutt</i>, <i>Manurewa</i>, <i>Nelson</i>, <i>Palmerston North</i> and <i>Panmure</i>, all held by departing Labour MPs, were won by new Labour candidates.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-election_events">Post-election events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Post-election events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_New_Zealand" title="Local government in New Zealand">local by-elections</a> were required due to the resignation of incumbent local body politicians following their election to Parliament: </p> <ul><li>A <a href="/wiki/List_of_by-elections_to_the_Auckland_City_Council#1991_by-election,_Maungakiekie_Ward" title="List of by-elections to the Auckland City Council">by-election</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Auckland_City_Council" title="Auckland City Council">Auckland City Council</a> was caused after Maungakiekie Ward councillor <a href="/wiki/Grahame_Thorne" title="Grahame Thorne">Grahame Thorne</a> resigned his seat after he was elected MP for <a href="/wiki/Onehunga_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Onehunga (New Zealand electorate)">Onehunga</a>, necessitating a by-election to fill the council vacancy. The by-election was won by Ken Graham with two candidates from the general election, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Northey" title="Richard Northey">Richard Northey</a> (Labour candidate for <a href="/wiki/Eden_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Eden (New Zealand electorate)">Eden</a>) and Laurie Ross (Green candidate for Onehunga), also contesting.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A by-election to the <a href="/wiki/Auckland_Regional_Council" title="Auckland Regional Council">Auckland Regional Council</a> was caused after Panmure Ward councillor <a href="/wiki/Judith_Tizard" title="Judith Tizard">Judith Tizard</a> resigned her seat after she was elected MP for <a href="/wiki/Panmure_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Panmure (New Zealand electorate)">Panmure</a>, necessitating a by-election to fill the council vacancy. The by-election was won by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Jesson" title="Bruce Jesson">Bruce Jesson</a> with a retiring candidate at the general election, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Tizard" title="Bob Tizard">Bob Tizard</a> (previously Labour MP for Panmure) also contesting.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/List_of_by-elections_to_the_Wellington_City_Council#1991_by-election,_Southern_Ward" title="List of by-elections to the Wellington City Council">by-election</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Wellington_City_Council" title="Wellington City Council">Wellington City Council</a> was caused after Southern Ward councillor <a href="/wiki/John_Blincoe" title="John Blincoe">John Blincoe</a> resigned his seat after he was elected MP for <a href="/wiki/Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Nelson (New Zealand electorate)">Nelson</a>, necessitating a by-election to fill the council vacancy. The by-election was won by Margaret Bonner with two candidates from the general election, Ann Nolan (National candidate for <a href="/wiki/Island_Bay_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Island Bay (New Zealand electorate)">Island Bay</a>) and Jeff Montgomery (NewLabour candidate for <a href="/wiki/Wellington_Central_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wellington Central (New Zealand electorate)">Wellington Central</a>), also contesting.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/fpp-to-mmp/royal-commission">"The Royal Commission"</a>. <i>nzhistory.govt.nz</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 December</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=New+Zealand+Elections+1972%E2%80%931993&rft.pub=New+Zealand+Election+Study&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nzes.org%2Fexec%2Fgetdata%2FNZ_elections_1972-93.xls&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1990+New+Zealand+general+election" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged June 2023">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBassett2013" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bassett" title="Michael Bassett">Bassett, Michael</a> (2013). <i>City of sails: the history of Auckland City Council, 1989–2010</i>. p. 382. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1927262003" title="Special:BookSources/1927262003"><bdi>1927262003</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=City+of+sails%3A+the+history+of+Auckland+City+Council%2C+1989%E2%80%932010&rft.pages=382&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=1927262003&rft.aulast=Bassett&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1990+New+Zealand+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Declaration of Result of Election". <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Zealand_Herald" title="The New Zealand Herald">The New Zealand Herald</a></i>. 5 December 1991. p. 14; 3.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+Zealand+Herald&rft.atitle=Declaration+of+Result+of+Election&rft.pages=14%3B+3&rft.date=1991-12-05&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1990+New+Zealand+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Voters go for new parties". <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Zealand_Herald" title="The New Zealand Herald">The New Zealand Herald</a></i>. 28 November 1991. p. 1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+Zealand+Herald&rft.atitle=Voters+go+for+new+parties&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1991-11-28&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1990+New+Zealand+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEvans1990" class="citation news cs1">Evans, Gavin (15 December 1990). "Blincoe Stalls Resignation". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Evening_Post_(Wellington)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Evening Post (Wellington)">The Evening Post</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Evening+Post&rft.atitle=Blincoe+Stalls+Resignation&rft.date=1990-12-15&rft.aulast=Evans&rft.aufirst=Gavin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1990+New+Zealand+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBly1991" class="citation report cs1">Bly, Ross (29 April 1991). 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Auckland: Hodder Moa. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-86971-094-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-86971-094-1"><bdi>978-1-86971-094-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Working+with+David%3A+Inside+the+Lange+Cabinet&rft.place=Auckland&rft.pub=Hodder+Moa&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-1-86971-094-1&rft.aulast=Bassett&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1990+New+Zealand+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcLeay1991" class="citation book cs1">McLeay, E. M., ed. (1991). <i>The 1990 General Election, Perspectives on Political Change in New Zealand: Occasional Publications No 3, Department of Political Science</i>. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-475-11202-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-475-11202-4"><bdi>0-475-11202-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+1990+General+Election%2C+Perspectives+on+Political+Change+in+New+Zealand%3A+Occasional+Publications+No+3%2C+Department+of+Political+Science&rft.place=Wellington&rft.pub=Victoria+University+of+Wellington&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=0-475-11202-4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1990+New+Zealand+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStringer1990" class="citation book cs1">Stringer, John (1990). <i>1990 Parliamentary Candidates for the New Zealand National Party</i>. Wellington: New Zealand National Party.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1990+Parliamentary+Candidates+for+the+New+Zealand+National+Party&rft.place=Wellington&rft.pub=New+Zealand+National+Party&rft.date=1990&rft.aulast=Stringer&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1990+New+Zealand+general+election" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVowlesAimer1993" class="citation book cs1">Vowles, Jack; Aimer, Peter (1993). <i>Voters' Vengeance: The 1990 Election in New Zealand and the fate of the Fourth Labour Government</i>. 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