Results of the 2005 New Zealand General Election
{{date|September 17, 2005}} 

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At 07:00 UTC today (19:00 NZST, local time), the polls closed in the [[w:New Zealand general election 2005|New Zealand general election, 2005]].  
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[[w:New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]- has won 50 seats and [[w:New Zealand National Party|National Party]] has won 49 in the 122-member [[w:New Zealand Parliament|House of Representatives]] , which has increased by two (from 120) because the Maori Party won four electorate seats, more than its proportion of the party vote entitled it to (Called in [[w:Mixed Member Proportional|MMP]] an [[w:overhang seat|overhang]]). 

Neither the [[w:New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]-led coalition or the [[w:New Zealand National Party|National Party]] have won sufficient seats to govern on their own, and will require the backing of other smaller parties to govern in a coalition.

There are 193,348 special votes still to be counted. Official results are expected to be announced on 1 October 2005.

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== Preliminary election results in depth ==

The preliminary results for the 2005 General Election are from the Chief Electoral Office website [http://www.electionresults.govt.nz] plus TV coverage (One, and TV3)

The official results will be released after inclusion of special votes and re-counting of all votes over the coming two weeks.

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=== Results by party ===
{| width="95%" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
!bgcolor=#eeeeee rowspan=2 colspan=2|'''Party'''
!rowspan=2|
!bgcolor=#eeeeee colspan=3|'''Electorates'''
!rowspan=2|
!bgcolor=#eeeeee colspan=4|'''Proportional Representation'''
!rowspan=2|
!bgcolor=#eeeeee colspan=3|'''Total Seats'''
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|align=center|Prev.
|align=center|Seats<br>won
|align=center|+/-
|align=center|Prev.
|align=center|Vote<br>%
|align=center|Seats<br>won
|align=center|+/-
|align=center|Prev.
|align=center|Seats<br>won
|align=center|+/-
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|bgcolor=#ee0000|&nbsp;
|[[w:New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]]||
|align=center|45||align=center|31||align=center| -14 ||
|align=center|7||align=center| 40.73 ||align=center|19||align=center| +12 ||
|align=center|51||align=center|50||align=center| -1
|-----
|bgcolor=#0000ee|&nbsp;
|[[w:New Zealand National Party|National Party]]||
|align=center|21||align=center|31||align=center| +10 ||
|align=center|6||align=center| 39.64 ||align=center|18||align=center| +12 ||
|align=center|27||align=center|49||align=center| +22
|-----
|bgcolor=#333333|&nbsp;
|[[w:New Zealand First|New Zealand First]]||
|align=center|1||align=center|0||align=center| -1 ||
|align=center|12||align=center| 5.84 ||align=center|7||align=center| -5 ||
|align=center|13||align=center|7||align=center| -6
|-----
|bgcolor=#009900|&nbsp;
|[[w:Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green Party]]||
|align=center|0||align=center|0||align=center| 0 ||
|align=center|9||align=center| 5.07 ||align=center|6||align=center| -3 ||
|align=center|9||align=center|6||align=center| -3
|-----
|bgcolor=#e0afaf|&nbsp;
|[[w:Māori Party|Māori Party]]||
|align=center|1||align=center|4||align=center| +3 ||
|align=center|-||align=center| 1.98 ||align=center|0||align=center| 0 ||
|align=center|1||align=center|4||align=center| +3
|-----
|bgcolor=#bb00bb|&nbsp;
|[[w:United Future New Zealand|United Future]]||
|align=center|1||align=center|1||align=center| 0 ||
|align=center|7||align=center| 2.72 ||align=center|2||align=center| -5 ||
|align=center|8||align=center|3||align=center| -5
|-----
|bgcolor=#bbeeff|&nbsp;
|[[w:ACT New Zealand|ACT]]||
|align=center|0||align=center|1||align=center| +1 ||
|align=center|9||align=center| 1.52 ||align=center|1||align=center| -8 ||
|align=center|9||align=center|2||align=center| -7
|-----
|bgcolor=#cccccc|&nbsp;
|[[w:New Zealand Progressive Party|Progressive Party]]||
|align=center|1||align=center|1||align=center| 0 ||
|align=center|1||align=center| 1.21 ||align=center|0||align=center| -1 ||
|align=center|2||align=center|1||align=center| -1
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|colspan=2|
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|colspan=3|
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|colspan=4|
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|colspan=3|
|-----
|bgcolor=#aa3535|&nbsp;
|[[w:Destiny New Zealand|Destiny NZ]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0.61||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#b8e4be|&nbsp;
|[[w:Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party|Legalise Cannabis Party]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0.23||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#878fb8|&nbsp;
|[[w:Christian Heritage New Zealand|Christian Heritage NZ]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0.12||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#00d500|&nbsp;
|[[w:Alliance (New Zealand political party)|Alliance]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0.07||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#c2da3d|&nbsp;
|[[w:Family Rights Protection Party|Family Rights Protection Party]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0.05||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#11e3b9|&nbsp;
|[[w:New Zealand Democratic Party|Democratic Party for Social Credit]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0.05||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#00a7a7|&nbsp;
|[[w:Libertarianz|Libertarianz]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0.05||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#79bcff|&nbsp;
|[[w:Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand|Direct Democracy Party]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0.04||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#999999|&nbsp;
|[[w:99 MP Party|99 MP Party]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0.03||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#ffccfe|&nbsp;
|[[w:One New Zealand Party|One New Zealand Party]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0.02||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#cbc8f7|&nbsp;
|[[w:The Republic of New Zealand Party|Republic of NZ Party]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0.02||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#f08ca6|&nbsp;
|[[w:Anti-Capitalist Alliance (New Zealand)|Anti-Capitalist Alliance]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center colspan=4|N/A||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#e2d9b8|&nbsp;
|[[w:Rangitikei First|Rangitikei First]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center colspan=4|N/A||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#ffd2d2|&nbsp;
|[[w:Communist League (New Zealand)|Communist League]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center colspan=4|N/A||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#80ffbf|&nbsp;
|[[w:Restore All Things in Christ Party|Restore All Things in Christ]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center colspan=4|N/A||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#ffaa55|&nbsp;
|[[w:Human Rights Party (New Zealand)|Human Rights Party]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center colspan=4|N/A||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#ffdf00|&nbsp;
|[[w:Equal Values Party|Equal Values Party]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center colspan=4|N/A||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#ffface|&nbsp;
|[[w:NZ Republicans|NZ Republicans]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center colspan=4|N/A||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#00dfdf|&nbsp;
|[[w:Economic Euthenics Party|Economic Euthenics Party]]||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center colspan=4|N/A||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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|bgcolor=#ffffff|&nbsp;
|Independents||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center| ||
|align=center colspan=4|N/A||
|align=center|-||align=center|0||align=center|
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=== Results by constituency ===
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{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"
!width="4%"|ID!!width="24%"|Constituency!!width="48%"|Winner!!width="24%"|Notes
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|||Aoraki|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|GOODHEW, Jo ||
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|||Auckland Central|| style="background:red; color:black;"|TIZARD, Judith ||
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|||Banks Peninsula|| style="background:red; color:black;"|DYSON, Ruth ||
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|||Bay of Plenty|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|RYALL, Tony ||
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|||Christchurch Central|| style="background:red; color:black;"|BARNETT, Tim ||
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|||Christchurch East|| style="background:red; color:black;"|DALZIEL, Lianne ||
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|||Clevedon|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|COLLINS, Judith ||
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|||Clutha-Southland|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|ENGLISH, Bill ||
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|||Coromandel|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|GOUDIE, Sandra ||
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|||Dunedin North|| style="background:red; color:black;"|HODGSON, Pete ||
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|||Dunedin South|| style="background:red; color:black;"|BENSON-POPE, David Henry ||
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|||East Coast||style="background:blue; color:white;"|McCULLY, Murray ||
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|||East Coast Bays|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|TOLLEY, Anne ||
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|||Epsom|| style="background:cyan; color:black;"|HIDE, Rodney ||
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|||Hamilton East|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|BENNETT, David ||
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|||Hamilton West|| style="background:red; color:black;"|GALLAGHER, Martin Owen ||
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|||Helensville|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|KEY, John ||
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|||Hutt South|| style="background:red; color:black;"|MALLARD, Trevor ||
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|||Ilam|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|BROWNLEE, Gerry ||
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|||Invercargill||style="background:blue; color:white;"|ROY, Eric ||
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|||Kaikoura|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|KING, Colin ||
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|||Mana|| style="background:red; color:black;"|LABAN, Winnie||
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|||Mangere|| style="background:red; color:black;"|FIELD, Taito Phillip ||
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|||Manukau East||style="background:red; color:black;"|ROBERTSON, Ross  ||
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|||Manurewa|| style="background:red; color:black;"|HAWKINS, George Warren ||
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|||Maungakiekie|| style="background:red; color:black;"|GOSCHE, Mark ||
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|||Mt Albert|| style="background:red; color:black;"|CLARK, Helen Elizabeth ||
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|||Mt Roskill|| style="background:red; color:black;"|GOFF, Phil ||
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|||Napier|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|TREMAIN, Chris ||
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|||Nelson|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|SMITH, Nick ||
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|||New Lynn||style="background:red; color:black;"|CUNLIFFE, David ||
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|||New Plymouth|| style="background:red; color:black;"|DUYNHOVEN, Harry ||
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|||North Shore|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|MAPP, Wayne ||
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|||Northcote|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|COLEMAN, Jonathan ||
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|||Northland||style="background:blue; color:white;"|CARTER, John ||
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|||Ohariu-Belmont|| style="background:purple; color:white;"|DUNNE, Peter ||
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|||Otago|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|DEAN, Jacqui ||
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|||Otaki|| style="background:red; color:black;"|HUGHES, Darren ||
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|||Pakuranga|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|WILLIAMSON, Maurice ||
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|||Palmerston North|| style="background:red; color:black;"|MAHAREY, Steven ||
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|||Piako||style="background:blue; color:white;"|TISCH, Lindsay ||
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|||Port Waikato|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|HUTCHISON, Paul ||
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|||Rakaia|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|CONNELL, Brian ||
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|||Rangitikei|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|POWER, Simon ||
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|||Rimutaka|| style="background:red; color:black;"|SWAIN, Paul ||
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|||Rodney|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|SMITH, Lockwood ||
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|||Rongotai|| style="background:red; color:black;"|KING, Annette Faye ||
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|||Rotorua|| style="background:red; color:black;"|CHADWICK, Stephanie (Steve) ||
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|||Tamaki|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|PEACHEY, Allan ||
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|||Taranaki-King Country|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|ARDERN, Shane ||
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|||Taupo|| style="background:red; color:black;"|BURTON, Mark ||
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|||Tauranga|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|CLARKSON, Bob ||
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|||Te Atatu|| style="background:red; color:black;"|CARTER, Chris||
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|||Tukituki|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|FOSS, Craig ||
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|||Waimakariri|| style="background:red; color:black;"|COSGROVE, Clayton ||
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|||Wairarapa|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|HAYES, John ||
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|||Waitakere|| style="background:red; color:black;"|PILLAY, Lynne ||
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|||Wellington Central|| style="background:red; color:black;"|HOBBS, Marian ||
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|||West Coast-Tasman|| style="background:red; color:black;"|O'CONNOR, Damien Peter ||
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|||Whanganui|| style="background:blue; color:white;"|BORROWS, Chester ||
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|||Whangarei||style="background:blue; color:white;"|HEATLEY, Phil ||
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|||Wigram|| style="background:lightgrey; color:black;"|ANDERTON, Jim ||
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|||Ikaroa-Rawhiti||style="background:red; color:black;"|HOROMIA, Parekura  ||
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|||Tainui||style="background:red; color:black;"|MAHUTA, Nanaia ||
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|||Tamaki Makaurau||style="background:brown; color:white;"|SHARPLES, Pita Russell ||
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|||Te Tai Hauauru||style="background:brown; color:white;"|TURIA, Tariana||
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|||Te Tai Tokerau||style="background:brown; color:white;"|HARAWIRA, Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene ||
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|||Te Tai Tonga||style="background:red; color:black;"|OKEROA, Mahara ||
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|||Waiariki|| style="background:brown; color:white;"|FLAVELL, Te Ururoa ||
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'The New Zealand General Election'

New Zealand

 'Preliminary Election Results':


 'Other Wikinews election coverage':

category=New Zealand
category=Elections
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 'Background':

 Wikipedia

 Wikipedia, Wikinews' sibling project, has in-depth background articles on:

 
* Political parties in New Zealand
* New Zealand House of Representatives
* Politics of New Zealand
* Mixed Member Proportional voting system
* Previous New Zealand General Elections

At 07:00 UTC today (19:00 NZST, local time), the polls closed in the New Zealand general election, 2005.  

Labour- has won 50 seats and National Party has won 49 in the 122-member House of Representatives , which has increased by two (from 120) because the Maori Party won four electorate seats, more than its proportion of the party vote entitled it to (Called in MMP an overhang). 

Neither the Labour-led coalition or the National Party have won sufficient seats to govern on their own, and will require the backing of other smaller parties to govern in a coalition.

There are 193,348 special votes still to be counted. Official results are expected to be announced on 1 October 2005.

The preliminary results for the 2005 General Election are from the Chief Electoral Office website  plus TV coverage (One, and TV3)

The official results will be released after inclusion of special votes and re-counting of all votes over the coming two weeks.

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