New Zealand Election Act Date

In the 2011 new zealand general election act fielded 55 list candidates starting with new leader don brash catherine isaac don nicolson john banks david seymour and chris simmons.

New zealand election act date. We will be campaigning to protect the rights and freedoms of new zealanders and to give kiwis more control over their lives says act leader david seymour. Residential electoral roll repealed 275. Supply of information by chief registrar of electors repealed 276.

Unlike general elections elections for the city district and regional councils of new zealand have a fixed election date. Act leader david seymour has welcomed the prime minister s announcement of the 2020 general election date. Labour s other current coalition partner new zealand first has not secured enough votes to make it back into parliament while the right wing act party won 10 seats with 8 of the vote up on last.

The new zealand general election of 1893 was held on 28 november and 20 december in the european and māori electorates respectively to elect 74 mps to the 12th session of the new zealand parliament the election was won by the liberal party and richard seddon became prime minister. Under section 10 of the local electoral act 2001 24 elections must be held on the second saturday in october in every third year from the date the act came into effect in 2001. The 2017 new zealand general election took place on saturday 23 september 2017 to determine the membership of the 52nd new zealand parliament the previous parliament was elected on 20 september 2014 and was officially dissolved on 22 august 2017.

The 2020 new zealand general election was held on saturday 17 october 2020 to determine the composition of the 53rd parliament. Voters elected 120 members to the house of representatives under new zealand s mixed member proportional mmp voting system a proportional. On 19 september 1893 the governor lord glasgow signed a new electoral act into law.

Official results of the election and referendums. Amendments to local elections and polls act 1976 repealed 274. Application of act to conduct outside new zealand.

Date of assent 17 august 1993. The election was a disappointment for act with the party s worst election result since it began in 1996. 1893 was the year universal suffrage was granted to women over 21 including māori plural registration was.