New Zealand Election Years

22 new zealand s electorate boundaries are determined every five years by the representation commission.

New zealand election years. Official results of the election and referendums. What happens in general elections. New zealand usually has a general election every 3 years.

Members of the unicameral new zealand parliament gain their seats through nationwide general elections or in by elections general elections are usually held every three years. Voters elected 120 members to the house of representatives 72 from single member electorates and 48 from closed party lists two referendums one on the personal use of cannabis and one on euthanasia were also held. In 1864 there were 11 838 males aged over 21 on the otago goldfields while in 1869 70 20 300 miners throughout new zealand were entitled to vote under this provision.

Man s rape conviction quashed by court of appeal. The last boundary determination occurred in 2007 with the new boundaries to apply in both the 2008 and 2011 elections. Voters will elect 120 members to the new zealand house of representatives under the mixed member proportional mmp voting system a proportional representation system in which 72 members will be elected from single member.

Votes in the two referendums on end of life choice and cannabis will not be counted tonight and preliminary results will be released on 30 october. The 2017 new zealand general election took place on saturday 23 september 2017 to determine the membership of the 52nd new zealand parliament. Rolls for the māori seats were not compiled until 1949 and those used for that election were clearly incomplete more votes were cast than.

New zealand is a representative democracy. What is a referendum. Electoral act 1993 sections 129 133 refer to by elections by election postponement act 1943 avoided a by election after the death of paraire karaka paikea.

A referendum is a vote on a question. The 2020 new zealand general election was held on saturday 17 october 2020 to determine the composition of the 53rd parliament. The next new zealand general election to determine the composition of the 54th parliament will be held after the currently elected 53rd parliament is dissolved or expires.