New Zealand General Election 2019

Mayoral candidates have been worried about low engagement and voter turnout in this year s elections.

New zealand general election 2019. Referendums at this year s general election you could also vote in two referendums. New zealand has voted in the local government elections and the results have been rolling in. 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.

Under section 10 of the local electoral act 2001 a general election of members of every local authority or community board must be held on the second saturday in october in every third year from the date the act came into effect in 2001 meaning 12 october 2019. The 2020 new zealand general election was held on saturday 17 october 2020 to determine the composition of the 53rd parliament. Initially new zealand used the first past the post electoral system.

The first general and provincial elections in new zealand took place in 1853 the year after the british parliament passed the new zealand constitution act 1852. The first election under the mixed member proportional mmp. The 2020 general election was held on 17 october.

2019 local authority election statistics the 2019 local elections statistics are sourced primarily from a questionnaire sent to all electoral officers. The 2019 united kingdom general election was held on thursday 12 december 2019. The conservative party having failed to obtain a majority in the 2017 general election had faced prolonged parliamentary deadlock over brexit while it governed in minority with the support of the democratic unionist party dup a situation which had forced the resignation of the previous prime minister theresa.

The electoral commission provides information on turnout at general elections. New zealand usually has a general election every 3 years. A referendum is a vote on a question.

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. The 2019 new zealand local elections were triennial elections to select local government officials and district health board members. Women s suffrage was introduced in 1893 with new zealand being the first modern country to do so.