General election in New Zealand
1999 New Zealand general election|
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Opinion polls |
Turnout | 2,127,295 (84.77%) 3.51% |
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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Leader
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Helen Clark
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Jenny Shipley
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Jim Anderton
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Party
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Labour
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National
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Alliance
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Leader since
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1 December 1993
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8 December 1997
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7 May 1995
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Leader's seat
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Mount Albert
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Rakaia
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Wigram
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Last election
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37 seats, 28.19%
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44 seats, 33.87%
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13 seats, 10.10%
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Seats won
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49
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39
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10
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Seat change
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12
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5
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3
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Electorate vote
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854,736 41.75%
10.67
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641,361 31.92%
1.99
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141,322 6.90%
4.35
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Party vote
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800,199 38.74%
10.55
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629,932 30.50%
3.37
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159,859 7.74%
2.36
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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Leader
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Richard Prebble
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Rod Donald Jeanette Fitzsimons
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Winston Peters
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Party
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ACT
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Green
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NZ First
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Leader since
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24 March 1996
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21 May 1995
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18 July 1993
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Leader's seat
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List (lost Wellington Central)
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List Coromandel
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Tauranga
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Last election
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8 seats, 6.10%
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Ran as part of Alliance
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17 seats, 13.35%
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Seats won
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9
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7
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5
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Seat change
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1
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7
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12
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Electorate vote
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92,445 4.52%
0.77
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86,157 4.21% New
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85,737 4.19%
9.30
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Party vote
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145,493 7.04%
0.94
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106,560 5.16% New
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87,926 4.26%
9.09
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Seventh party
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Leader
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Peter Dunne
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Party
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United NZ
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Leader since
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13 December 1993
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Leader's seat
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Ohariu Belmont
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Last election
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1 seat, 0.88%
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Seats won
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1
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Seat change
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Electorate vote
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11,065 0.54%
0.34
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Party vote
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22,467 1.10%
0.97
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/1999_New_Zealand_general_election_-_Results.svg/450px-1999_New_Zealand_general_election_-_Results.svg.png) Results by electorate, shaded by winning margin |
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The 1999 New Zealand general election was held on 27 November 1999 to determine the composition of the 46th New Zealand Parliament. The governing National Party, led by Prime Minister Jenny Shipley, was defeated, being replaced by a coalition of Helen Clark's Labour Party and the smaller Alliance. This marked an end to nine years of the Fourth National Government, and the beginning of the Fifth Labour Government which would govern for nine years in turn, until its loss to the National Party in the 2008 general election. It was the first New Zealand election where both major parties had female leaders.