1905 New Zealand general election

1905 general election

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All 80 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives
41 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout83.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Richard Seddon William Massey George Laurenson
Party Liberal Conservative New Liberal
Leader since 28 April 1893 11 September 1903 1905
Leader's seat Westland Franklin Lyttelton
Last election 47 seats 19 seats not yet founded
Seats before 42 seats 21 seats 4
Seats won 58 16 2
Seat change Increase 16 Decrease 5 Decrease 2
Popular vote 219,144 122,572 15,721
Percentage 53.1 29.7 3.8
Swing Increase 1.3 Increase 9.1 Increase 3.8

Results of the election.

Premier before election

Richard Seddon
Liberal

Subsequent Premier

Richard Seddon
Liberal

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The 1905 New Zealand general election was held on Wednesday, 6 December in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 20 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 16th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 412,702 voters turned out, with 396,657 (83.25% of the electoral roll) voting in the European electorates.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "New Zealand Elections 1905–1943". NZES. Retrieved 13 August 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "General elections 1853–2005 – dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Results of the Polls". Ashburton Guardian. 7 December 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 24 August 2011.

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