1999 New Zealand general election

1999 New Zealand general election

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All 120 seats in the House of Representatives 61 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	2,127,295 (84.77%) 3.51%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Helen Clark Jenny Shipley Jim Anderton Party Labour National Alliance Leader since 1 December 1993 8 December 1997 7 May 1995 Leader's seat Mount Albert Rakaia Wigram Last election 37 seats, 28.19% 44 seats, 33.87% 13 seats, 10.10% Seats won 49 39 10 Seat change 12 5 3 Electorate vote 854,736 41.75% 10.67 641,361 31.92% 1.99 141,322 6.90% 4.35 Party vote 800,199 38.74% 10.55 629,932 30.50% 3.37 159,859 7.74% 2.36   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Richard Prebble Rod Donald Jeanette Fitzsimons Winston Peters Party ACT Green NZ First Leader since 24 March 1996 21 May 1995 18 July 1993 Leader's seat List (lost Wellington Central) List Coromandel Tauranga Last election 8 seats, 6.10% Ran as part of Alliance 17 seats, 13.35% Seats won 9 7 5 Seat change 1 7 12 Electorate vote 92,445 4.52% 0.77 86,157 4.21% New 85,737 4.19% 9.30 Party vote 145,493 7.04% 0.94 106,560 5.16% New 87,926 4.26% 9.09   Seventh party   Leader Peter Dunne Party United NZ Leader since 13 December 1993 Leader's seat Ohariu Belmont Last election 1 seat, 0.88% Seats won 1 Seat change Electorate vote 11,065 0.54% 0.34 Party vote 22,467 1.10% 0.97
Results by electorate, shaded by winning margin
Prime Minister before election Jenny Shipley National Subsequent Prime Minister Helen Clark Labour

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.