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2017 General Election Date Announcement And Key Dates
Wednesday 1 February 2017
Electoral Commission
Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri
2017 General Election Date Announcement And Key Dates
The Prime Minister has today announced that the 2017 general election will be held on 23 September 2017. The key dates for the general election are:
2017 GENERAL ELECTION TIMETABLE
| Wednesday 1 February | Prime Minister announces dates for 2017 general election |
| Friday 23 June | Regulated period for election advertising expenses begins |
| Monday 26 June | Launch of enrolment campaign |
| Tuesday 22 August | Dissolution of Parliament |
| Wednesday 23 August | Writ
Day Governor General issues formal direction to the Electoral Commission to hold the election. |
| Wednesday 6 September | Overseas Voting starts |
| Monday 11 September | Advance Voting starts |
| Friday 22 September | Advance Voting ends Last day to enrol for the election. |
| Friday 22
September Midnight | Regulated period ends All election advertising must end and election signs must be taken down |
| Saturday 23 September | Election Day Polling places open from 9.00am to 7.00pm. Election Night Preliminary results released progressively from 7.00pm on www.electionresults.govt.nz.
|
| Saturday 7 October | Official results for general election
declared (including special declaration votes) |
A more detailed timetable will be provided in late May.
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