Wednesday 01 November 2017
Electoral Commission
Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri
Election turnout up for all age groups
The turnout of voters at the 2017 General Election was up on 2014 across all age groups, with a 6.5% increase for
younger voters.
Overall turnout as a percentage of enrolled electors was 79.8%, the highest turnout since 2005 when it was 80.9%.
The Electoral Commission has released a breakdown of voting statistics for the 2017 General Election by age and Māori
descent which can be found at http://www.elections.org.nz/events/2017-general-election/2017-general-election-results/voter-turnout-statistics.
The figures show an increase in the number of voters as a proportion of enrolled electors in each age band compared with
the 2014 election.
Age band2014GE Turnout2017GE TurnoutChange18 - 2462.7%69.3%6.5%25 - 2962.1%67.6%5.5%30 - 3467.4%70.9%3.5%35 - 3972.8%74.3%1.5%40 - 4476.2%77.8%1.6%45 - 4978.6%80.0%1.4%50 - 5480.8%81.9%1.1%55 - 5983.3%84.1%0.8%60 - 6486.0%86.2%0.3%65 - 6988.1%88.2%0.2%70+85.8%86.3%0.6%
The turnout of voters who have identified themselves as being of Māori descent has also increased across the Māori and
General Rolls from 67.6% in 2014 to 71.1% in 2017 (3.5%).
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