The Electoral Commission has released the election night results for the 2020 General Election.PartyParty
Votes%
VotesElectorate
SeatsList
SeatsTotal
SeatsLabour Party1,169,39749.1432164National Party638,39326.826935ACT New Zealand190,1068.01910Green Party180,2247.61910Māori Party23,9381.01-1New Zealand First Party63,4472.7---New Conservative35,9541.5---The Opportunities Party (TOP)33,7181.4---Advance NZ20,8410.9---Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party7,6370.3---ONE Party6,4700.3---Vision New Zealand2,7750.1---NZ Outdoors Party2,5930.1---TEA Party1,8690.1---Sustainable New Zealand Party1,4670.1---Social Credit1,3500.1---HeartlandNZ1,2930.1---Total2,381,4727248120
The results are based on the 2,397,117 votes counted on election day, which includes 15,645 party informal votes (votes
where the voter’s intention wasn’t clear). A small number of outstanding results will be finalised on 18 October and
numbers will be updated at www.electionresults.govt.nz.
Special declaration votes still to be counted are estimated at 480,000 (17% of total votes). This includes an estimated
66,000 overseas and dictation votes.
The total estimated votes (those counted on election night plus estimated special votes still to be counted) is
2,877,117.
Voter turnout for the 2020 General Election is estimated to be 82.5% of those enrolled as at 6pm Friday 16 October. This
compares with a final 79.8% turnout of those enrolled in 2017.
Enrolment applications are still being processed. By 6pm on Friday 16 October, 3,487,654 people were enrolled, or 92.5%
of eligible voters. The final enrolment rate in 2017 was 92.4%.
1,976,996 people are estimated to have voted in advance, which is estimated to be 69% of total votes cast. In 2017, 47%
of votes were cast in advance.
A summary of party votes, electorate votes and advance votes is available at www.electionresults.govt.nz. The website
also shows the distribution of seats by party as calculated by the St. Lague formula based on the preliminary results.
Preliminary results by voting place for each electorate will also be available on the site.Referendum results
Preliminary results for the end of life choice and cannabis referendums will be available on Friday 30 October 2020.Official Results Process
The Official Results process starts on Sunday 18 October and is expected to be completed in 20 days. All advance and
election day votes will be recounted. Special declaration votes will be processed and counted. All referendum votes will
be counted. The target to release the Official Results of the 2020 General
Election and referendums is 2pm on Friday 6 November 2020.
Information on how the official count is conducted is available at https://elections.nz/democracy-in-nz/about-elections/how-are-general-election-votes-counted/