2005 New Zealand general election

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The 2005 New Zealand general election was held on 17 September 2005 to determine the membership of the 48th New Zealand Parliament. Voters elected 121 MPs to the New Zealand House of Representatives – 69 from single-member electorates and 52 from party lists, including an overhang of one seat. No party won a majority, but the Labour Party of Prime Minister Helen Clark secured two seats more than its nearest rival, the National Party, led by Don Brash. With the exception of the newly formed Māori Party, which took four Māori electorates from Labour, most of the other parties polled lower than in the previous election, losing votes and seats. Brash deferred conceding defeat until 1 October, when National's election-night 49 seats fell to 48 after special votes were counted. The official count increased the Māori Party share of the party vote above 2%, entitling them to three rather than two seats from the party vote. With four electorate seats, the election night overhang of two seats was...

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