New Zealand general election, 2005






















New Zealand general election, 2005







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All 120 seats (plus 1 overhang seat) in the New Zealand House of Representatives
61 seats were needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout 2,304,005 (80.92%) Increase3.94%

































































































































































































































 
First party
Second party
Third party
 



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Leader

Helen Clark

Don Brash

Winston Peters
Party

Labour

National

NZ First
Leader since

1 December 1993

28 October 2003
18 July 1993
Leader's seat

Mount Albert
(List)

Tauranga (lost re-election)
Last election
52 seats, 41.26%
27 seats, 20.93%
13 seats, 10.38%
Seats before
51
27
13
Seats won
50
48
7
Seat change

Decrease 1

Increase 21

Decrease 6
Popular vote
935,319
889,813
130,115
Percentage
41.10%
39.10%
5.72%
Swing

Decrease 0.16%

Increase 18.17%

Decrease 4.66%

 
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
 



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Leader

Rod Donald &
Jeanette Fitzsimons

Tariana Turia &
Pita Sharples

Peter Dunne
Party

Green

Māori

United Future
Leader since
1995 / 1995
7 July 2004
2000
Leader's seat
(List) / (List)

Te Tai Hauāuru / Tāmaki Makaurau

Ohariu-Belmont
Last election
9 seats, 7.00%

8 seats, 6.69%
Seats before
9
1
8
Seats won
6
4
3
Seat change

Decrease 3

Increase 3

Decrease 5
Popular vote
120,521
48,263
60,860
Percentage
5.30%
2.12%
2.67%
Swing

Decrease 1.70

Increase 2.12%

Decrease 4.02%

 
Seventh party
Eighth party
 



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Leader

Rodney Hide

Jim Anderton
Party

ACT

Progressive
Leader since
13 June 2004
2002 (party foundation)
Leader's seat

Epsom

Wigram
Last election
9 seats, 7.14%
2 seats, 1.70%
Seats before
9
2
Seats won
2
1
Seat change

Decrease 7

Decrease 1
Popular vote
34,469
26,441
Percentage
1.51%
1.16%
Swing

Decrease 5.63%

Decrease 0.54%








Prime Minister before election

Helen Clark
Labour



Subsequent Prime Minister

Helen Clark
Labour








The 2005 New Zealand general election on Saturday 17 September 2005 determined the membership of the 48th New Zealand Parliament. One hundred and twenty-one MPs were elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives: 69 from single-member electorates, including one overhang seat, and 52 from party lists (one extra due to the overhang).


No party won a majority, but the Labour Party of Prime Minister Helen Clark secured two more seats than nearest rival, the National Party of Dr Don Brash. With the exception of the newly formed Māori Party, which took four Māori seats 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 list seats from the party vote. With four electorate seats, the election night overhang of two seats was reduced to one, and as National had the 120th seat allocated under the party vote, National lost one list seat (that of Katrina Shanks) that they appeared to have won on election night.[1]


The election was a strong recovery for National which won 21 more seats than at the 2002 election, where it suffered its worst result in its history, and the highest party vote percentage for the party since 1990. Despite its resurgence, National failed to displace Labour as the largest party in Parliament. National's gains apparently came mainly at the expense of smaller parties, while Labour won only two seats less than in 2002.


On 17 October, Clark announced a new coalition agreement that saw the return of her minority government coalition with the Progressive Party, with confidence and supply support from New Zealand First and from United Future. New Zealand First parliamentary leader Winston Peters and United Future parliamentary leader Peter Dunne became ministers of the Crown outside Cabinet, Peters as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Dunne as Minister of Revenue. The Green Party which had supported Labour before the election received no cabinet post (see below), but gained several concessions from the coalition on matters such as energy and transport, and agreed to support the government on matters of confidence and supply.




Contents






  • 1 The election


  • 2 Detailed results


    • 2.1 Parliamentary parties


    • 2.2 Non-parliamentary parties


    • 2.3 Votes summary


    • 2.4 Electorate results


    • 2.5 List results




  • 3 Changes during parliamentary term


  • 4 Party vote by electorate


  • 5 Analysis of results


  • 6 Background


  • 7 Polls


  • 8 Candidates


  • 9 Major policy platforms


    • 9.1 Labour Party


    • 9.2 National Party




  • 10 Voting


  • 11 Party funding


  • 12 Controversies


  • 13 References


  • 14 Further reading


  • 15 External links





The election


The total votes cast in 2005 was 2,304,005 (2,164,595 & 139,510 Māori). Turnout was 80.92% of those on the rolls, or 77.05% of voting age population. Turnout was higher than in the previous 2002 election (72.5% and 76.98% respectively), and the Māori roll turnout at 67.07% was significantly higher than 2002 (57.5%).[2]


In the election 739 candidates stood, and there were 19 registered parties with party lists. Of the candidates, 525 were electorate and list, 72 were electorate only and 142 were list only. All but 37 represented registered parties (on the list or in the electorate or both). Only 35 candidates from registered parties chose to stand as an electorate candidate only. 71% of candidates (523) were male and 29% (216) female; the same percentages as in 2002.[3]



Detailed results



Parliamentary parties































































































































































e • d  Summary of the 17 September 2005 New Zealand House of Representatives election results[4]
party
votes
% of votes
seats
%
change
electorate
list
total
change


Labour
935,319

41.10
-0.16
31
19

50
-2


National
889,813

39.10
+18.17
31
17

48
+21


NZ First
130,115

5.72
-4.66
0
7

7
-6


Green
120,521

5.30
-1.70
0
6

6
-3


Māori
48,263

2.12
+2.12
4
0

4
+4


United Future
60,860

2.67
-4.02
1
2

3
-5


ACT
34,469

1.51
-5.63
1
1

2
-7


Progressive
26,441

1.16
-0.54
1
0

1
-1

other parties
29,828

1.31
-3.58
0
0

0
0


total
2,275,629
100.00

69
52

121
+1




informal votes
10,561


disallowed special votes
17,815


total votes cast
2,304,005


turnout
80.92%




Non-parliamentary parties

































































































e • d  Summary of MMP vote for minor
unrepresented registered parties.

Party
Votes
%
Change


Destiny
14,210
0.62



Legalise Cannabis
5748
0.25
-0.39


Christian Heritage New Zealand
2821
0.12
-1.23


Alliance
1641
0.07
-1.20


Family Rights
1178
0.05



Democrats for Social Credit
1079
0.05



Libertarianz
946
0.04
-0.25[5]


Direct Democracy
782
0.03



99 MP Party
601
0.03



One New Zealand
478
0.02
-0.07


Republic of NZ
344
0.02


Minor parties, total
29,828
1.31
-3.58



The election saw an 81% voter turnout.[6]


The results of the election give a Gallagher index of disproportionality of 1.11.



Votes summary


























































Popular Vote
Labour
41.10%
National
39.10%
NZ First
5.72%
Green
5.30%
United Future
2.67%
Māori
2.12%
ACT
1.51%
Progressive
1.16%
Others
1.31%






















































Parliament seats
Labour
41.32%
National
39.67%
NZ First
5.79%
Green
4.96%
Māori
3.31%
United Future
2.48%
ACT
1.65%
Progressive
0.83%




Electorate results




Party affiliation of winning electorate candidates.


The table below shows the results of the 2005 general election:


Key:















 Labour  

 National  

 ACT  

 United Future  

 NZ First  

 Progressive  

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Electorate results for the New Zealand general election, 2005
Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up

Aoraki


Jim Sutton


Jo Goodhew
6,937


Jim Sutton

Auckland Central


Judith Tizard
3,884


Pansy Wong

Banks Peninsula


Ruth Dyson
1,923


David Carter

Bay of Plenty


Tony Ryall
13,584

Pauline Scott

Christchurch Central


Tim Barnett
7,836


Nicky Wagner

Christchurch East


Lianne Dalziel
11,973

David Round

Clevedon


Judith Collins
12,871


Dave Hereora

Clutha-Southland


Bill English
13,032

David Talbot

Coromandel


Sandra Goudie
10,578

Max Purnell

Dunedin North


Pete Hodgson
7,630


Katherine Rich

Dunedin South


David Benson-Pope
10,640

Conway Powell

East Coast


Janet Mackey


Anne Tolley
1,219


Moana Mackey

East Coast Bays


Murray McCully
7,286

Hamish McCracken

Epsom


Richard Worth


Rodney Hide
3,102


Richard Worth

Hamilton East


Dianne Yates


David Bennett
5,298


Dianne Yates

Hamilton West


Martin Gallagher
825


Tim Macindoe

Helensville


John Key
12,778

Judy Lawley

Hutt South


Trevor Mallard
5,740

Rosemarie Thomas

Ilam


Gerry Brownlee
7,821

Julian Blanchard

Invercargill


Mark Peck


Eric Roy
2,052

Wayne Harpur

Kaikoura


Lynda Scott


Colin King
4,675


Brendon Burns

Mana


Luamanuvao Winnie Laban
6,734


Chris Finlayson

Mangere


Taito Phillip Field
16,020


Clem Simich

Manukau East


Ross Robertson
9,890

Ken Yee

Manurewa


George Hawkins
11,707

Fepulea'i Aiono

Maungakiekie


Mark Gosche
6,450


Paul Goldsmith

Mount Albert


Helen Clark
14,749

Ravi Musuku

Mount Roskill


Phil Goff
9,895


Jackie Blue

Napier


Russell Fairbrother


Chris Tremain
3,591


Russell Fairbrother

Nelson


Nick Smith
10,226

Jen McCutcheon

New Lynn


David Cunliffe
8,078

Mita Harris

New Plymouth


Harry Duynhoven
5,439

Moira Irving

North Shore


Wayne Mapp
9,701


Phil Twyford

Northcote


Ann Hartley


Jonathan Coleman
2,383


Ann Hartley

Northland


John Carter
9,275


Shane Jones

Ohariu-Belmont


Peter Dunne
7,702


Charles Chauvel

Otago


David Parker


Jacqui Dean
1,995


David Parker

Otaki


Darren Hughes
382


Nathan Guy

Pakuranga


Maurice Williamson
9,582


Michael Wood

Palmerston North


Steve Maharey
5,500

Malcolm Plimmer

Piako


Lindsay Tisch
8,351


Sue Moroney

Port Waikato


Paul Hutchison
13,498


Louisa Wall

Rakaia


Brian Connell
10,448

Tony Milne

Rangitikei


Simon Power
9,660

Marilyn Brown

Rimutaka


Paul Swain
8,277

Mike Leddy

Rodney


Lockwood Smith
11,536

Tony Dunlop

Rongotai


Annette King
12,638

Nicola Young

Rotorua


Steve Chadwick
662

Gil Stehbens

Tamaki


Clem Simich


Allan Peachey
9,510

Leila Boyle

Taranaki-King Country


Shane Ardern
13,118


Maryan Street

Taupo


Mark Burton
1,285

Weston Kirton

Tauranga


Winston Peters


Bob Clarkson
730


Winston Peters

Te Atatu


Chris Carter
10,447


Tau Henare

Tukituki


Rick Barker


Craig Foss
2,402

Rick Barker

Waimakariri


Clayton Cosgrove
5,606


Kate Wilkinson

Wairarapa


Georgina Beyer


John Hayes
2,752

Denise MacKenzie

Waitakere


Lynne Pillay
4,942


Paula Bennett

Wellington Central


Marian Hobbs
6,180


Mark Blumsky

West Coast-Tasman


Damien O'Connor
2,154


Chris Auchinvole

Whanganui


Jill Pettis


Chester Borrows
2,402

Jill Pettis

Whangarei


Phil Heatley
9,089

Paul Chalmers

Wigram


Jim Anderton
8,548

Allison Lomax

Māori electorates
Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up

Ikaroa-Rāwhiti


Parekura Horomia
1,932

Atareta Poananga

Tainui


Nanaia Mahuta
1,860


Angeline Greensill

Tāmaki Makaurau


John Tamihere


Pita Sharples
2,127


John Tamihere

Te Tai Hauāuru


Tariana Turia
5,113

Errol Mason

Te Tai Tokerau


Dover Samuels


Hone Harawira
3,613


Dover Samuels

Te Tai Tonga


Mahara Okeroa
2,503

Monte Ohia

Waiariki


Mita Ririnui


Te Ururoa Flavell
2,871


Mita Ririnui


List results




Highest polling party in each electorate.



MPs returned via party lists, and unsuccessful candidates, were as follows:[7][8]























































































Labour

Michael Cullen
Margaret Wilson
Dover Samuels
Jim Sutton2
Mita Ririnui
Rick Barker
Jill Pettis
Ashraf Choudhary
Shane Jones
Dianne Yates2
Ann Hartley2
Georgina Beyer2
Maryan Street
David Parker
Russell Fairbrother
Dave Hereora
Moana Mackey
Sue Moroney
Darien Fenton

Unsuccessful: Charles Chauvel1, Lesley Soper1, Louisa Wall1, William Sio1, Brendon Burns, Hamish McCracken, Denise MacKenzie, Max Purnell, Thomas Harpur, Leila Boyle, Dinesh Tailor, Phil Twyford, Jennifer McCutcheon, Chris Yoo, Michael Wood, Linda Hudson, Stuart Nash, Tony Milne, David Talbot, Marilyn Brown, Anjum Rahman, Eamon Daly, Judy Lawley, Michael Mora, Erin Ebborn-Gillespie, Ailian Su, Ghazala Anwar, Paul Gibson, Kelly-Ann Harvey, Camille Nakhid, Ola Kamel, Andrea Bather

National

Don Brash2
David Carter
Katherine Rich
Tim Groser
Richard Worth
Clem Simich
Georgina te Heuheu
Pansy Wong
Chris Finlayson
Nicky Wagner
Tau Henare
Chris Auchinvole
Mark Blumsky
Kate Wilkinson
Nathan Guy
Jackie Blue
Paula Bennett

Unsuccessful: Katrina Shanks1, Fepulea'i Aiono, Ravi Musuku, Moira Irving, Mita Harris, Michael Leddy, Conway Powell, David Round, Gilbert Stehbens, Kenneth Yee, Paul Goldsmith, Malcolm Plimmer, Nicola Young, Tim Macindoe, Allison Lomax, Weston Kirton, Rosemarie Thomas

New Zealand First

Winston Peters
Peter Brown
Brian Donnelly2
Ron Mark
Doug Woolerton
Barbara Stewart
Pita Paraone

Unsuccessful: Susan Baragwanath, Jim Peters, Dail Jones1, Craig McNair, Edwin Perry, Bill Gudgeon, Brent Catchpole, Joe Williams, John Foote, Fletcher Tabuteau, Alan Heward, Kristin Campbell Smith, Bryan Lundy, David Fowler, Brendan Stewart, Brett Webster, Bob Daw, Murray Strawbridge, Moetu Davis, Toa Greening, David Mackie, Anne Martin, Julian Batchelor, Chis Perry, Lindy Palmer, Brian Roswell, Matua Glen, James Mist, Howard Levarko, Paul Manning, Timothy Manu, Kevin Gardener, Graham Odering

Greens

Jeanette Fitzsimons
Rod Donald2
Sue Bradford
Sue Kedgley
Keith Locke
Metiria Turei

Unsuccessful: Nándor Tánczos12, Mike Ward, Catherine Delahunty, Russel Norman1, Steffan Browning, David Clendon, Lucinda Highfield, Jonathan Carapiet, Roland Sapsford, Mojo Mathers, Mikaere Curtis, Paul Bruce, Jeanette Elley, Muamua Strickson-Pua, Richard Davies, Lois Griffiths, Natalie Cutler-Welsh, Jane Pearce, Lawrence O'Halloran, Richard Green, Claire Bleakley, Irene Bentley, Craig Carson, Nicola Harvey, Moea Armstrong, Steve Bayliss, Laura Beck, Sarah Brown, Terence Creighton, John Davis, Katherine Dewar, James Diack, Ruth Earth, Kathryn Elsen, Graham Evans, Nicholas Fisher, Robert Guyton, Daniel Howard, Philippa Jamieson, Stephen Lee, Alan Liefting, Mary McCammon, John Milnes, Michael Morris, Noel Peterson, Paul Qualtrough, Jacob Rawls, Raewyn Saville, Ian Stephens, Richard Suggate, Peter Thomlinson

Maori

Unsuccessful: Atareta Poananga, Simon Wi Rutene, Glenis Philip-Barbara, Robert Consedine, Pakake Winiata, Te Whiti Love, Angeline Greensill, William Maea, Monte Ohia, Te Orohi Paul, Bronwyn Yates, Charles Joe, Teremoananuiakiwa Tahere, Malcolm Peri, Anthony Ruakere, Ratapu Te Awa, Brett Cowan, Josephine Peita, Anne Fitzsimon, Abraham Hepi, Ngahiwi Tomoana, Tureiti Moxon, Aroha Reriti-Crofts, John Harré, Rangi McLean, Tell Kuka, Bill Puru, Mere Rawiri-Tau, Richard Orzecki, Maraea Ropata, Robert Hosking, Daryl Gregory, Rangi Tawhiao, Andre Meihana, Solomon Matthews, Adell Dick, Georgina Haremate-Crawford, Raewyn Harrison, Cecilia Hotene, Alice Hudson, Reimana Johnson, Rahuia Kapa, David King, Aaron Makutu, Kelvin Martin, Merehora Taurua, Frances Waaka, Henrietta Walker

United Future

Judy Turner
Gordon Copeland
Unsuccessful: Marc Alexander, Larry Baldock, Murray Smith, Paul Check, Janet Tuck, Bernie Ogilvy, Graeme Reeves, Russell Judd, Hannah Baral, Joy Lietze, Neville Wilson, Richard Barter, Stephen Taylor, Ian McInnes, Ross Tizard, Fiona McKenzie, Andrew Barr, John Walker, Ram Parkash, Ralph Kennard, Jayati Prasad, Vanessa Roberts, Gerald Telford, Robin Loomes, Robyn Jackson, Anthony Gordon, Gregory Graydon, Martyn Seddon, Bernard McClelland, Beth Stone, Robin Westley, Rosemary Drake, Gordon Hinton, Michael Satur, Diane Brown, Steven Dromgool, Andrea Deeth, Mark Peters, Mary Moffat, Dennis Wells, Milton Osborne, Garry Pedersen, William Pickering, Adam Archer, Neil Linscott, Barry Hayes, Janita Stuart, Dianne Wilson, James Rudd, Peter Mountain, Stuart Robertson, John van Buren, Jeffrey Leigh, Matthew Collier




ACT

Heather Roy

Unsuccessful: Muriel Newman, Stephen Franks, Graham Scott, Ken Shirley, Kenneth Wang, Gerry Eckhoff, Lindsay Mitchell, Bronwyn Jacobsen, Simon Ewing-Jarvie, Jo Giles, Willie Martin, David Olsen, Hamish Stevens, Andrew Jollands, Hardev Singh Brar, Lech Beltowski, Ian Beker, Christopher Brown, Kevin Gill, John Waugh, Dianne Dawson, Kevin Murray, Stephen Langford-Tebby, Gavin Middleton, John Fraser, Frances Denz, Elizabeth Barkla, Nigel Chetty, Scott Clune, Michael Collins, Tetauru Emile, Andrew Falloon, Michael Heine, Kerry O'Connor, David Seymour, Helen Simpson, Philip White, Alan Wilden, Andrew Stone, Barbara Steinijans, John Riddell, Carl Peterson, Andre Peters, Julie Pepper, Thomas McClelland, Alexander Mann, Michelle Lorenz, Nigel Kearney, Nicholas Kearney, Mark Davies, Stephen Cox, Raymond Bassett, Brian Davidson, Rebekah Holdaway, Shirley Marshall, Patrick O'Sullivan, Garry Mallett

Progressive

Unsuccessful: Matt Robson, Grant Gillon, Megan Woods, John Wright, Sione Fonua, Vivienne Shepherd, Ngov Ly, Fatima Ashrafi, Barry Wilson, Fale Leleisiuao, Russell Franklin, Paula Gillon, Philip Clearwater, Trevor Barnard, Raghbir Singh, Brenda Hill, Fiona Beazley, Russell Caldwell, David Reeks, John Maurice, Seyed Kazemi Yazdi, Heka Heker, Veronique Stewart-Ward, Zemin Zhang, Julian Aaron, Sukerna Amirapu, Annette Anderson, Sukhdev Bains, Peter Banks, James Boyack, Ian Donald, Lewis Holland, Karandeep Lall, Jacqueline McAlpine, Claire Main, Philippa Main, James Palmer, Max Panirau, David Parkyn, Elizabeth Patchett, Talatala Po'e, Pavitra Roy, Elspeth Sandys, Anthony Sharrock, Barry Silcock, Karen Silcock, David Somerset, Petronella Townsend, Martin Vaughan, Jennifer Wilson

Destiny

Unsuccessful: Richard Lewis, David Jesze, Elaine Herbert, Hayden Solomon, Nigel Heslop, Etuate Saafi, Anita Breach, Charles Te Kowhai, David Knight, Hawea Vercoe, Neils Jensen, Sophie Hemahema-Tamati, Rodney Gabb, James Te Wano, Stephen Sinnott, Frances Williamson, Kerin Roberts, Peter Johnston, John Kotoisuva, Karen Penney, Colin Ranby, Tala Leiasamaivao, Paul Hubble, Roberta Maxwell, Tony Harrison, David Daglish, Jason Thomson, Maru Samuel, Stephen Brown, William Sadler, Patrick Morton, Ned So'e, David Isaachsen, Mason Lee, Stanley Green, Patrick Komene, Anthony Ford, Maureen Vincent, Albert Wipani, Brian Ane, Tauha Te Kani, Douglas Keven

Legalise Cannabis

Unsuccessful: Michael Appleby, Michael Britnell, Judy Daniels, Paula Lambert, Irinka Britnell, Kevin O'Connell, Paul McMullan, Steven Wilkinson, Judy Matangi, Jason Baker-Sherman, Peter Green, Neville Yates, Phillip Pophristoff

Christian Heritage

Unsuccessful: Ewen McQueen, Derek Blight, Nicholas Barber, Betty Jenkins, Mark Jones, Joy Jones

Alliance

Unsuccessful: Jill Ovens, Paul Piesse, Andrew McKenzie, Julie Fairey, Kane O'Connell, Leonard Richards, Jim Flynn, Victor Billot, Margaret Jeune, Robert van Ruyssevelt, Thomas Dowie, Christopher Ford, Quentin Findlay, Kelly Buchanan, Joseph Hendren, Gail Marmont, Alexander Protheroe, Gregory Kleis, Sandra Ethell, Colin Pounder, Robert Harrison, Peta Knibb, Marvin Hubbard, Shirley Haslemore, Norman MacRitchie, Eric Gamble, Lynda Boyd, Jocelyn Brooks, Nicholas Corlett, Nicolas Scullin

Family Rights Protection

Unsuccessful: Tafe Williams, Tapu Po-Wihongi, Christine Reid, Lale Ene-Ulugia, John Ulberg, Anne Kerisome Zekaria Strickland, Siniva Papali'i, Amelia Fepulea'i, Tangata Greig, Te Paeru Browne-Knowles, Papali'i Malietoa, Edward Ulberg, Etevise Fuiava, Souvenir Sanerivi, Manogitulua Livapulu-Head, Kearlene Ulberg, Christie Greig, Rafaele Vaifale

Democrats for Social Credit

Unsuccessful: Stephnie de Ruyter, John Pemberton, David Wilson, Richard Prosser, John Steemson, Katherine Ransom, John Kilbride, Graham Atkin, Heather Smith, David Tranter, Edgar Goodhue, Malcolm Murchie, Ross Weddell, David Espin, Ross Hayward, Bruce Stirling, Karl Hewlett, Ronald England, Kelly Pemberton, Robert Warren, David Wood, Mary Weddell, Allen Cookson, Barry Pulford, Hessel van Wieren, Alida Steemson, Edward Fox, Coralie Leyland, John Rawson

Libertarianz

Unsuccessful: Bernard Darnton, Julian Pistorius, Timothy Wikiriwhi, Susan Ryder, Peter Cresswell, Colin Cross, Helen Hughes, Russell Watkins, Peter Linton, Michael Webber, Robin Thomsen, Philip Howison, Michael Murphy, Faustina White, Andrew Bates, Richard Goode, Luke Howison, Christopher Robertson, Peter Osborne, Barry Cole, Donald Rowberry, Willem Verhoeven, Elliot Smith, Nikolas Haden, Terence Verhoeven, Keith Patterson, Kenneth Riddle, Robert Palmer

Direct Democracy

Unsuccessful: Kelvyn Alp, Paul Teio, Dilip Rupa, Patrick Fahy, Michael Francis-Roberson, Simon Guy, Gary Burch, Kevin Smith, Kevin Moore, Kyle Chapman, Rex Newey, Gregory Trichon, Alona Covich, Eugene Opai, Seira Perese, Tin Yau Chan, Helen Koster, Craig Stratton, Alastair Anderson, Anton Foljambe, Robert T Atack, Leanne Martinovich, Grant Burch, Howard Ponga, Edward Sullivan, Colin Punter, Mel Whaanga, Jason Anderson, Jason Orme, Barry Scott, Scott Burch, Craig Guy

99MP

Unsuccessful: Margaret Robertson, Ramasmy Ramanathan

One NZ

Unsuccessful: Ian Brougham, Richard Fisher, James White, John Porter, Janet Walters, Lanya Murray

Republic of NZ

Unsuccessful: Kerry James, Wayne Hawkins, Debra Potroz, Jack Gielen, Steven Hart, Gilbert Parker


Notes




  1. These party list members later entered parliament in the term as other list MPs elected resigned from parliament.

  2. These party list members later resigned during the parliamentary term.



Changes during parliamentary term


New Zealand general election, 2005 - changes during the term parliamentary term




















































































Party New MP Term started Seat Previous MP


Green

Nándor Tánczos

6 November 2005
List

Rod Donald1


Labour

Charles Chauvel

1 August 2006
List

Jim Sutton


National

Katrina Shanks

7 February 2007
List

Don Brash


Labour

Lesley Soper

15 February 2007
List

Georgina Beyer


NZ First

Dail Jones

15 February 2008
List

Brian Donnelly2


Labour

Louisa Wall

4 March 2008
List

Ann Hartley


Labour

William Sio

29 March 2008
List

Dianne Yates


Green

Russel Norman

26 June 2008
List

Nándor Tánczos


National
(vacant)

31 August 2008

Rakaia

Brian Connell3

1 Rod Donald died before being sworn in as MP.
2 Brian Donnelly was appointed as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands.
3 Brian Connell retired from Parliament effective August 31, 2008, leaving his seat of Rakaia vacant.



Taito Phillip Field, Labour MP for Mangere, quit the Labour party after being threatened with expulsion on 16 February 2007. He continued to serve as an MP, and formed the New Zealand Pacific Party in January 2008.


Gordon Copeland, a United Future list MP, left the party to become an independent MP in May 2007, and contested the 2008 election as a candidate for The Kiwi Party.






Party vote by electorate




Analysis of results


Going into the election, Labour had assurances of support from the Greens (six seats in 2005, down three from 2002) and from the Progressives (one seat, down one). This three-party bloc won 57 seats, leaving Clark four seats short of the 61 seats needed for a majority in the 121-seat Parliament (decreased from the expected 122 because the final results gave the Māori Party only one overhang seat, after it appeared to win two overhang seats on election night). On 5 October the Māori Party began a series of hui to decide whom to support. That same day reports emerged that a meeting between Helen Clark and Māori co-leader Tariana Turia on 3 October had already ruled out a formal coalition between Labour and the Māori Party. Māori Party representatives also held discussions with National representatives, but most New Zealanders thought the Māori Party more likely to give confidence-supply support to a Labour-dominated government because its supporters apparently heavily backed Labour in the party vote.


Had Turia and her co-leader Pita Sharples opted to join a Labour-Progressive-Green coalition, Clark would have had sufficient support to govern with support from a grouping of four parties (Labour, Green, Māori and Progressive). Without the Māori Party, Labour needed the support of New Zealand First (seven seats, down six) and United Future (three seats, down five) to form a government. New Zealand First said it would support (or at least abstain from opposing in confidence-motions) the party with the most seats. Clark sought from New Zealand First a positive commitment rather than abstention. United Future, which had supported the previous Labour-Progressive minority government in confidence and supply, said it would talk first to the party with the most seats about support or coalition. Both New Zealand First and United Future said they would not support a Labour-led coalition which included Greens in Cabinet posts. However, United Future indicated it could support a government where the Greens gave supply-and-confidence votes.[9]


Brash had only one possible scenario to become Prime Minister: a centre-right coalition with United Future and ACT (two seats, down seven). Given the election results, however, such a coalition would have required the confidence-and-supply votes of both New Zealand First and the Māori Party. This appeared highly unlikely on several counts. New Zealand First's involvement in such a coalition would have run counter to Peters' promise to deal with the biggest party, and Turia and Sharples would have had difficulty in justifying supporting National after their supporters' overwhelming support for Labour in the party vote. Turia and Sharples probably remembered the severe mauling New Zealand First suffered in the 1999 election. (Many of its supporters in 1996 believed they had voted to get rid of National, only to have Peters go into coalition with National; New Zealand First has never really recovered.) Even without this to consider, National had indicated it would abolish the Maori seats if it won power.


The new government as eventually formed consisted of Labour and Progressive in coalition, while New Zealand First and United Future entered agreements of support on confidence and supply motions. In an unprecedented move, Peters and Dunne became Foreign Affairs Minister and Revenue Minister, respectively, but remained outside cabinet and had no obligatory cabinet collective responsibility on votes outside their respective portfolios.


Possible government setups



Background




Election billboards advertise the parties and candidates standing nationwide and in each electorate


The governing Labour Party retained office at 2002 election. However, its junior coalition partner, the Alliance, lost most of its support after internal conflict and disagreement and failed to win parliamentary representation. Labour formed a coalition with the new Progressive Coalition, formed by former Alliance leader Jim Anderton. The Labour-Progressive coalition then obtained an agreement of support ("confidence and supply") from United Future, enabling it to form a stable minority government. The National Party, Labour's main opponents, suffered a major defeat, winning only 21% of the vote (22.5% of the seats).


The collapse of National's vote led ultimately to the replacement of its Parliamentary party leader Bill English with parliamentary newcomer Don Brash on 28 October 2003. Brash began an aggressive campaign against the Labour-dominated government. A major boost to this campaign came with his "Orewa speech" (27 January 2004), in which he attacked the Labour-dominated government for giving "special treatment" to the Māori population, particularly over the foreshore and seabed controversy. This resulted in a surge of support for the National Party, although most polls indicated that this subsequently subsided. National also announced it would not stand candidates in the Māori seats, with some smaller parties following suit.


The foreshore-and-seabed controversy also resulted in the establishment of the Māori Party in July 2004. The Māori Party hoped to break Labour's traditional (and then current) dominance in the Māori seats, just as New Zealand First had done in the 1996 election.


A large number of so-called "minor" parties also contested the election. These included Destiny New Zealand (the political branch of the Destiny Church) and the Direct Democracy Party.



Polls




2-point average trend line of poll results from 27 July 2002 to 17 September 2005, with each line corresponding to a political party.


  Labour

  National

  NZ First

  ACT

  Green

  United Future

  Māori





A series of opinion polls published in June 2005 indicated that the National Party had moved ahead of Labour for the first time since June 2004. Commentators speculated[citation needed] that a prominent billboard campaign may have contributed to this. Some said[citation needed] the National Party had peaked too early. The polls released throughout July showed once more an upward trend for Labour, with Labour polling about 6% above National. The release by the National Party of a series of tax-reform proposals in August 2005 appeared to correlate with an increase in its ratings in the polls.


Direct comparisons between the following polls have no statistical validity:



























































































































poll
date
Labour
National
NZ First
Greens
One News Colmar Brunton 29 August 43% 40% 5% 7%
3 News TNS 1 September 39% 41% 6% 6%
Herald DigiPoll 2 September 43.4% 39.1% 6.6% 5%

Fairfax NZ/ACNeilsen[permanent dead link]
3 September 41% 44% <5% 5%
One News Colmar Brunton 4 September 38% 46% 4.6% 6%
3 News TNS 7 September 45% 36% 5% 7%
Herald Digipoll 8 September 40.6% 40.1% 7.1% 5.6%
Herald Digipoll 11 September 42.1% 38.5% 5% 6%
ACNielsen-Sunday Star-Times 11 September 37% 44% 5% 6%
One News Colmar Brunton 11 September 39% 41% 6% 6%

Fairfax ACNielsen[permanent dead link]
14 September 37% 43% 7% 6%
3 News TNS 15 September 40.5% 38.7% 6.8% 6.9%
TVNZ Colmar Brunton 15 September 38% 41% 5.5% 5.1%
Herald Digipoll 16 September 44.6% 37.4% 4.5% 4.6%

No single political event can explain the significant differences between most of these polls over the period between them. They show either volatility in the electorate and/or flaws in the methods of polling. In the later polls, the issue of National's knowledge of a series of pamphlets (distributed by members of the Exclusive Brethren and attacking the Green and Labour parties) appeared not to have reduced National Party support.



Candidates


For lists of candidates in the 2005 election see:



  • Candidates grouped by electorate

  • Candidates grouped by party list



Major policy platforms



Labour Party


The Labour Party platform[10] included:




  • student loans: writing off interest if the recipient stays in New Zealand


  • health: a pledge of extra public-hospital operations


  • Treaty of Waitangi: accepting no lodgements for Treaty-claims after 1 September 2008

  • increasing rates-rebates

  • a "KiwiSaver" program, aimed at getting first homeowners into their own homes

  • sponsoring 5,000 new apprenticeships

  • increasing community police-force numbers by 250.

  • a "Working for Families" tax-relief/benefit programme aimed at lower to middle-income families



National Party


The National Party campaigned on the platform of (National Party Press Release):




  • taxation: lowering income-tax rates

  • removing references to the Treaty of Waitangi from existing legislation; and resolving all treaty claims amicably by 2010

  • by 1 April 2006, make student-loan repayments and $5000 of pre-school childcare costs recoupable to mainstream New Zealanders

  • "reworking" the New Zealand Resource Management Act 1991 to make development easier

  • "removing excessive bureaucracy" in the education system, in particular by overhauling the NCEA, and by re-introducing "bulk funding" of schools

  • abolishing early parole for violent criminals. (As of 2005 most prisoners became eligible for parole after serving one-third of their sentence)

  • a return to "market rents" for state-housing tenants, including a system of paying housing-subsidies (for the poorest tenants) directly to private landlords

  • increase Nationwide Maths and English standards

  • welfare Reform - reduce the waste of having 300,000 working age New Zealand adults on benefits and to ensure all of those on benefits really need the help

  • a "work-for-the-dole" scheme

  • abolishing the Maori electorates



Voting


Postal voting for New Zealanders abroad began on 31 August. Ballot voting took place on Saturday 17 September, from 9am to 7pm. The Chief Electoral Office released a provisional result at 12:05am on 18 September.



Party funding


New Zealand operates on a system whereby the Electoral Commission allocates funding for advertising on television and on radio. Parties must use their own money for all other forms of advertising, but may not use any of their own money for television or radio advertising.






















































































Party Funding in 2005 Election
Labour $1,100,000
National $900,000
ACT $200,000
Greens $200,000
NZ First $200,000
United Future $200,000
Māori Party $125,000
Progressives $75,000
Alliance $20,000
Christian Heritage NZ $20,000
Destiny NZ $20,000
Libertarianz $20,000
99 MP Party* $10,000
Beneficiaries Party* $10,000
Democrats $10,000
National Front* $10,000

New Zealand F.R.P.P.*
$10,000
Patriot Party* $10,000
The Republic of New Zealand Party $10,000

*Must register for funding

Source: Electoral Commission



Controversies



Police investigated six political parties for alleged breaches of election-spending rules relating to the 2005 election, but brought no prosecutions,[11]
determining that "there was insufficient evidence to indicate that an offence under s214b of the Electoral Act had been committed."[12]


The Auditor-General has also investigated publicly funded party-advertising for the 2005 election, with a leaked preliminary finding of much of the spending as unlawful. Observers expected the release of a final report in October 2006.[13]



References





  1. ^ Levine & Roberts 2007, pp. 91,92.


  2. ^ Levine & Roberts 2007, pp. 84,85.


  3. ^ Levine & Roberts 2007, p. 87.


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  5. ^ % change from 1999 result


  6. ^ "General Statistics". Electionresults.govt.nz. Retrieved 2017-09-07.


  7. ^ "Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 August 2013.


  8. ^ "Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
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  9. ^ Thomson, Ainsley (19 September 2005). "United's 'Mr Reasonable' makes withering attack on Green Party". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 October 2011.


  10. ^ Labour web site Archived 31 October 2005 at the Wayback Machine.


  11. ^ Thomson, Ainsley (18 March 2006). "Labour escapes charges on pledge card but case found". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 October 2011.


  12. ^ "No prosecutions for electoral complaints". New Zealand Police. 2006-03-17. Retrieved 2017-09-07.


  13. ^ Oliver, Paula (11 September 2006). "Report on election spending almost complete". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 October 2011.




Further reading


  • Stephen Levine and Nigel S. Roberts (editors), The Baubles of Office: The New Zealand General Election of 2005 (Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2007).
    ISBN 978-0-86473-539-3


External links








  • Elections New Zealand, joint website of the Electoral Enrolment Centre, Chief Electoral Office, and Electoral Commission.


  • 2005 General Election Results from the Chief Electoral Office, Ministry of Justice


  • nzvotes.org, comparative information on parties, candidates and electorates


  • New Zealand Herald Election 2005 website


  • Stuff.co.nz Election 2005 website[permanent dead link]

  • Scoop Election 2005 website

  • Scoop Election 2005 campaign diary







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