45-467: The Tight Five was a nickname given to the five Māori MPs elected to the New Zealand Parliament in 1996 from the centrist / populist New Zealand First party. New Zealand First had been founded in 1993 by Winston Peters , a former National Party Minister of Māori Affairs . In that year's election , Tau Henare , great-grandson of legendary Māori politician Taurekareka Henare , won
90-593: A minority government . Electorate boundaries in the 2017 election were the same as at the 2014 election, with 64 general electorates (48 in the North Island and 16 in the South Island ), and 7 Māori electorates. The Electoral Amendment Act 2017 and the Broadcasting (Election Programmes and Election Advertising) Amendment Act 2017 made a number of changes to the conduct of general elections, including: To vote in
135-497: A formal governing arrangement with the ACT Party's sole MP David Seymour, though such an agreement existed following the 2014 election . New Zealand First has held the balance of power in previous parliaments and its leader has served in several ministries. Following the 1996 election , the party joined a coalition government with National with Peters as Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer , an agreement that ended when Peters
180-435: A new MP elected from the same party as the retiring incumbent. In three electorates, the incumbent MP was defeated. Labour candidate and lawyer Duncan Webb claimed Christchurch Central off National MP Nicky Wagner ; Labour previously held the electorate continuously from its formation in 1946 until Wagner won it in 2011. After National lost Northland to NZ First leader Winston Peters in 2015, candidate Matt King claimed
225-507: A one-seat overhang where Peter Dunne won the Ōhāriu electorate when his United Future Party was entitled to zero seats under the party vote. The majority of members in the House will form a Government . Since it is difficult for any single party to win a majority of seats under MMP, parties must generally negotiate with other parties either to form a majority coalition government or to obtain sufficient confidence and supply to operate as
270-669: A party list to contest the party vote, and can have a party campaign expenses limit in addition to limits on individual candidates' campaigns. Unregistered parties and independents can contest the electorate vote only. The following registered parties contested the general election: Twenty-two members of parliament announced that they would not stand for re-election. Preliminary results were gradually released after polling booths closed at 19:00 ( NZST ) on 23 September. The preliminary count only includes advance ordinary and election day ordinary votes; it does not include any special votes . Special votes include votes from those who enrolled after
315-943: A result of a confidence and supply agreement reached between them and Labour. On 20 October 2017, the names of Labour's 16 Cabinet ministers were announced as Jacinda Ardern, David Clark , Clare Curran , Kelvin Davis , Chris Hipkins , Iain Lees-Galloway , Andrew Little , Nanaia Mahuta , Stuart Nash , Damien O'Connor , David Parker , Grant Robertson , Jenny Salesa , Carmel Sepuloni , Phil Twyford , and Megan Woods . The Labour ministers outside cabinet were Kris Faafoi , Peeni Henare , Willie Jackson , William Sio , and Meka Whaitiri . The Green Party announced on 21 October its three ministers outside cabinet and one parliamentary under-secretary slots as James Shaw , Julie Anne Genter , Jan Logie and Eugenie Sage . The final ministers to be named were from New Zealand First. On 25 October, it
360-500: A separate broadcasting budget for radio and television campaigning. Only money from the broadcasting allocation can be used to purchase airtime; the actual production costs of advertisements can come from the general election expenses budget. The Electoral Commission sets the amount of broadcasting funds each party gets; generally the allocation is based on the number of seats in the current Parliament, previous election results, and support in opinion polls. The initial broadcasting allocation
405-524: A television network where he worked before entering Parliament. In December 1997, National's Jim Bolger was ousted as Prime Minister in a party room coup by Jenny Shipley . Tensions rapidly developed between the coalition partners and within New Zealand First itself. In 1998, Henare staged an unsuccessful party room coup of his own against Peters. Soon afterwards, Shipley sacked Peters from Cabinet. Peters immediately pulled New Zealand First out of
450-589: The Constitution Act 1986 , Parliament expires three years "from the day fixed for the return of the writs issued for the last preceding general election of members of the House of Representatives, and no longer." The writs for the 2014 election were returned on 10 October 2014, a day late due to a judicial recount of the Te Tai Tokerau electorate. As a result, the 51st Parliament would have expired, if not dissolved earlier, on Tuesday, 10 October 2017. Consequently,
495-550: The Electoral Commission on Saturday 7 October 2017. Parties and candidates have three working days after the release of the official results to apply for a judicial recount . These recounts take place under the auspices of a District Court judge (the Chief District Court Judge in case of a nationwide recount), and may delay the return of the election writ by a few days. Party vote percentage Prior to
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#1732858948929540-550: The Hauraki-Waikato electorate in 2015. In July 2016, he was elected president of the Māori Party . In December 2017, he resigned after the 2017 general election . In 2020, five Labour Māori MPs were awarded ministerial positions inside Cabinet, and journalist Joel Maxwell referred to them as "Tight Five Two" and as a "Labour Tight Five". Member of Parliament (New Zealand) Too Many Requests If you report this error to
585-678: The Mana Māori Movement . In the 1999 election, all of the Tight Five were defeated, with only Delamere managing to even finish second. Henare is the only one who returned to parliament, joining the National Party and serving as a list MP from 2005 to 2014. Waitai and Delamere have also rejoined the National Party since leaving Parliament. Waitai was elected to the Wanganui District Council in 2007. Morgan became Māori co-chair for
630-614: The Northern Maori seat, one of four Māori electorates , and became New Zealand First's second MP, along with Peters. This victory broke a long Labour hold on the Māori electorates. Soon after the election, Peters named Henare as deputy leader of New Zealand First. The party was the biggest beneficiary of New Zealand's switch to mixed member proportional representation. In the 1996 elections, New Zealand First won 17 seats, including 6 electorate seats and swept all five Māori electorates. Henare
675-630: The balance of power between the National Party and the Labour–Green bloc. On 19 October 2017, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters announced that the party was intending to form a minority coalition government with the Labour Party of 55 seats, with confidence and supply agreement from the Green Party. This is the first Government in New Zealand under MMP where the most popular party is not part of
720-407: The "Tight Five," named after the five rugby forwards who do most of the pushing in a scrum . Largely because of their huge electoral upset, they gained a very high profile in both New Zealand First and nationwide. However, they along with many other New Zealand First MPs attracted some controversy for their behavior. Morgan, in particular, faced criticism for reportedly misappropriating funds from
765-412: The 120-member House of Representatives. Each voter gets two votes, one for a political party (the party vote) and one for a local candidate (the electorate vote). Political parties which meet the threshold (5% of the party vote or one electorate seat) receive seats in the House in proportion to the percentage of the party vote they receive. In the 2014 and 2017 elections, 71 of the 120 seats were filled by
810-543: The 2017 election, every registered party contending the party vote is permitted to spend $ 1,115,000 plus $ 26,200 per electorate candidate on election campaigning during the regulated period, excluding radio and television campaigning (broadcasting funding is allocated separately). A party contesting all 71 electorates is therefore permitted to spend $ 2,975,200 on election campaigning. All electorate candidates are permitted to spend $ 26,200 each on campaigning over and above their party's allocation. Registered parties are allocated
855-441: The 51st Parliament. Following the retirement of Peter Dunne, Bill English (National, list) became the new Father of the House , having served as an MP continuously since 1990. While both Winston Peters and Trevor Mallard have served longer than English, their tenures have been non-continuous. 23-year-old Chlöe Swarbrick (Green, list) became the new Baby of the House . She was the youngest MP to be elected to Parliament since
900-643: The Government. The election resulted in Ardern becoming New Zealand's third female prime minister, and Peters being reappointed deputy prime minister , a role he had first held in 1996–98. This marked an end to nine years under the Fifth National Government , and the beginning of the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand . New Zealand uses the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system to elect
945-609: The Greens with 7 seats, but when special votes were counted, National lost one list seat each to the Greens and Labour. The election saw five parties return to Parliament, down from seven in 2014 and the lowest number since the introduction of MMP in 1996. Māori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell lost his seat of Waiariki and, with the party's vote count being below the threshold of 5%, they also lost their list MP, co-leader Marama Fox , and departed Parliament. United Future leader and sole MP Peter Dunne retired from politics during
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#1732858948929990-478: The Greens, confirming New Zealand First as the election's kingmaker . Both the National and Labour parties outlined planned negotiations with New Zealand First in the hope of forming a government. A National–NZ First coalition would hold 65 seats, while a Labour–NZ First coalition would also need the support of the Green Party to form a majority government with 63 seats. National Party leader Bill English ruled out
1035-469: The MPs elected from the electorates , with the winner in each electorate determined by the plurality (" first-past-the-post ") method; the remaining 49 seats were filled by candidates from each party's closed party list . If a party wins more electorates than seats it is entitled to under the party vote, an overhang results; in this case, the House will add extra seats to cover the overhang. The 2014 election saw
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1125-416: The campaign due to poor polling in his electorate of Ōhāriu and his successor failed to win the seat. The party voted to dissolve less than two months later. Even with support partner ACT retaining its sole seat, the existing National minority government were short of the 61 seats needed to govern, and Bill English declared that the arrangement would not be continued. New Zealand First's nine seats gave it
1170-477: The coalition, but eight New Zealand First MPs left the party instead and continued to support the National Government as independent MPs. Among these MPs were all of the Tight Five except Wyllie. Henare, Waitai and Morgan eventually founded a new party, Mauri Pacific , led by Henare. Delamere remained an independent prior to the 1999 election , when he joined Te Tawharau , a small Māori party allied with
1215-528: The deadline of 23 August, those who voted outside their electorate (this includes all overseas votes), hospital votes, and those voters enrolled on the unpublished roll. All voting papers, counterfoils and electoral rolls are returned to the electorate's returning officer for a mandatory recount; this also includes approving and counting any special votes, and compiling a master roll to ensure no voter has voted more than once. Official results, including all recounted ordinary votes and special votes, were released by
1260-523: The election of the 23-year-old Marilyn Waring in 1975. Golriz Ghahraman (Green, list) became the first former refugee to be elected to the New Zealand Parliament. Preliminary election results gave National 58 seats, Labour 45, New Zealand First 9, Green 7, and ACT 1, leaving no party or obvious coalition able to command a parliamentary majority of 61 seats. Final results saw the National Party lose two further seats, one each to Labour and
1305-429: The election to contest the party list only. In Ōhāriu , incumbent United Future MP Peter Dunne stepped down after holding the electorate in various incarnations since 1984. Labour candidate and former police officer Greg O'Connor subsequently claimed the electorate. Overall, National gained one electorate to hold 41, Labour gained two electorates to hold 29, while ACT retained its one electorate seat. Hamilton West
1350-546: The election would be held on Saturday 23 September 2017. This was the first election since 1975 that both major parties, Labour and National, contested under new leadership. Key dates relating to the general election were as follows. Political parties registered with the Electoral Commission can contest the general election as a party. To register, parties must have at least 500 financial members, an auditor, and an appropriate party name. A registered party may submit
1395-469: The election, with 2.63 million (79.8%) turning out. Advance voting proved popular, with 1.24 million votes cast before election day, more than the previous two elections combined. Prior to the election, the centre-right National Party , led by Prime Minister Bill English , had governed since 2008 in a minority government with confidence and supply from the Māori , ACT and United Future parties. It
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1440-434: The election, the National Party held the majority of the electorate seats with 40. Labour held 27 seats, and NZ First, ACT, and United Future held one seat each. Between the 2014 and 2017 elections, one seat changed allegiance: in the 2015 Northland by-election , NZ First leader Winston Peters won the seat off National, after MP Mike Sabin resigned. Fifty-five electorates saw the incumbent MP re-elected, while another 11 saw
1485-459: The electorate back for National from Peters. Labour candidate and former television presenter Tāmati Coffey claimed Waiariki off Māori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell ; Flavell's defeat saw the Māori Party without an electorate seat and with the party polling below 5% in the party vote, saw the party voted out of Parliament. Coffey's win also saw Labour claim a clean sweep of the Māori electorates for
1530-548: The first time since the 2002 election. In Hutt South , National list MP Chris Bishop claimed the electorate from Labour – the first time the electorate has swung since its creation in 1996. Contributing to the swing was the 2014 boundary changes which saw the Labour-leaning suburb of Naenae swapped for the National-leaning western hill suburbs of Lower Hutt , and long standing Labour MP Trevor Mallard standing down at
1575-404: The general election, one must: Unless an early election is called or the election date is set to circumvent holding a by-election, a general election is held every three years. The previous election was held on Saturday, 20 September 2014. The Governor-General must issue writs for an election within seven days of the expiration or dissolution of the current Parliament . Under section 17 of
1620-412: The government at every election since 1996. All three electorates in the 2017 election were won by National candidates. The table below shows the results of the 2017 general election: Key: Notes: The following MPs were elected from their respective party lists: Two former MPs ( Shane Jones and Willie Jackson ) and 31 first-time MPs were elected to the 52nd Parliament, joining 87 incumbents from
1665-522: The last day for issuance of writs of election would have been 17 October 2017. The writs must be returned within 50 days of their issuance (save for any judicial recount or death of a candidate), which would have been Wednesday, 6 December 2017. Because polling day must be a Saturday and two weeks is generally required for the counting of special votes, the last possible date for the 2017 general election would have been Saturday, 18 November 2017. On 1 February 2017, Prime Minister Bill English announced that
1710-504: The membership of the 52nd New Zealand Parliament . The previous parliament was elected on 20 September 2014 and was officially dissolved on 22 August 2017. Voters elected 120 members to the House of Representatives under New Zealand's mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, a proportional representation system in which 71 members were elected from single-member electorates and 49 members were elected from closed party lists . Around 3.57 million people were registered to vote in
1755-527: The parliamentary caucus on 16 October to begin the process of formally choosing a coalition partner. On 19 October, NZ First announced the formation of a minority coalition government with Labour. As part of the agreement, NZ First received four ministerial positions inside Cabinet and one parliamentary under-secretary position. Winston Peters also accepted an offer of the role of Deputy Prime Minister. The Greens received three ministerial positions outside Cabinet and one parliamentary under-secretary position as
1800-577: The party leader seven weeks prior to the election, increasing its representation from 32 to 46 seats. Labour was the only parliamentary party to gain support but a large portion came at the expense of the Green Party, who lost almost half their seats (dropping from 14 to 8) following co-leader Metiria Turei 's resignation over self-admitted historical benefit and electoral fraud. The anti-immigration populist party New Zealand First won 9 seats, down from 12 in 2014. ACT retained its one seat. Election-night counts had National with 58 seats, Labour with 45 seats, and
1845-461: Was announced that Ron Mark , Tracey Martin and Shane Jones would join the Cabinet, with Fletcher Tabuteau as a parliamentary under-secretary. During the three-month regulated period prior to election day (i.e. 23 June to 22 September 2017), parties and candidates have limits on how much they may spend on election campaigning. It is illegal in New Zealand to campaign on election day itself. For
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1890-470: Was considered to be New Zealand's bellwether seat. Since the formation of the electorate in 1969, the winning candidate was from the party that went on to form the government, with the exception of 1993 when it elected a Labour MP while National went on to form the government (albeit with a one-seat majority). Hamilton West, Maungakiekie and Rotorua were also regarded as bellwethers in the MMP era, swinging with
1935-891: Was reelected in Te Tai Tokerau (the former Northern Maori). He was joined by Rana Waitai in Te Puku O Te Whenua , Tuku Morgan in Te Tai Hauāuru , Tuariki Delamere in Te Tai Rawhiti , and Tu Wyllie in Te Tai Tonga . When New Zealand First entered in a coalition government with the National Party, Peters served as deputy Prime Minister , and Henare and Delamere joined Peters in Cabinet . Henare served as Minister of Māori Affairs and Delamere as Minister of Immigration and Pacific Affairs . The five Māori electorate MPs soon became known as
1980-733: Was sacked from Cabinet in August 1998. Following the 2005 election , NZ First entered into a confidence and supply agreement with the minority Labour government that also saw Peters appointed as Foreign Minister but not as a member of the Cabinet . Shaw announced the Greens' negotiation team of himself, MP Eugenie Sage , acting chief of staff Tory Whanau , Green co-convenor Debs Martin and campaign staffer Andrew Campbell on 26 September. Labour's negotiators were led by leader Ardern and deputy leader Davis. Negotiations concluded on 12 October, with "extensive dossiers" provided to NZ First from both Labour and National. The NZ First Board met alongside
2025-549: Was the first election for English as incumbent prime minister, having replaced John Key on 12 December 2016 and the first since 1975 where both major parties had leadership changes. The main opposition parties to the National government were Labour (the official opposition ), led by Jacinda Ardern , the Green Party , and New Zealand First . The National Party won a plurality of the seats with 56, down from 60 in 2014. Labour made large gains following Jacinda Ardern becoming
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