2023 New Zealand general election

The 2023 New Zealand general election was held on 14 October 2023 to determine the 54th Parliament of New Zealand. Voters elected 120 members to the New Zealand House of Representatives under the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, a proportional representation system in which 72 members were elected from single-member electorates and 48 members from closed party lists.

2023 New Zealand general election

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All 123 seats in the House of Representatives, including three overhang seats.[a] 62 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	2,883,412 (78.2%; 4.04 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Christopher Luxon Chris Hipkins James Shaw Marama Davidson Party National Labour Green Leader's seat Botany Remutaka List Last election 33 seats, 25.58% 65 seats, 50.01% 10 seats, 7.86% Seats before 34 62 9 Seats won 48 34 15 Seat change 14 28 6 Electorate vote 984,148 43.45% 9.32 692,832 31.23% 16.84 160,200 8.26% 2.52 Party vote 1,085,016 38.06% 12.48 767,236 26.91% 23.10 330,883 11.60% 3.74   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   ma‾-o•ri Leader David Seymour Winston Peters Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Rawiri Waititi Party ACT NZ First Te Pāti Māori Leader's seat Epsom List Te Tai Hauāuru (won seat) Waiariki Last election 10 seats, 7.59% 0 seats, 2.60% 2 seats, 1.17% Seats before 10 0 2 Seats won 11 8 6 Seat change 1 8 4 Electorate vote 118,953 5.45% 1.99 64,797 2.80% 1.73 76,421 3.89% 1.73 Party vote 246,409 8.64% 1.05 173,425 6.08% 3.48 87,973 3.08% 1.91
Results by electorate, shaded by electorate winners' vote share Results by electorate, showing holds and gains Results by electorate, shaded by party vote share
Prime Minister before election Chris Hipkins Labour Subsequent Prime Minister Christopher Luxon National

The incumbent centre-left Labour majority government, led by Chris Hipkins, tried to win a third term in government. However, they were defeated by the centre-right National Party, led by Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon, in a landslide. National will need support from the ACT party (and possibly also New Zealand First) to form government.

At the 2020 election, the centre-left Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, won an outright majority in the House. The main opponents to the Labour government is the centre-right National Party, led by Christopher Luxon, and the right-wing ACT party, led by David Seymour.

On 19 January 2023, Ardern announced she would resign as Labour leader and prime minister before 7 February.^[1]