1928 New Zealand general election

1928 New Zealand general election

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All 80 seats in the House of Representatives 41 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	88.01%
First party Second party   Leader Sir Joseph Ward Gordon Coates Party United Reform Leader since 17 September 1928 27 May 1925 Leader's seat Invercargill Kaipara Last election 11 seats, 22.4% 55 seats, 47.7% Seats won 27 28 Seat change 16 27 Popular vote 225,042 263,382 Percentage 29.75% 34.82% Swing 7.26% 9.97%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Harry Holland Harold Rushworth Party Labour Country Party Leader since 27 August 1919 November 1928 Leader's seat Buller Bay of Islands Last election 12 seats, 27.2% 0 seats, 0.3% Seats won 19 1 Seat change 7 1 Popular vote 198,092 11,990 Percentage 26.19% 1.59% Swing 3.50% 1.24%
Results of the election.
Prime Minister before election Gordon Coates Reform Subsequent Prime Minister Joseph Ward United

The 1928 New Zealand general election was held on 13 and 14 November in the Māori and European electorates, respectively, to elect 80 MPs to the 23rd session of the New Zealand Parliament.

1928 was the year postal voting was introduced for certain specified groups (e.g. invalids) who could not get to a polling booth on election day.