1922 New Zealand general election

1922 general election

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All 80 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives 41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	87.7%
First party Second party Third party   Leader William Massey Thomas Wilford Harry Holland Party Reform Liberal Labour Leader since 11 February 1909 7 September 1920 27 August 1919 Leader's seat Franklin Hutt Buller Last election 45 seats, 35.7% 19 seats, 28.7% 8 seats, 24.2% Seats won 37 22 17 Seat change 8 3 9 Popular vote 249,735 166,708 150,448 Percentage 39.4% 26.3% 23.7% Swing 3.7% 2.4% 0.5%
Results of the election.
Prime Minister before election William Massey Reform Subsequent Prime Minister William Massey Reform

The 1922 New Zealand general election was held on Monday, 6 December in the Māori electorates, and on Tuesday, 7 December in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 21st session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 700,111 (87.7%) voters turned out to vote.^[1] In one seat (Bay of Plenty) there was only one candidate.^[2][3]

1922 was the year when residents of the Chatham Islands were enfranchised for the first time (included in Lyttelton and Western Māori electorates).