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
Turnout88.01%
  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 Increase 16 Decrease 27
Popular vote 225,042 263,382
Percentage 29.75% 34.82%
Swing Increase 7.26% Decrease 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 Increase 7 Increase 1
Popular vote 198,092 11,990
Percentage 26.19% 1.59%
Swing Increase 3.50% Increase 1.24%

Results of the election.

Prime Minister before election

Gordon Coates
Reform

Subsequent Prime Minister

Joseph Ward
United

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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.