1993 New Zealand general election
{{Short description|General election in New Zealand}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1993 New Zealand general election
| turnout = 1,922,796 (82.82%)
| country = New Zealand
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = 1990 New Zealand general election
| previous_year = 1990
| outgoing_members = 43rd New Zealand Parliament
| next_election = 1996 New Zealand general election
| next_year = 1996
| seats_for_election = All 99 seats in the House of Representatives
| majority_seats = 50
| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1993|11|6}}
| elected_mps = elected members
| opinion_polls = Opinion polling for the 1993 New Zealand general election
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Jim Bolger,_1990s.jpg|bSize = 125|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| colour1 =
| leader1 = Jim Bolger
| leader_since1 = 26 March 1986
| party1 = New Zealand National Party
| leaders_seat1 = King Country
| last_election1 = 67 seats, 47.82%
| seats_before1 = 63
| seats1 = 50
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 13
| popular_vote1 = 673,892
| percentage1 = 35.05%
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 12.77%
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Mike Moore, 1992 (crop).jpg|bSize = 155|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 5|oLeft = 20}}
| colour2 =
| leader2 = Mike Moore
| leader_since2 = 4 September 1990
| party2 = New Zealand Labour Party
| leaders_seat2 = Christchurch North
| last_election2 = 29 seats, 35.14%
| seats_before2 = 29
| seats2 = 45
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 16
| popular_vote2 = 666,759
| percentage2 = 34.68%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 0.46%
| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Jim Anderton, 2010.jpg|bSize = 190|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 10}}
| colour4 =
| leader4 = Jim Anderton
| leader_since4 = 1 December 1991
| party4 = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
| leaders_seat4 = Sydenham
| last_election4 = 1 seat, 14.28%Alliance results compared with 1990 totals of NewLabour Party, Democratic Party, Mana Motuhake and Green Party.
| seats_before4 = 2
| seats4 = 2
| seat_change4 = {{steady}}
| popular_vote4 = 350,063
| percentage4 = 18.21%
| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Winston Peters cropped.PNG|bSize = 150|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 10}}
| colour5 =
| leader5 = Winston Peters
| leader_since5 = 18 July 1993
| party5 = New Zealand First
| leaders_seat5 = Tauranga
| last_election5 = New party
| seats_before5 = 2
| seats5 = 2
| seat_change5 = {{steady}}
| popular_vote5 = 161,481
| percentage5 = 8.40%
| swing5 = {{increase}} 8.40%
| map_image = 1993 New Zealand general election.svg
| map_size = 350px
| map_caption = Results by electorate, shaded by winning margin
| title = Prime Minister
| posttitle = Subsequent Prime Minister
| before_election = Jim Bolger
| after_election = Jim Bolger
| before_party = New Zealand National Party
| after_party = New Zealand National Party
}}
The 1993 New Zealand general election was held on 6 November 1993 to determine the composition of the 44th New Zealand Parliament. Voters elected 99 members to the House of Representatives, up from 97 members at the 1990 election. The election was held concurrently with an electoral reform referendum to replace the first-past-the-post system, with all members elected from single-member electorates, with mixed-member proportional representation. It saw the governing National Party, led by Jim Bolger, win a second term in office, despite a major swing away from National in both seats and votes, and the carrying of the referendum by 53.9% to 46.1%.{{Cite web |title=Results of the 1993 referendum on the electoral system |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/35700/results-of-the-1993-referendum-on-the-electoral-system |access-date=24 September 2023 |website=TEARA}}
Having broken electoral campaign promises and embarked on supply-side economics and wide-sweeping cuts during his first term, Bolger led the most unpopular government since the Great Depression.Frontline, TVNZ 1, 27 October 1993. Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9KqjmvaTu4&t=1091s The neoliberal actions of Ruth Richardson, his Minister of Finance, were termed Ruthanasia by the media, and her Mother of all Budgets in 1991 caused huge protests. By September 1991, support for National had plummeted to a hitherto unprecedented polling low of 22%. Mike Moore, ousted by Bolger in a landslide just three years before, attacked National's caucus as dangerous right-wing extremists, and enjoyed considerable personal popularity. While the high unemployment Ruthanasia had caused had recovered somewhat by 1993, Bolger's approval ratings remained dire against Moore up until election day.{{Cite web |date=1993-11-06 |title=Bolger remains NZ's unpopular choice: The leader of the National Party |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/bolger-remains-nz-s-unpopular-choice-the-leader-of-the-national-party-is-widely-detested-but-is-still-likely-to-retain-power-today-writes-david-barber-in-wellington-1502398.html |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=The Independent |language=en}}
With a vote difference of just 7,133 between the two major parties, the election was one of the closest in New Zealand history. Bolger's 17-seat majority gained in 1990 was pared back to a bare majority of one seat. The Labour Party, led by former Prime Minister Mike Moore, enjoyed a 16-seat rise and almost won outright. The two smaller parties - Winston Peters' New Zealand First, which he formed after leaving National over conflict with their economic policy, and Jim Anderton's Alliance of parties to the left of Labour - both outperformed expectations and won significant shares of the vote. However, the first-past-the-post system kept them from gaining more than two seats each.
If MMP had been in use, the left-wing bloc of Labour and the Alliance – having secured a larger share of the vote than National or New Zealand First – would likely have formed a government. This was the last time prior to the 2020 election where a party won an absolute majority of seats.
Background
Before the election, the National Party governed with 64 seats, while the opposition Labour Party held only 29. The 1990 election had been a major victory for the National Party, with the unpopular Fourth Labour Government being decisively defeated. The Labour Party had become unpopular for its ongoing economic reforms, nicknamed Rogernomics after Minister of Finance Roger Douglas, which were based around liberalisation, privatisation, and the removal of tariffs and subsidies. The National Party divided as to the merits of the reforms, with conservatives generally opposed and libertarians generally in favour. The party had fought the 1990 election saying that the Labour government's program was too radical, and was being carried out without any thought of the social consequences – Jim Bolger spoke about "the Decent Society", promising a return to a more moderate and balanced platform.
Once in government, however, the key Minister of Finance role was taken not by a moderate but by Ruth Richardson, who wished to expand, not end, the economic reforms. Upon gaining power, Richardson intensified the deregulation, creating an portfolio of neoliberal policies popularly known as Ruthanasia. Richardson's "Mother of all Budgets", released in 1991, slashed available unemployment, sickness and welfare benefits. The families benefit by $25.00 to $27.00, unemployment benefit was cut by $14.00 a week, sickness benefit by $27.04. Universal payments for family benefits were completely abolished, and user pay schemes were introduced in a libertarian fashion.{{cite web |last1=Russell |first1=Marcia |last2=Carlaw |first2=John |date=1996 |title=Revolution (part four) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsvmVKqkX_o |accessdate=4 February 2017 |website=YouTube |format=video |ref=Revpt4 |time=14:44-15:18}}{{cite news |date=12 January 2007 |title=New Zealand as it might have been: From Ruthanasia to President Bolger |work=The New Zealand Herald |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10418702 |accessdate=8 December 2014}} The Employment Contracts Act sought to weaken trade unions, by meaning employees had to have individual contracts or be on a single-employer collective agreement.{{Cite web |last=Braae |first=Alex |date=2021-05-15 |title=How New Zealand's employment laws changed forever, 30 years ago today |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/15-05-2021/how-new-zealands-employment-laws-changed-forever-30-years-ago-today |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=The Spinoff |language=en}} Richardson also ended free tertiary education altogether, after the Fourth Labour Government had ended bursaries.{{Cite web |title=How we racked up $16 billion in student debt in NZ |url=https://www.renews.co.nz/how-we-racked-up-16-billion-in-student-debt-in-nz/ |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.renews.co.nz |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/tertiary-education/page-4|title=Tertiary sector reform from the 1980s – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand|accessdate=11 February 2024}}
These policies, a steep departure even from Rogernomics, led to a major backlash in multiple aspects of society, both on the left and the right. Students and trade unionists led protests and marches in Wellington and Auckland against university cuts and the Employment Contracts Bill.{{Cite web |last=Rapira |first=Laura O'Connell |date=2019-09-28 |title=How Ruth Richardson's Mother of all Budgets is still f*cking us today |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/28-09-2019/how-ruth-richardsons-mother-of-all-budgets-is-still-fcking-us-today |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=The Spinoff |language=en}}{{Cite web |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23201388 |title=Demonstration against Employment Contracts Bill, Wellington |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=natlib.govt.nz}} Many of the voters who had felt betrayed by Labour's reforms now felt betrayed by the National Party as well. The Mother of all Budgets not only caused widespread public contempt for the National Party but also wreaked havoc internally.{{cite book |last=Espiner |first=Guyon |title=The 9th Floor: Conversations with five New Zealand Prime Ministers |publisher=Radio New Zealand & Bridget Williams Books |year=2017 |isbn=9781988533223 |location=Wellington |pages=97, 98}} The budget was lamented by the conservative wing of the National Party; former Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon resigned from his Tamaki electorate in protest of Richardson's policies, triggering a by-election. Polling declined massively for National, and Mike Moore shot up in approval ratings while attacking National's caucus as right-wing extremists.{{cite web |title=Historical Pollling Data 1974–2021 |url=http://www.polled.co.nz/historicalpollingdata.php |access-date=10 March 2022 |publisher=Patrick Leyland}} According to an episode of Frontline on TVNZ 1 that aired less than two weeks before the election, Bolger led the most unpopular government since the Great Depression. By September 1991, support for National had plummeted to a hitherto unprecedented polling low of 22%.
The Alliance, the largest "third party", was a broad coalition of five smaller groups – the NewLabour Party (a Labour splinter), the Democrats (a social credit party), the Greens (an environmentalist party), Mana Motuhake (a Māori party), and the Liberal Party (a National splinter). The Alliance held three seats in Parliament – one belonged to Jim Anderton, who had been re-elected under a NewLabour banner in the seat he had formerly held for Labour, while the other two belonged to the National MPs who formed the Liberal Party. In its first electoral test, the 1992 by-election in Tamaki, the Alliance had performed well, taking second place. Another smaller group was New Zealand First, a party established by former National MP Winston Peters. Peters had broken with his party after a number of policy disputes with its leadership, and resigned from parliament to contest his seat as an independent. After being overwhelmingly re-elected, Peters established New Zealand First to promote his views. Peters was the party's sole MP.
Another consequence of dissatisfaction with both major parties was the referendum conducted alongside the 1993 election. The culmination of the larger decade-long New Zealand electoral reform process, the referendum was held following the September 1992 indicative referendum, which saw 85% of voters voting for change from the existing First Past The Post (FPP) system, and 70% choosing the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) as its preferred replacement: a proportional system which would make it easier for smaller parties to win seats. It asked voters to choose whether to keep the existing FPP system or change to MMP, with 53.9% of voters opting to change to MMP.
While National and Labour usually stood candidates in every seat, National was one candidate short as their Southern Maori candidate apparently did not apply in time.
=MPs retiring in 1993=
Four MPs, including three National MPs and one Labour MP, intended to retire at the end of the 43rd Parliament.
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan=2| Party | Name | Electorate |
|---|---|---|
| rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
| rowspan=3| National | Awarua | |
| Jeff Whittaker | Hastings | |
| Gail McIntosh | Lyttlelton | |
| style="background-color: {{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
| Labour | Pencarrow |
The election
The election was held on 6 November. 2,321,664 people were registered to vote, and 85.2% turned out. This turnout was almost exactly the same as for the previous election, although slightly less than what would be seen for the following one.
Summary of results
With a vote difference of just 7,133 between the two major parties, the election was one of the closest in New Zealand history. Preliminary results based on election night counts saw the country facing its first hung parliament since 1931, with no party gaining the 50 seats required for a majority. The National Party won 49 seats, a drop of 15 from before the election, and Labour had won 46 seats, with the balance of power held with the Alliance and New Zealand First, which won two seats each.{{cite news |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1993/11/08/a-hung-parliament-seems-likely-for-new-zealand/ |title=A Hung Parliament Seems Likely For New Zealand |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |date=8 November 1993 |access-date=25 October 2011 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095336/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1993-11-08/news/9311080410_1_new-zealand-zealand-first-party-seat |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url= http://www.national.org.nz/About/history.aspx |title= History of the National Party |publisher=New Zealand National Party |access-date= 25 October 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140416120337/http://www.national.org.nz/About/history.aspx |archive-date= 16 April 2014 }} This led to Jim Bolger saying on public television, "Bugger the pollsters", as polls had predicted a comfortable National victory.{{cite news|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/327947/pollsters,-prophets-and-politics-on-the-ball-or-off-the-mark|title=Pollsters, prophets and politics: On the ball or off the mark?|first=Craig|last=McCulloch|date=2 April 2017|publisher=Radio New Zealand }} Bolger reacted to the election results by giving a conciliatory speech, while Labour leader Mike Moore delivered a speech later described by political scientist Jack Vowles as "damaging" and "more appropriate for a decisive Labour win than a narrow defeat."{{cite book |last1=Vowles |first1=Jack |title=Voters' Victory?: New Zealand's First Election under Proportional Representation |date=2013 |publisher=Auckland University Press |isbn=9781869407131 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PEFeAwAAQBAJ&q=mike+moore+1993+election+night+speech&pg=PT29}}
On election night result with the two major parties tied, the Governor-General Dame Catherine Tizard asked her predecessor Sir David Beattie to form a committee, along with three retired appeal court judges, to decide whom to appoint as prime minister.{{cite book|title=The Governors: New Zealand's Governors and Governors-General|first=Gavin|last=McLean|publisher=Otago University Press|isbn=1-877372-25-0|date=2006}} However National won one more seat and was returned to power when the official count saw the seat of Waitaki swing from Labour to National, giving National 50 seats and Labour 45 seats. Labour's Sir Peter Tapsell agreed to become speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives (so that National would not lose a vote in the house). Hence National had a majority of one seat.
The 1993–1996 parliamentary term would see a number of defections from both major parties, meaning that National would eventually be forced to make alliances to retain power.
Detailed results
=Party totals=
{{election table|title=Summary of the 6 November 1993 New Zealand House of Representatives election results{{cite web|title=Elections to the New Zealand House of Representatives |url=http://electionresources.org/nz/#MMP |publisher=Election Resources on the Internet |access-date=17 December 2011}}}}
|colspan=7|center
|-
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 width=200 |Party
! rowspan=2 |Votes
! colspan=2 |% of votes
! colspan=2 |Seats
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center"
! %
! change
! total
! change
|-
| {{Party color cell|New Zealand National Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |National
| style="text-align:right;" | 673,892
| style="text-align:right;" | 35.05
| style="text-align:right;" | -12.78
| style="text-align:right;" | 50
| style="text-align:right;" | -17
|-
| {{Party color cell|New Zealand Labour Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Labour
| style="text-align:right;" | 666,759
| style="text-align:right;" | 34.68
| style="text-align:right;" | -0.46
| style="text-align:right;" | 45
| style="text-align:right;" | +16
|-
| {{Party color cell|Alliance (New Zealand political party)}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Alliance
| style="text-align:right;" | 350,064
| style="text-align:right;" | 18.21
| style="text-align:right;" | +3.93a
| style="text-align:right;" | 2
| style="text-align:right;" | +1b
|-
| {{Party color cell|New Zealand First}}
| style="text-align:left;" |NZ First
| style="text-align:right;" | 161,481
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.40
| style="text-align:right;" | +8.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 2
| style="text-align:right;" | +2
|-
| {{Party color cell|Christian Heritage New Zealand}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Christian Heritage
| style="text-align:right;" | 38,749
| style="text-align:right;" | 2.02
| style="text-align:right;" | +1.49
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | –
|-
| {{Party color cell|McGillicuddy Serious Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |McGillicuddy Serious
| style="text-align:right;" | 11,706
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.61
| style="text-align:right;" | +0.06
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | –
|-
| {{Party color cell|Natural Law Party of New Zealand}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Natural Law
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,056
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.31
| style="text-align:right;" | +0.31
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | –
|-
| {{Party color cell|Mana Māori Movement}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Mana Māori
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,342
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.17
| style="text-align:right;" | +0.17
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | –
|-
| {{Party color cell|Independent politician}}
| style="text-align:left;" |minor parties and independents
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,747
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.56
| style="text-align:right;" | +0.34
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | –
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:right"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |total votes
| 1,922,796
| 100.00
|
| 99
| +2
|-
|colspan=2|
|
|colspan=6|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 |total registered electors
| style="text-align:right;" |2,321,664
|colspan=4|
|-
|style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" colspan=2 |turnout
|style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" colspan=5 |82.82%
|}
a Increase over Alliance's constituent member parties' (Greens, NewLabour, Democrats and Mana Motuhake) combined vote share in {{NZ election link year|1990}}.
b Increase of one over Alliance's constituent party, NewLabour's result in {{NZ election link year|1990}}.
=Votes summary=
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{{bar percent|National|{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}|35.05}}
{{bar percent|Labour|{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}|34.68}}
{{bar percent|Alliance|{{party color|Alliance (New Zealand)}}|18.21}}
{{bar percent|NZ First|{{party color|New Zealand First}}|8.40}}
{{bar percent|Christian Heritage|{{party color|Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand}}|2.02}}
{{bar percent|Others|#777777|1.65}}
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{{bar percent|NZ First|{{party color|New Zealand First}}|2.02}}
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=Electorate results=
File:NewZealandElectorates1993-Labeled.png
The table below shows the results of the 1993 general election by electorate:{{cite web |title=New Zealand Elections 1972–1993 |url=http://www.nzes.org/exec/getdata/NZ_elections_1972-93.xls |publisher=New Zealand Election Study |access-date=17 December 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Key
{{Party index link|New Zealand National Party}}
{{Party index link|New Zealand Labour Party}}
{{Party index link|Alliance (New Zealand political party)}}
{{Party index link|New Zealand First}}
{{Party index link|Independent politician}}
{{NZ electorate result start|Electorate results for the 1993 New Zealand general election
}}
|-
|colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | General electorates
|-
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Albany
|incumbent = Don McKinnon
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 3,651
|second = Jill Jeffs
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Auckland Central
|incumbent = Richard Prebble
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|winner = Sandra Lee
|winner-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
|majority = 1,291
|second = Richard Prebble
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Avon
|incumbent = Larry Sutherland
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 5,643
|second = Marie Venning
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Awarua
|incumbent = Jeff Grant
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Eric Roy
|winner-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 2,236
|second = Olivia Scaletti-Longley
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Birkenhead
|incumbent = Ian Revell
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 104
|second = Ann Hartley
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Christchurch Central
|incumbent = Lianne Dalziel
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 6,189
|second = Andrew Rowe
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Christchurch North
|incumbent = Mike Moore
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 6,024
|second = Lee Morgan
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Clutha
|incumbent = Robin Gray
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 4,117
|second = Jeff Buchanan
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Dunedin North
|incumbent = Pete Hodgson
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 3,794
|second = Hugh Perkins
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Dunedin West
|incumbent = Clive Matthewson
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 4,477
|second = Ollie Turner
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = East Coast Bays
|incumbent = Murray McCully
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 4,516
|second = Heather-Anne McConachy
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result new
|electorate = Eastern Bay of Plenty
|winner = Tony Ryall
|winner-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 806
|second = Diane Collins
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Eastern Hutt
|incumbent = Paul Swain
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 4,718
|second = Peter MacMillan
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Eden
|incumbent = Christine Fletcher
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 3,394
|second = Verna Smith
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result new
|electorate = Far North
|winner = John Carter
|winner-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 3,425
|second = Maryanne Baker
|second-party = New Zealand First
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Fendalton
|incumbent = Philip Burdon
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 4,982
|second = Tony Day
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result new
|electorate = Franklin
|winner = Bill Birch
|winner-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 3,543
|second = Judy Bischoff
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Gisborne
|incumbent = Wayne Kimber
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Janet Mackey
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 1,068
|second = Wayne Kimber
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Glenfield
|incumbent = Peter Hilt
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 1,983
|second = Ann Batten
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Hamilton East
|incumbent = Tony Steel
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Dianne Yates
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 80
|second = Tony Steel
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Hamilton West
|incumbent = Grant Thomas
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Martin Gallagher
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 449
|second = Grant Thomas
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Hastings
|incumbent = Jeff Whittaker
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Rick Barker
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 2,571
|second = Cynthia Bowers
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
|-
| Hauraki
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#ececec;" | New electorate
| style="background-color:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}};" |
| style="text-align:center;background-color:{{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}};" | Warren Kyd
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,870
| style="background-color:{{party color|Alliance (New Zealand political party)}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" | Jeanette Fitzsimons
|-
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Hawkes Bay
|incumbent = Michael Laws
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 3,143
|second = Peter Reynolds
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result new
|electorate = Henderson
|winner = Jack Elder
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 2,130
|second = David Jorgensen
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Heretaunga
|incumbent = Peter McCardle
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 832
|second = Heather Simpson
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Hobson
|incumbent = Ross Meurant
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 2,697
|second = Frank Grover
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Horowhenua
|incumbent = Hamish Hancock
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Judy Keall
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 2,347
|second = Hamish Hancock
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result new
|electorate = Howick
|winner = Trevor Rogers
|winner-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 5,754
|second = James Clarke
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Invercargill
|incumbent = Rob Munro
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Mark Peck
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 1,174
|second = Rob Munro
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Island Bay
|incumbent = Elizabeth Tennet
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 5,422
|second = Chris Shields
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Kaimai
|incumbent = Robert Anderson
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 372
|second = Peter Brown
|second-party = New Zealand First
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Kaipara
|incumbent = Lockwood Smith
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 2,958
|second = Rosalie Steward
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Kapiti
|incumbent = Roger Sowry
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 1,038
|second = Rob Calder
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = King Country
|incumbent = Jim Bolger
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 4,506
|second = Murray Simpson
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Lyttelton
|incumbent = Gail McIntosh
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Ruth Dyson
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 677
|second = David Carter
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Manawatu
|incumbent = Hamish MacIntyre{{refn|group=nb|Hamish MacIntyre left National in 1992, joining the Liberal Party which became part of the Alliance}}
|incumbent-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
|winner = Jill White
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 164
|second = Gray Baldwin
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Māngere
|incumbent = David Lange
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 5,958
|second = Len Richards
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Manurewa
|incumbent = George Hawkins
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 4,014
|second = Mark Chalmers
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Marlborough
|incumbent = Doug Kidd
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 2,548
|second = Ron Howard
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result new
|electorate = Matakana
|winner = Graeme Lee
|winner-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 893
|second = John Neill
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Matamata
|incumbent = John Luxton
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 5,977
|second = John Pemberton
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Miramar
|incumbent = Graeme Reeves
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Annette King
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 2,595
|second = Graeme Reeves
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Mount Albert
|incumbent = Helen Clark
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 4,656
|second = Vanessa Brown
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Napier
|incumbent = Geoff Braybrooke
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 4,926
|second = Colleen Pritchard
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Nelson
|incumbent = John Blincoe
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 2,007
|second = Margaret Emerre
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = New Lynn
|incumbent = Jonathan Hunt
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 1,598
|second = Cliff Robinson
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = New Plymouth
|incumbent = John Armstrong
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Harry Duynhoven
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 3,126
|second = John Armstrong
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = North Shore
|incumbent = Bruce Cliffe
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 4,723
|second = Joel Cayford
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Onehunga
|incumbent = Grahame Thorne
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Richard Northey
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 407
|second = Grahame Thorne
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result new
|electorate = Onslow
|winner = Peter Dunne
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 1,065
|second = George Mathew
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Otago
|incumbent = Warren Cooper
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 3,220
|second = Janet Yiakmis
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Otara
|incumbent = Trevor Rogers
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Taito Phillip Field
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 5,981
|second = Shane Frith
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Pahiatua
|incumbent = John Falloon
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 5,178
|second = Margo Martindale
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Pakuranga
|incumbent = Maurice Williamson
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 5,460
|second = Heather MacKay
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Palmerston North
|incumbent = Steve Maharey
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 3,764
|second = Barbara Stones
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Panmure
|incumbent = Judith Tizard
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 3,277
|second = Bruce Jesson
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Papakura
|incumbent = John Robertson
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 484
|second = Nancy Hawks
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Papatoetoe
|incumbent = Ross Robertson
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 5,977
|second = Jim Wild
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Pencarrow
|incumbent = Sonja Davies
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|winner = Trevor Mallard
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 2,641
|second = Rosemarie Thomas
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Porirua
|incumbent = Graham Kelly
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 6,713
|second = Lagi Sipeli
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Raglan
|incumbent = Simon Upton
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 4,540
|second = Bill Harris
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result new
|electorate = Rakaia
|winner = Jenny Shipley
|winner-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 4,540
|second = John Howie
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Rangiora
|incumbent = Jim Gerard
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 4,469
|second = Maureen Little
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Rangitīkei
|incumbent = Denis Marshall
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 3,422
|second = Bob Peck
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Remuera
|incumbent = Doug Graham
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 8,619
|second = Mary Tierney
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Roskill
|incumbent = Gilbert Myles{{refn|group=nb|Gilbert Myles left National in 1991, becoming Independent, then joining the Liberal Party, which became part of the Alliance, finally New Zealand First in 1992–93}}
|incumbent-party = New Zealand First
|winner = Phil Goff
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 2,205
|second = Allan Spence
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Rotorua
|incumbent = Paul East
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 429
|second = Keith Ridings
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Selwyn
|incumbent = Ruth Richardson
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 888
|second = Ron Mark
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = St Albans
|incumbent = David Caygill
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 3,425
|second = Raewyn Dawson
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = St Kilda
|incumbent = Michael Cullen
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 5,071
|second = Leah McBey
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Sydenham
|incumbent = Jim Anderton
|incumbent-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
|majority = 7,476
|second = Greg Coyle
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Tāmaki
|incumbent = Clem Simich
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 7,951
|second = Richard Green
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Taranaki
|incumbent = Roger Maxwell
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 4,871
|second = Stephen Wood
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Tarawera
|incumbent = Max Bradford
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 4,155
|second = Gordon Dickson
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Tasman
|incumbent = Nick Smith
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 4,059
|second = Geoff Rowling
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Tauranga
|incumbent = Winston Peters{{refn|group=nb|Winston Peters had been an Independent since the {{By-election link|Tauranga|1993}}.}}
|incumbent-party = Independent politician
|winner = Winston Peters
|winner-party = New Zealand First
|majority = 7,924
|second = John Cronin
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Te Atatū
|incumbent = Brian Neeson
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Chris Carter
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 1,388
|second = Laila Harré
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Timaru
|incumbent = Maurice McTigue
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Jim Sutton
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 2,940
|second = Maurice McTigue
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Titirangi
|incumbent = Marie Hasler
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Suzanne Sinclair
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 340
|second = Marie Hasler
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Tongariro
|incumbent = Ian Peters
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Mark Burton
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 1,951
|second = Ian Peters
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Waikaremoana
|incumbent = Roger McClay
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 4,021
|second = Gregg Sheehan
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Waikato
|incumbent = Rob Storey
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 2,286
|second = Susan Moore
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Waipa
|incumbent = Katherine O'Regan
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 3,730
|second = John Kilbride
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Wairarapa
|incumbent = Wyatt Creech
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 2,229
|second = Peter Teahan
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result new
|electorate = Waitakere
|winner = Brian Neeson
|winner-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 3,180
|second = Barbara Hutchinson
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Waitaki
|incumbent = Alec Neill
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 53
|second = Bruce Albiston{{refn|group=nb|Albiston was first on election night for Waitaki, but lost when special votes were included}}
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Waitotara
|incumbent = Peter Gresham
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 4,545
|second = K F Lehmstedt
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Wallace
|incumbent = Bill English
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 5,578
|second = Lesley Soper
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Wanganui
|incumbent = Cam Campion{{refn|group=nb|Campion became an Independent on 3 March 1993}}
|incumbent-party = Independent politician
|winner = Jill Pettis
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 3,371
|second = Gael Donoghue
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result new
|electorate = Wellington-Karori
|winner = Pauline Gardiner
|winner-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 480
|second = Chris Laidlaw
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = West Coast
|incumbent = Margaret Moir
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|winner = Damien O'Connor
|winner-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 2,920
|second = Margaret Moir
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Western Hutt
|incumbent = Joy Quigley
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 1,542
|second = Vern Walsh
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Whangarei
|incumbent = John Banks
|incumbent-party = New Zealand National Party
|majority = 1,587
|second = Mark Furey
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Yaldhurst
|incumbent = Margaret Austin
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 2,997
|second = David Watson
|second-party = New Zealand National Party
}}
|-
|colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | Māori electorates
|-
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Eastern Maori
|incumbent = Peter Tapsell
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 6,666
|second = Alamein Kopu
|second-party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
}}
{{NZ electorate result change
|electorate = Northern Maori
|incumbent = Bruce Gregory
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|winner = Tau Henare
|winner-party = New Zealand First
|majority = 416
|second = Bruce Gregory
|second-party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Southern Maori
|incumbent = Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 6,340
|second = Jules Parkinson
|second-party = New Zealand First
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold
|electorate = Western Maori
|incumbent = Koro Wētere
|incumbent-party = New Zealand Labour Party
|majority = 3,777
|second = Ricky Taiaroa
|second-party = New Zealand First
}}
|}
Table footnotes:
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=Summary of changes=
Based on the 1991 New Zealand census, an electoral redistribution was carried out; the last one had been carried out in 1987 based on the previous census in 1986.{{sfn|McRobie |1989 |p=127}} This resulted in the abolition of nine electorates, and the creation of eleven new electorates. Through an amendment in the Electoral Act in 1965, the number of electorates in the South Island was fixed at 25, so the new electorates increased the number of the North Island electorates by two.{{sfn|McRobie |1989 |p=111}} In the South Island, one electorate was abolished ({{NZ electorate link|Ashburton}}), and one electorate was recreated ({{NZ electorate link|Rakaia}}). In the North Island, five electorates were newly created ({{NZ electorate link|Eastern Bay of Plenty}}, {{NZ electorate link|Far North}}, {{NZ electorate link|Howick}}, {{NZ electorate link|Matakana}}, and {{NZ electorate link|Wellington-Karori}}), five electorates were recreated ({{NZ electorate link|Franklin}}, Hauraki, {{NZ electorate link|Henderson}}, {{NZ electorate link|Onslow}}, and {{NZ electorate link|Waitakere}}), and eight electorates were abolished ({{NZ electorate link|Bay of Islands}}, {{NZ electorate link|Clevedon}}, {{NZ electorate link|Coromandel}}, {{NZ electorate link|East Cape}}, {{NZ electorate link|Maramarua}}, {{NZ electorate link|Ohariu}}, {{NZ electorate link|Wellington Central}}, and {{NZ electorate link|West Auckland}}).
In many cases an MP from an abolished seat stood for, and was elected to a new one that broadly covered their previous electorate.
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Colspan=2|Abolished Electorate | colspan=2| MP relocated | New Electorate |
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|Ashburton}}
|{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|Jenny Shipley |{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|Rakaia}} | ||
| bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|Bay of Islands}}
|{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|John Carter |{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|Far North}} | ||
| bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|Clevedon}}
|{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|Warren Kyd |{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|Hauraki | ||
| bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|Coromandel}}
|{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|Graeme Lee |{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|Matakana}} | ||
| bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|East Cape}}
|{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|Tony Ryall |{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|Eastern Bay of Plenty}} | ||
| bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|Maramarua}}
|{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|Bill Birch |{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|Franklin}} | ||
| bgcolor={{New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|Ohariu}}
|{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shading}}|Peter Dunne |{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|Onslow}} | ||
| bgcolor={{New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|West Auckland}}
|{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shading}}|Jack Elder |{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|Henderson}} | ||
| colspan=5|One MP from an abolished electorate failed to win a new electorate | ||
| bgcolor={{New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shading}} rowspan=2|{{NZ electorate link|Wellington Central}}
|rowspan=2| |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|Pauline Gardiner {{Y}} |rowspan=2| |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}} rowspan=2|{{NZ electorate link|Wellington-Karori}} | ||
| bgcolor={{New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shading}}|Chris Laidlaw {{N}} | ||
| colspan=5|Due to boundary changes, two MPs moved to safer new electorates | ||
| Colspan=2|Marginal Electorate | colspan=2| MP relocated | New Electorate |
| {{NZ electorate link|Te Atatu}}
|{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|Brian Neeson |{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|Waitakere}} | ||
| {{NZ electorate link|Otara}}
|{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|Trevor Rogers |{{arrow}} |bgcolor={{New Zealand National Party/meta/shading}}|{{NZ electorate link|Howick}} |
New electorates.
- Eastern Bay of Plenty – most of the abolished East Cape seat, plus part of Tarawera. Won by former East Cape MP Tony Ryall.
- Far North – most of the abolished Bay of Islands seat. Won by former Bay of Islands MP John Carter.
- Franklin – part of the abolished Maramarua seat and part of Papakura. Won by former Maramarua MP Bill Birch.
- Hauraki – parts of the abolished Clevedon, Maramarua, and Coromandel seats. Won by former Clevedon MP Warren Kyd.
- Henderson – parts taken from the West Auckland, Te Atatu, and Titirangi electorates. Won by former West Auckland MP Jack Elder (Labour).
- Howick – the eastern part of the Otara seat. Won by former Otara MP Trevor Rogers (National).
- Matakana – part of the abolished Coromandel seat. Won by former Coromandel MP Graeme Lee.
- Onslow – the core of the abolished Ohariu seat. Won by former Ohariu MP Peter Dunne (Labour).
- Rakaia – the abolished Ashburton seat, plus part of the Selwyn seat. Won by former Ashburton MP Jenny Shipley (National).
- Waitakere – chiefly, the abolished seat of West Auckland. Won by former Te Atatu MP Brian Neeson (National).
- Wellington-Karori – the abolished Wellington Central seat, plus part of the abolished Ohariu seat. Won by new National MP Pauline Gardiner.
The seats of Gisborne, Hamilton East, Hamilton West, Hastings, Horowhenua, Invercargill, Lyttelton, Manawatu, Miramar, New Plymouth, Onehunga, Otara, Roskill, Te Atatu, Timaru, Titirangi, Tongariro, Wanganui and West Coast were won from the National Party by Labour challengers. Seventeen of these seats (Gisborne, Hamilton East, Hamilton West, Hastings, Horowhenua, Lyttelton, Manawatu, Miramar, New Plymouth, Onehunga, Otara, Roskill, Te Atatu, Titirangi, Tongariro, Wanganui & the West Coast) had been won by National from Labour in 1990, so were one-term National seats.
- The seat of Auckland Central was won from the Labour Party by an Alliance challenger. The challenger was Sandra Lee and the defeated incumbent was Richard Prebble.
- The seat of Northern Maori was won from the Labour Party by a New Zealand First challenger. The challenger was Tau Henare and the defeated incumbent was Bruce Gregory.
- The seat of Awarua passed from an incumbent National MP to a new National MP.
- The seat of Pencarrow passed from an incumbent Labour MP to a new Labour MP.
Post-election events
A number of local by-elections were required due to the resignation of incumbent local body politicians following their election to Parliament:
- A by-election to the Auckland City Council was caused after Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward councillor Sandra Lee resigned her seat after she was elected MP for {{NZ electorate link|Auckland Central}}, necessitating a by-election to fill the council vacancy. The by-election was won by Gordon Hodson.{{cite news |work=The New Zealand Herald |page=10 |title=Lee ally wins her seat on city council |date=30 May 1994 }}
Notes
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References
- {{cite book |title=Electoral Atlas of New Zealand |last=McRobie |first=Alan |year=1989 |publisher=GP Books |location=Wellington |isbn=0-477-01384-8}}
- {{cite book |last= Temple |first= Philip |title= Temple's Guide to the 44th New Zealand Parliament |year= 1994 |publisher= McIndoe Publishers |location= Dunedin |isbn= 0-86868-159-8 }}
- {{cite tech report |ref={{sfnref|Election results|1993}} |title=Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place |publisher=Chief Electoral Office |year=1993}}
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