1905 New Zealand general election

The 1905 New Zealand general election was held on Wednesday, 6 December in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 20 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 16th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 412,702 voters turned out, with 396,657 (83.25% of the electoral roll) voting in the European electorates.

1905 general election
6 (general) & 20 December (Māori) 1905
All 80 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives
41 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout83.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Richard Seddon William Massey George Laurenson
Party Liberal Conservative New Liberal
Leader since 28 April 1893 11 September 1903 1905
Leader's seat Westland Franklin Lyttelton
Last election 47 seats 19 seats not yet founded
Seats before 42 seats 21 seats 4
Seats won 58 16 2
Seat change 16 5 2
Popular vote 219,144 122,572 15,721
Percentage 53.1 29.7 3.8
Swing 1.3 9.1 3.8
Results of the election.
Premier before election

Richard Seddon
Liberal

 Subsequent Premier

Richard Seddon
Liberal

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