1943 New Zealand general election

The 1943 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 27th term. With the onset of World War II, elections were initially postponed, but it was eventually decided to hold a general election in September 1943, around two years after it would normally have occurred. The election saw the governing Labour Party re-elected by a comfortable margin, although the party nevertheless lost considerable ground to the expanding National Party.

1943 New Zealand general election
24 (Māori) & 25 September (general) 1943
All 80 seats in the New Zealand Parliament
41 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Peter Fraser Sidney Holland
Party Labour National
Leader since 4 April 1940 26 November 1940
Leader's seat Wellington Central Christchurch North
Last election 53 seats, 55.8% 25 seats, 40.3%
Seats won 45 34
Seat change 8 9
Popular vote 447,919 402,887
Percentage 47.6% 42.8%
Swing 8.2% 2.5%
Results of the election.
Prime Minister before election

Peter Fraser
Labour

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Peter Fraser
Labour

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