1999 New Zealand general election

The 1999 New Zealand general election was held on 27 November 1999 to determine the composition of the 46th New Zealand Parliament. The governing National Party, led by Prime Minister Jenny Shipley, was defeated, being replaced by a coalition of Helen Clark's Labour Party and the smaller Alliance. This marked an end to nine years of the Fourth National Government, and the beginning of the Fifth Labour Government which would govern for nine years in turn, until its loss to the National Party in the 2008 general election. It was the first New Zealand election where both major parties had female leaders.

1999 New Zealand general election
27 November 1999 (1999-11-27)
All 120 seats in the House of Representatives
61 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout2,127,295 (84.77%) 3.51%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Helen Clark Jenny Shipley Jim Anderton
Party Labour National Alliance
Leader since 1 December 1993 8 December 1997 7 May 1995
Leader's seat Mount Albert Rakaia Wigram
Last election 37 seats, 28.19% 44 seats, 33.87% 13 seats, 10.10%
Seats won 49 39 10
Seat change 12 5 3
Electorate vote 854,736
41.75%
10.67		 641,361
31.92%
1.99		 141,322
6.90%
4.35
Party vote 800,199
38.74%
10.55		 629,932
30.50%
3.37		 159,859
7.74%
2.36
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Richard Prebble Rod Donald
Jeanette Fitzsimons		 Winston Peters
Party ACT Green NZ First
Leader since 24 March 1996 21 May 1995 18 July 1993
Leader's seat List
(lost Wellington Central)		 List
Coromandel		 Tauranga
Last election 8 seats, 6.10% Ran as part of Alliance 17 seats, 13.35%
Seats won 9 7 5
Seat change 1 7 12
Electorate vote 92,445
4.52%
0.77		 86,157
4.21%
New		 85,737
4.19%
9.30
Party vote 145,493
7.04%
0.94		 106,560
5.16%
New		 87,926
4.26%
9.09
  Seventh party
 
Leader Peter Dunne
Party United NZ
Leader since 13 December 1993
Leader's seat Ohariu Belmont
Last election 1 seat, 0.88%
Seats won 1
Seat change
Electorate vote 11,065
0.54%
0.34
Party vote 22,467
1.10%
0.97
Results by electorate, shaded by winning margin
Prime Minister before election

Jenny Shipley
National

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Helen Clark
Labour

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