1925 New Zealand general election

Template:Infobox election The 1925 New Zealand general election was held 4 November (the Māori vote had taken place the previous day) to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 22nd session of the New Zealand Parliament.

The result was a landslide victory for the Reform Party. A total number of 678,877 (90.02%) voters turned out to vote. In one seat (Bay of Plenty) there was only one candidate.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

In 1922, registration as an elector was made compulsory for all those eligible (except Māori).

Results

Gordon Coates continued as Prime Minister, with his Reform Party winning an outright majority of 30. Leonard Isitt and George Witty were both appointed to the Legislative Council by Gordon Coates on 28 October 1925; shortly before the election on 4 November. Both were Liberals but their retirement removed "a source of some bitterness from the Party's ranks".Template:Sfn Gordon Coates was Reform, and both of their former seats went to Reform candidates.

After the election both Labour and Liberals held 11 seats. A tie at 4,900 votes each in Template:NZ electorate link (between the Labour and Reform candidates) was eventually settled in Labour's favour on 13 March 1926. After winning the 15 April Template:By-election link in Template:NZ electorate link, Labour became the official opposition.Template:Sfn

Party totals

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Election results
Party		Candidates	Total votes	Percentage	Seats won
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	72	324,239	47.18	55
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	58	187,610	27.30	12
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	52	143,931	20.94	11
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	5	2,398	0.35	0
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	10	29,107	4.24	2
Total		202	687,285		80

Votes summary

Popular Vote Reform   47.18% Labour   27.30% Liberal   20.94% Country   0.35% Independent   4.24%

Parliament seats Reform   68.75% Labour   15.00% Liberal   13.75% Independent   2.50%

Electorate results

The election results were as follows:

Key

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References

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External links

• Labour Party candidates 1925 (photomontage)