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{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2015}}
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2005 New Zealand general election
| country = New Zealand
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = 2002 New Zealand general election
| previous_year = 2002
| outgoing_members = 47th New Zealand Parliament
| next_election = 2008 New Zealand general election
| next_year = 2008
| seats_for_election = All 121 seats in the [[New Zealand House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], including one [[overhang seat]]
| majority_seats = 61
| election_date = {{start date|2005|9|17|df=y}}
| elected_mps = [[48th New Zealand Parliament|members]]
| turnout = 2,304,005 (80.92%) {{increase}}3.94%
| opinion_polls = Opinion polling for the 2005 New Zealand general election
| 1blank = Electorate vote
| 3blank = Party vote
<!-- Labour -->| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Helen Clark 2.jpg|bSize = 170|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 5|oLeft = 30}}
| colour1 =
| leader1 = [[Helen Clark]]
| leader_since1 = [[1993 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election|1 December 1993]]
| party1 = New Zealand Labour Party
| leaders_seat1 = [[Mount Albert (New Zealand electorate)|Mount Albert]]
| last_election1 = 52 seats, 41.26%
| seats_before1 = 51
| seats1 = '''50'''
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 1
| 1data1 = 902,072<br>40.35% <br>{{decrease}}4.34
| 3data1 = '''935,319<br>41.10%''' <br>{{decrease}} 0.16
<!-- National -->| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Don Brash 2011 - edited.png|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| colour2 =
| leader2 = [[Don Brash]]
| leader_since2 = [[2003 New Zealand National Party leadership election|28 October 2003]]
| party2 = New Zealand National Party
| leaders_seat2 = [[Party-list proportional representation|List]]
| last_election2 = 27 seats, 20.93%
| seats_before2 = 27
| seats2 = 48
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 21
| 1data2 = '''902,874<br>40.38%'''<br> {{increase}}9.80
| 3data2 = 889,813<br>39.10% <br>{{increase}} 18.17
<!-- NZF -->| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Winston Peters cropped.PNG|bSize = 150|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 10}}
| colour3 =
| leader3 = [[Winston Peters]]
| leader_since3 = 18 July 1993
| party3 = New Zealand First
| leaders_seat3 = [[Party-list proportional representation|List]]<br />''(lost [[Tauranga (New Zealand electorate)|Tauranga]])''
| last_election3 = 13 seats, 10.38%
| seats_before3 = 13
| seats3 = 7
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 6
| 1data3 = 78,117<br>3.49% <br>{{decrease}}0.49
| 3data3 = 130,115<br>5.72% <br>{{decrease}} 4.66
<!-- Green -->| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Rod Donald and Jeanette Fitzsimons (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| colour4 =
| leader4 = [[Rod Donald]]<br />[[Jeanette Fitzsimons]]
| leader_since4 = 21 May 1995<!-- same date for both -->
| party4 = Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
| leaders_seat4 = [[Party-list proportional representation|List]]<br />[[Party-list proportional representation|List]]
| last_election4 = 9 seats, 7.00%
| seats_before4 = 9
| seats4 = 6
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 3
| 1data4 = 92,164<br>4.12% <br>{{decrease}}1.23
| 3data4 = 120,521<br>5.30% <br>{{decrease}} 1.70
<!-- Maori -->| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Tariana and Pita at Maori Party Launch 2005 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| colour5 =
| leader5 = [[Tariana Turia]]<br />[[Pita Sharples]]
| leader_since5 = 7 July 2004
| party5 = Māori Party
| leaders_seat5 = [[Te Tai Hauāuru]]<br />[[Tāmaki Makaurau (New Zealand electorate)|Tāmaki Makaurau]]
| last_election5 = –
| seats_before5 = 1
| seats5 = 4
| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 3
| 1data5 = 75,076<br>3.36%<br>''new''
| 3data5 = 48,263<br> 2.12%<br>''new''
<!-- United Future --->| image6 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Peter Dunne.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| colour6 =
| leader6 = [[Peter Dunne]]
| leader_since6 = 16 November 2000
| party6 = United Future New Zealand
| leaders_seat6 = [[Ohariu-Belmont (New Zealand electorate)|Ohariu-Belmont]]
| last_election6 = 8 seats, 6.69%
| seats_before6 = 8
| seats6 = 3
| seat_change6 = {{decrease}} 5
| 1data6 = 63,486<br>2.84% <br>{{decrease}}1.52
| 3data6 = 60,860<br>2.67% <br>{{decrease}} 4.02
<!-- ACT --->| image7 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Rodney Hide at parliament.JPG|bSize = 300|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 40|oLeft = 90}}
| colour7 =
| leader7 = [[Rodney Hide]]
| leader_since7 = 13 June 2004
| party7 = ACT New Zealand
| leaders_seat7 = [[Epsom (New Zealand electorate)|Epsom]]
| last_election7 = 9 seats, 7.14%
| seats_before7 = 9
| seats7 = 2
| seat_change7 = {{decrease}} 7
| 1data7 = 44,071<br>1.97% <br>{{decrease}}1.58
| 3data7 = 34,469<br>1.51% <br>{{decrease}} 5.63
| image8 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Jim Anderton, 2010.jpg|bSize = 190|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 10}}
| colour8 =
| leader8 = [[Jim Anderton]]
| leader_since8 = 27 July 2002
| party8 = New Zealand Progressive Party
| leaders_seat8 = [[Wigram (New Zealand electorate)|Wigram]]
| last_election8 = 2 seats, 1.70%
| seats_before8 = 2
| seats8 = 1
| seat_change8 = {{decrease}} 1
| 1data8 = 36,638<br>1.64% <br>{{decrease}}0.20
| 3data8 = 26,441<br>1.16% <br>{{decrease}} 0.54
| map_image = 2005 New Zealand general election - Results.svg
| map_size = 450px
| map_caption = Results by electorate, shaded by winning margin
| title = [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Subsequent Prime Minister
| before_election = [[Helen Clark]]
| after_election = [[Helen Clark]]
| before_party = New Zealand Labour Party
| after_party = New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{wikinews|Results of the 2005 New Zealand General Election}}
The '''2005 New Zealand general election'''
No [[political party|party]] won a majority, but the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] of [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] [[Helen Clark]] secured two more seats than nearest rival, the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] of Dr [[Don Brash]]. With the exception of the newly formed [[Māori Party]], which took four [[Māori electorates]] from Labour, most of the other parties polled lower than in the previous election, losing votes and seats.
Brash deferred conceding defeat until 1 October, when National's election-night 49 seats fell to 48 after special votes were counted. The official count increased the Māori Party share of the party vote above 2%, entitling them to three rather than two seats from the party vote. With four electorate seats, the election night [[overhang seats|overhang]] of two seats was reduced to one, and as National had the 120th seat allocated under the party vote, National lost one list seat (that of [[Katrina Shanks]]) that they appeared to have won on election night.{{sfn|Levine|Roberts|2007|pp=91,92}}
The election was a strong recovery for National which won 21 more seats than at the [[2002 New Zealand general election|2002 election]], where it suffered its worst result in its history, and the highest party vote percentage for the party since 1990; indeed, National saw its first vote share gain since 1990. Despite its resurgence, National failed to displace Labour as the largest party in Parliament. National's gains apparently came mainly at the expense of smaller parties, while Labour won only two seats less than in 2002.
On 17 October, Clark announced a new coalition agreement that saw the return of her [[minority government]] coalition with the [[New Zealand Progressive Party|Progressive Party]], with [[confidence and supply]] support from [[New Zealand First]] and from [[United Future New Zealand|United Future]]. New Zealand First parliamentary leader [[Winston Peters]] and United Future parliamentary leader [[Peter Dunne]] became ministers of the Crown outside [[Cabinet of New Zealand|Cabinet]], Peters as [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] and Dunne as Minister of Revenue. The [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green Party]] which had supported Labour before the election received no cabinet post (see below), but gained several concessions from the coalition on matters such as energy and transport, and agreed to support the government on matters of [[confidence and supply]]. This was the second time that Labour won three consecutive elections, and to date it is the only time it has won three consecutive peacetime elections.
==The election==
The total votes cast in 2005 was 2,304,005 (2,164,595 & 139,510 Māori). Turnout was 80.92% of those on the rolls, or 77.05% of voting age population. Turnout was higher than in the previous 2002 election (72.5% and 76.98% respectively), and the Māori roll turnout at 67.07% was significantly higher than 2002 (57.5%).{{sfn|Levine|Roberts|2007|pp=84,85}}
In the election 739 candidates stood, and there were 19 registered parties with party lists. Of the candidates, 525 were electorate and list, 72 were electorate only and 142 were list only. All but 37 represented registered parties (on the list or in the electorate or both). Only 35 candidates from registered parties chose to stand as an electorate candidate only. 71% of candidates (523) were male and 29% (216) female; the same percentages as in 2002.{{sfn|Levine|Roberts|2007|p=87}}
Labour had achieved a third term in office for the first time since 1943.
===MPs retiring in 2005===
Eight MPs intended to retire at the end of the 47th Parliament.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2| Party !! Name !! Electorate
|-
| rowspan=2 width=3 style="background-color: {{party color|ACT New Zealand}}" |
| rowspan=2| [[ACT New Zealand|ACT]]
| [[Deborah Coddington]] || (List)
|-
| [[Richard Prebble]] || (List)
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand}}" |
| [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green]]
| [[Ian Ewen-Street]] || (List)
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
| rowspan=2| [[New Zealand National Party|National]]
| [[Lynda Scott]] || [[Kaikōura (New Zealand electorate)|Kaikoura]]
|-
| [[Roger Sowry]] || (List)
|-
| rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
| rowspan=3| [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]
| [[Helen Duncan (politician)|Helen Duncan]] || (List)
|-
| [[Janet Mackey]] || [[East Coast (New Zealand electorate)|East Coast]]
|-
| [[Mark Peck]] || [[Invercargill (New Zealand electorate)|Invercargill]]
|}
== Detailed results ==
===Parliamentary parties===
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of the 17 September 2005 election for the [[New Zealand House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]<ref name="results">{{cite web |url= https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2005/e9/html/statistics.html |title= 2005 GENERAL ELECTION – OFFICIAL RESULTS AND STATISTICS |website= ElectionResults.govt.nz |publisher= Electoral Commission |date= 21 October 2020 |access-date= 15 September 2021 |archive-date= 17 January 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200117212045/http://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2005/e9/html/statistics.html |url-status= live }}</ref>
}}
| colspan=12 align=center| [[File:2005 New Zealand general election - composition chart.svg|300px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 style="width:213px;" | Party
! Colspan=3 | Party vote
! Colspan=3 | Electorate vote
! Colspan=4 | Seats
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Votes
! %
! Change<br>([[Percentage points|pp]])
! Votes
! %
! Change<br>([[Percentage points|pp]])
! List
! Electorate
! Total
! +/-
|-
| {{party name with colour|New Zealand Labour Party}}
| 935,319
| 41.10
| {{decrease}}0.16
| 902,072
| 40.35
| {{decrease}}4.34
| 19
| 31
| '''50'''
| {{decrease}}2
|-
| {{party name with colour|New Zealand National Party}}
| 889,813
| 39.10
| {{increase}}18.17
| 902,874
| 40.38
| {{increase}}9.84
| 17
| 31
| '''48'''
| {{increase}}21
|-
| {{party name with colour|New Zealand First}}
| 130,115
| 5.72
| {{decrease}}4.66
| 78,117
| 3.49
| {{decrease}}0.49
| 7
| 0
| '''7'''
| {{decrease}}6
|-
| {{party name with colour|Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand}}
| 120,521
| 5.30
| {{decrease}}1.70
| 92,164
| 4.12
| {{decrease}}1.23
| 6
| 0
| '''6'''
| {{decrease}}3
|-
| {{party name with colour|Māori Party}}
| 48,263
| 2.12
| ''new''
| 75,076
| 3.36
| ''new''
| 0
| 4
| '''4'''
| ''new''
|-
| {{party name with colour|United Future}}
| 60,860
| 2.67
| {{decrease}}4.02
| 63,486
| 2.84
| {{decrease}}1.52
| 2
| 1
| '''3'''
| {{decrease}}5
|-
| {{party name with colour|ACT New Zealand}}
| 34,469
| 1.51
| {{decrease}}5.63
| 44,071
| 1.97
| {{decrease}}1.58
| 1
| 1
| '''2'''
| {{decrease}}7
|-
| {{party name with colour|Jim Anderton's Progressive Party}}
| 26,441
| 1.16
| {{decrease}}0.54
| 36,638
| 1.64
| {{decrease}}0.20
| 0
| 1
| '''1'''
| {{decrease}}1
|-
| {{party name with colour|Destiny New Zealand}}
| 14,210
| 0.62
| ''new''
| 17,608
| 0.79
| ''new''
| 0
| 0
| 0
| ''new''
|-
| {{party name with colour|Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party}}
| 5,748
| 0.25
| {{decrease}}0.39
| 2,601
| 0.12
| {{decrease}}0.05
| 0
| 0
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{party name with colour|Christian Heritage New Zealand}}
| 2,821
| 0.12
| {{decrease}}1.23
| 1,296
| 0.06
| {{decrease}}1.99
| 0
| 0
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{party name with colour|Alliance (New Zealand political party)}}
| 1,641
| 0.07
| {{decrease}}1.20
| 1,901
| 0.09
| {{decrease}}1.60
|
| 0
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{party name with colour|New Zealand Family Rights Protection Party}}
| 1,178
| 0.05
| ''new''
| 1,045
| 0.05
| ''new''
| 0
| 0
| 0
| ''new''
|-
| {{party name with colour|New Zealand Democratic Party}}
| 1,079
| 0.05
| ''new''
| 565
| 0.03
| ''new''
| 0
| 0
| 0
| ''new''
|-
|{{party name with color|Libertarianz}}
| 946
| 0.04
| {{increase}}0.04
| 781
| 0.03
| {{steady}}
| 0
| 0
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{party name with colour|Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand}}
| 782
| 0.03
| ''new''
| 1,934
| 0.09
| ''new''
|
| 0
| 0
| ''new''
|-
| {{party name with colour|99 MP Party}}
| 601
| 0.03
| ''new''
| —
| —
| —
| 0
| 0
| 0
| ''new''
|-
|{{party name with color|One New Zealand Party}}
| 478
| 0.02
| {{decrease}}0.07
| 214
| 0.01
| {{decrease}}0.12
|
| 0
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{party name with colour|The Republic of New Zealand Party}}
| 344
| 0.02
| ''new''
| 131
| 0.01
| ''new''
| 0
| 0
| 0
| ''new''
|-
| style="background-color:#ffffff" |
| style="text-align:left;" |Unregistered parties
| —
| —
| —
| 1,466
| 0.07
| {{decrease}}0.12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}
| —
| —
| —
| 11,829
| 0.53
| {{decrease}}0.22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
! colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Valid votes
! 2,275,629
! 98.77
! {{decrease}}0.07
! 2,235,869
! 97.04
! {{decrease}}0.05
! Colspan=4 |
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Informal votes
| 10,561
| 0.46
| {{increase}}0.04
| 24,801
| 1.08
| {{decrease}}0.21
| Colspan=4 |
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Disallowed votes
| 17,815
| 0.77
| {{increase}}0.03
| 43,335
| 1.88
| {{increase}}0.26
| Colspan=4 |
|-
! colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Total
! 2,304,005
! 100
!
! 2,304,005
! 100
!
! 52
! 69
! 121
! {{increase}}1
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Eligible voters and Turnout
| 2,847,396
| 80.92
| {{increase}}3.94
| 2,847,396
| 80.92
| {{increase}}3.94
| Colspan=4 |
|}<section end=Results />
The election saw an 81% voter turnout.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2005/e9/html/e9_part9_1.html |title=General Statistics |publisher=Electionresults.govt.nz |access-date=2017-09-07 |archive-date=22 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122164023/http://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2005/e9/html/e9_part9_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
The results of the election give a [[Gallagher Index|Gallagher index of disproportionality]] of 1.11.
==
{{bar box
| title=Constituency Vote
| titlebar=#ddd
| width=600px
| barwidth=410px
| bars=
{{bar percent|'''National'''|{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}|40.38}}
{{bar percent|Labour|{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}|40.35}}
{{bar percent|Green|{{party color|Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand}}|4.12}}
{{bar percent|NZ First|{{party color|New Zealand First}}|3.49}}
{{bar percent|Māori|{{party color|Māori Party}}|3.36}}
{{bar percent|United Future|{{party color|United Future New Zealand}}|2.84}}
{{bar percent|ACT|{{party color|ACT New Zealand}}|1.97}}
{{bar percent|Progressive|{{party color|New Zealand Progressive Party}}|1.64}}
{{bar percent|Others|#777777|1.85}}
}}
{{bar box
| title=Party Vote
| titlebar=#ddd
| width=600px
| barwidth=410px
| bars=
{{bar percent|'''Labour'''|{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}|41.10}}
{{bar percent|National|{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}|39.10}}
{{bar percent|NZ First|{{party color|New Zealand First}}|5.72}}
{{bar percent|Green|{{party color|Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand}}|5.30}}
{{bar percent|United Future|{{party color|United Future New Zealand}}|2.67}}
{{bar percent|Māori|{{party color|Māori Party}}|2.12}}
{{bar percent|ACT|{{party color|ACT New Zealand}}|1.51}}
{{bar percent|Progressive|{{party color|New Zealand Progressive Party}}|1.16}}
{{bar percent|Others|#777777|1.31}}
}}
{{bar box
| title=Parliament seats
| titlebar=#ddd
| width=600px
| barwidth=410px
| bars=
{{bar percent|'''Labour'''|{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}|41.32}}
{{bar percent|National|{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}|39.67}}
{{bar percent|NZ First|{{party color|New Zealand First}}|5.79}}
{{bar percent|Green|{{party color|Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand}}|4.96}}
{{bar percent|Māori|{{party color|Māori Party}}|3.31}}
{{bar percent|United Future|{{party color|United Future New Zealand}}|2.48}}
{{bar percent|ACT|{{party color|ACT New Zealand}}|1.65}}
{{bar percent|Progressive|{{party color|New Zealand Progressive Party}}|0.83}}
}}
=== Electorate results ===
[[File:2005 New Zealand general election - electorate results.png|thumb|right|596px|Party affiliation of winning electorate candidates.]]
The table below shows the results of the 2005 general election:
<!-- The table is sorted alphabetically by electorate. -->
'''Key:'''
{| <!--in order of first appearance-->
|-
|{{Party index link|New Zealand Labour Party}}
|{{Party index link|New Zealand National Party}}
|{{Party index link|ACT New Zealand}}
|{{Party index link|United Future}}
|-
|{{Party index link|New Zealand First}}
|{{Party index link|Jim Anderton's Progressive Party}}
|{{Party index link|Māori Party}}
|}
{{NZ electorate result start|Electorate results for the 2005 New Zealand general election}}
{{NZ electorate result change |electorate= Aoraki
|incumbent= [[Jim Sutton]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party
|winner= [[Jo Goodhew]] |winner-party= New Zealand National Party |majority = 6,937
|second= [[Jim Sutton]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Auckland Central
|incumbent= [[Judith Tizard]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority = 3,884
|second= [[Pansy Wong]] |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Banks Peninsula
|incumbent= [[Ruth Dyson]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority = 1,923
|second= [[David Carter (politician)|David Carter]] |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Bay of Plenty
|incumbent= [[Tony Ryall]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party|majority = 13,584
|second= Pauline Scott |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Christchurch Central
|incumbent= [[Tim Barnett (politician)|Tim Barnett]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority = 7,836
|second= [[Nicky Wagner]] |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Christchurch East
|incumbent= [[Lianne Dalziel]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority = 11,973
|second= David Round |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Clevedon
|incumbent= [[Judith Collins]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party|majority = 12,871
|second= [[Dave Hereora]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Clutha-Southland
|incumbent= [[Bill English]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party|majority = 13,032
|second= David Talbot |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Coromandel
|incumbent= [[Sandra Goudie]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party |majority =10,578
|second= Max Purnell |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Dunedin North
|incumbent= [[Pete Hodgson]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority = 7,630
|second= [[Katherine Rich]] |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Dunedin South
|incumbent= [[David Benson-Pope]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority = 10,640
|second= Conway Powell |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change |electorate= East Coast
|incumbent= [[Janet Mackey]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party
|winner= [[Anne Tolley]] |winner-party= New Zealand National Party |majority = 1,219
|second= [[Moana Mackey]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= East Coast Bays
|incumbent= [[Murray McCully]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party |majority = 7,286
|second= Hamish McCracken |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change |electorate= Epsom
|incumbent= [[Richard Worth]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party
|winner= [[Rodney Hide]]|winner-party= ACT New Zealand |majority = 3,102
|second= [[Richard Worth]] |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change |electorate= Hamilton East
|incumbent= [[Dianne Yates]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party
|winner= [[David Bennett (New Zealand politician)|David Bennett]] |winner-party= New Zealand National Party|majority = 5,298
|second= [[Dianne Yates]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Hamilton West
|incumbent= [[Martin Gallagher]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority = 825
|second= [[Tim Macindoe]] |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Helensville
|incumbent= [[John Key]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party |majority = 12,778
|second= Judy Lawley |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Hutt South
|incumbent= [[Trevor Mallard]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 5,740
|second= Rosemarie Thomas |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Ilam
|incumbent= [[Gerry Brownlee]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 7,821
|second= Julian Blanchard |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change |electorate= Invercargill
|incumbent= [[Mark Peck]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party
|winner= [[Eric Roy (politician)|Eric Roy]] |winner-party= New Zealand National Party|majority= 2,052
|second= Wayne Harpur |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change |electorate= Kaikoura
|incumbent= [[Lynda Scott]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party
|winner= [[Colin King]] |winner-party= New Zealand National Party|majority= 4,675
|second= [[Brendon Burns (politician)|Brendon Burns]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Mana
|incumbent= [[Winnie Laban]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 6,734
|second= [[Chris Finlayson]] |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Mangere
|incumbent= [[Taito Phillip Field]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 16,020
|second= [[Clem Simich]] |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Manukau East
|incumbent= [[Ross Robertson]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 9,890
|second= Ken Yee |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Manurewa
|incumbent= [[George Hawkins (politician)|George Hawkins]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 11,707
|second=Fepulea'i Aiono |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Maungakiekie
|incumbent= [[Mark Gosche]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 6,450
|second= [[Paul Goldsmith (politician)|Paul Goldsmith]] |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Mount Albert
|incumbent= [[Helen Clark]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 14,749
|second= Ravi Musuku |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Mount Roskill
|incumbent= [[Phil Goff]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 9,895
|second= [[Jackie Blue]] |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change |electorate= Napier
|incumbent= [[Russell Fairbrother]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party
|winner= [[Chris Tremain]] |winner-party= New Zealand National Party|majority= 3,591
|second= [[Russell Fairbrother]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Nelson
|incumbent= [[Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)|Nick Smith]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 10,226
|second= Jen McCutcheon |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= New Lynn
|incumbent= [[David Cunliffe]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 8,078
|second= Mita Harris |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= New Plymouth
|incumbent= [[Harry Duynhoven]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party|majority= 5,439
|second= Moira Irving |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= North Shore
|incumbent= [[Wayne Mapp]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 9,701
|second= [[Phil Twyford]]|second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change |electorate= Northcote
|incumbent= [[Ann Hartley]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party
|winner= [[Jonathan Coleman (politician)|Jonathan Coleman]] |winner-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 2,383
|second= [[Ann Hartley]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Northland
|incumbent= [[John Carter (New Zealand politician)|John Carter]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 9,275
|second= [[Shane Jones]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Ohariu-Belmont
|incumbent= [[Peter Dunne]] |incumbent-party= United Future|majority= 7,702
|second= [[Charles Chauvel (politician)|Charles Chauvel]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change |electorate= Otago
|incumbent= [[David Parker (New Zealand politician)|David Parker]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party
|winner= [[Jacqui Dean]] |winner-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 1,995
|second= [[David Parker (New Zealand politician)|David Parker]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Otaki
|incumbent= [[Darren Hughes]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 382
|second= [[Nathan Guy]] |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Pakuranga
|incumbent= [[Maurice Williamson]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 9,582
|second= [[Michael Wood (New Zealand politician)|Michael Wood]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Palmerston North
|incumbent= [[Steve Maharey]]|incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 5,500
|second= Malcolm Plimmer |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Piako
|incumbent= [[Lindsay Tisch]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 8,351
|second= [[Sue Moroney]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Port Waikato
|incumbent= [[Paul Hutchison (politician)|Paul Hutchison]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 13,498
|second= [[Louisa Wall]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Rakaia
|incumbent= [[Brian Connell]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 10,448
|second= Tony Milne |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Rangitikei
|incumbent= [[Simon Power (politician)|Simon Power]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 9,660
|second= Marilyn Brown |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Rimutaka
|incumbent= [[Paul Swain (politician)|Paul Swain]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 8,277
|second= Mike Leddy |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Rodney
|incumbent= [[Lockwood Smith]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 11,536
|second= Tony Dunlop |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Rongotai
|incumbent= [[Annette King]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 12,638
|second= Nicola Young |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Rotorua
|incumbent= [[Steve Chadwick]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 662
|second= Gil Stehbens |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change|electorate= Tamaki
|incumbent= [[Clem Simich]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 9,510
|winner= [[Allan Peachey]] |winner-party= New Zealand National Party
|second= Leila Boyle |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Taranaki-King Country
|incumbent= [[Shane Ardern]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 13,118
|second= [[Maryan Street]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Taupo
|incumbent= [[Mark Burton (politician)|Mark Burton]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 1,285
|second= Weston Kirton |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change |electorate= Tauranga
|incumbent= [[Winston Peters]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand First
|winner= [[Bob Clarkson]] |winner-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 730
|second= [[Winston Peters]]|second-party= New Zealand First
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Te Atatu
|incumbent= [[Chris Carter (New Zealand politician)|Chris Carter]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 10,447
|second= [[Tau Henare]] |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change |electorate= Tukituki
|incumbent= [[Rick Barker]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party
|winner= [[Craig Foss]] |winner-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 2,402
|second= Rick Barker |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Waimakariri
|incumbent= [[Clayton Cosgrove]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party|majority= 5,606
|second= [[Kate Wilkinson (politician)|Kate Wilkinson]] |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change |electorate= Wairarapa
|incumbent= [[Georgina Beyer]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party
|winner= [[John Hayes (New Zealand politician)|John Hayes]] |winner-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 2,752
|second= Denise MacKenzie |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Waitakere
|incumbent= [[Lynne Pillay]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 4,942
|second= [[Paula Bennett]] |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Wellington Central
|incumbent= [[Marian Hobbs]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 6,180
|second= [[Mark Blumsky]] |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold|electorate= West Coast-Tasman
|incumbent= [[Damien O'Connor]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party|majority= 2,154
|second= [[Chris Auchinvole]]|second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change |electorate= Whanganui
|incumbent= [[Jill Pettis]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party
|winner= [[Chester Borrows]] |winner-party= New Zealand National Party |majority= 2,402
|second= Jill Pettis|second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Whangarei
|incumbent= [[Phil Heatley]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand National Party|majority= 9,089
|second= Paul Chalmers |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Wigram
|incumbent= [[Jim Anderton]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Progressive Party|majority= 8,548
|second= Allison Lomax |second-party= New Zealand National Party
}}
|-
| colspan="10" style="background:#eee; text-align:center;"| '''Māori electorates'''
|-
! Electorate !! colspan=2 | Incumbent !! colspan=2 | Winner !! Majority !! colspan=2 | Runner up
|-
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate=Ikaroa-Rāwhiti
|incumbent= [[Parekura Horomia]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party|majority= 1,932
|second= Atareta Poananga |second-party= Māori Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Tainui
|incumbent= [[Nanaia Mahuta]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party|majority= 1,860
|second= [[Angeline Greensill]] |second-party= Māori Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change |electorate= Tāmaki Makaurau
|incumbent= [[John Tamihere]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party|majority= 2,127
|winner= [[Pita Sharples]] |winner-party= Māori Party
|second= [[John Tamihere]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Te Tai Hauāuru
|incumbent= [[Tariana Turia]] |incumbent-party= Māori Party|majority= 5,113
|second= Errol Mason |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change |electorate= Te Tai Tokerau
|incumbent= [[Dover Samuels]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party|majority= 3,613
|winner= [[Hone Harawira]] |winner-party= Māori Party
|second= [[Dover Samuels]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result hold |electorate= Te Tai Tonga
|incumbent= [[Mahara Okeroa]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party|majority= 2,503
|second= Monte Ohia |second-party= Māori Party
}}
{{NZ electorate result change|electorate= Waiariki
|incumbent= [[Mita Ririnui]] |incumbent-party= New Zealand Labour Party |majority= 2,871
|winner= [[Te Ururoa Flavell]] |winner-party= Māori Party
|second= [[Mita Ririnui]] |second-party= New Zealand Labour Party
}}
|}
===List results===
[[File:New Zealand Party Vote, 2005.png|thumb|left|596px|Highest polling party in each electorate.]]
{{clear}}
MPs returned via party lists, and unsuccessful candidates, were as follows:<ref name="2005 successful">{{cite web |title=Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties |url=http://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2005/e9/html/e9_part3_1.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |access-date=26 August 2013 |archive-date=21 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121005417/http://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2005/e9/html/e9_part3_1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="2005 unsuccessful">{{cite web |title=Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties |url=https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2005/e9/html/e9_part3_2.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |access-date=26 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-date=22 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122164113/http://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2005/e9/html/e9_part3_2.html}}</ref>
{{Main|Party lists in the 2005 New Zealand general election}}
{| style="width:95%;"
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''Labour'''
| style="width:67%; background:#ffe8e8;"|[[Michael Cullen (politician)|Michael Cullen]]<br />[[Margaret Wilson]]<br />[[Dover Samuels]]<br />[[Jim Sutton]]<sup>2</sup><br />[[Mita Ririnui]]<br />[[Rick Barker]]<br />[[Jill Pettis]]<br />[[Ashraf Choudhary]]<br />[[Shane Jones]]<br />[[Dianne Yates]]<sup>2</sup><br />[[Ann Hartley]]<sup>2</sup><br />[[Georgina Beyer]]<sup>2</sup><br />[[Maryan Street]]<br />[[David Parker (New Zealand politician)|David Parker]]<br />[[Russell Fairbrother]]<br />[[Dave Hereora]]<br />[[Moana Mackey]]<br />[[Sue Moroney]]<br />[[Darien Fenton]]
|-
| style="background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': [[Charles Chauvel (politician)|Charles Chauvel]]<sup>1</sup>, [[Lesley Soper]]<sup>1</sup>, [[Louisa Wall]]<sup>1</sup>, [[William Sio]]<sup>1</sup>, [[Brendon Burns (politician)|Brendon Burns]], Hamish McCracken, Denise MacKenzie, Max Purnell, Thomas Harpur, Leila Boyle, Dinesh Tailor, [[Phil Twyford]], Jennifer McCutcheon, Chris Yoo, [[Michael Wood (New Zealand politician)|Michael Wood]], Linda Hudson, [[Stuart Nash]], Tony Milne, David Talbot, Marilyn Brown, [[Anjum Rahman]], Eamon Daly, Judy Lawley, Michael Mora, Erin Ebborn-Gillespie, Ailian Su, Ghazala Anwar, Paul Gibson, Kelly-Ann Harvey, [[Camille Nakhid]], Ola Kamel, Andrea Bather
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''National'''
| style="width:67%; background:#def;"|[[Don Brash]]<sup>2</sup><br />[[David Carter (politician)|David Carter]]<br />[[Katherine Rich]]<br />[[Tim Groser]]<br />[[Richard Worth]]<br />[[Clem Simich]]<br />[[Georgina te Heuheu]]<br />[[Pansy Wong]]<br />[[Chris Finlayson]]<br />[[Nicky Wagner]]<br />[[Tau Henare]]<br />[[Chris Auchinvole]]<br />[[Mark Blumsky]]<br />[[Kate Wilkinson (politician)|Kate Wilkinson]]<br />[[Nathan Guy]]<br />[[Jackie Blue]]<br />[[Paula Bennett]]
|-
| style="background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': [[Katrina Shanks]]<sup>1</sup>, Fepulea'i Aiono, Ravi Musuku, Moira Irving, Mita Harris, Michael Leddy, Conway Powell, David Round, Gilbert Stehbens, Kenneth Yee, [[Paul Goldsmith (politician)|Paul Goldsmith]], Malcolm Plimmer, Nicola Young, [[Tim Macindoe]], Allison Lomax, Weston Kirton, Rosemarie Thomas
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''New Zealand First'''
| style="width:67%; background:#d5d5d5;"|[[Winston Peters]]<br />[[Peter Brown (New Zealand politician)|Peter Brown]]<br />[[Brian Donnelly (New Zealand politician)|Brian Donnelly]]<sup>2</sup><br />[[Ron Mark]]<br />[[Doug Woolerton]]<br />[[Barbara Stewart (politician)|Barbara Stewart]]<br />[[Pita Paraone]]
|-
| style="background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': [[Susan Baragwanath]], [[Jim Peters (politician)|Jim Peters]], [[Dail Jones]]<sup>1</sup>, [[Craig McNair]], [[Edwin Perry]], [[Bill Gudgeon]], [[Brent Catchpole]], [[Joe Williams (Cook Islands politician)|Joe Williams]], John Foote, [[Fletcher Tabuteau]], Alan Heward, Kristin Campbell Smith, Bryan Lundy, David Fowler, Brendan Stewart, Brett Webster, Bob Daw, Murray Strawbridge, Moetu Davis, Toa Greening, David Mackie, Anne Martin, Julian Batchelor, Chis Perry, Lindy Palmer, Brian Roswell, Matua Glen, James Mist, Howard Levarko, Paul Manning, Timothy Manu, Kevin Gardener, Graham Odering
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''Greens'''
| style="width:67%; background:#cfc;"|[[Jeanette Fitzsimons]]<br />[[Rod Donald]]<sup>2</sup><br />[[Sue Bradford]]<br />[[Sue Kedgley]]<br />[[Keith Locke]]<br />[[Metiria Turei]]
|-
| style="background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': [[Nándor Tánczos]]<sup>12</sup>, [[Mike Ward (New Zealand politician)|Mike Ward]], [[Catherine Delahunty]], [[Russel Norman]]<sup>1</sup>, [[Steffan Browning]], [[David Clendon]], Lucinda Highfield, Jonathan Carapiet, [[Roland Sapsford]], [[Mojo Mathers]], Mikaere Curtis, Paul Bruce, Jeanette Elley, Muamua Strickson-Pua, Richard Davies, Lois Griffiths, Natalie Cutler-Welsh, Jane Pearce, Lawrence O'Halloran, Richard Green, Claire Bleakley, Irene Bentley, Craig Carson, Nicola Harvey, Moea Armstrong, Steve Bayliss, Laura Beck, Sarah Brown, Terence Creighton, John Davis, Katherine Dewar, James Diack, Ruth Earth, Kathryn Elsen, Graham Evans, Nicholas Fisher, Robert Guyton, Daniel Howard, Philippa Jamieson, Stephen Lee, Alan Liefting, Mary McCammon, John Milnes, Michael Morris, Noel Peterson, Paul Qualtrough, Jacob Rawls, Raewyn Saville, Ian Stephens, Richard Suggate, Peter Thomlinson
|-
| style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''Māori'''
| style="width:67%; background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': Atareta Poananga, [[Simon Wi Rutene]], Glenis Philip-Barbara, Robert Consedine, Pakake Winiata, Te Whiti Love, [[Angeline Greensill]], William Maea, Monte Ohia, Te Orohi Paul, Bronwyn Yates, Charles Joe, [[Mama Tere Strickland|Teremoananuiakiwa Tahere]], Malcolm Peri, Anthony Ruakere, Ratapu Te Awa, Brett Cowan, Josephine Peita, Anne Fitzsimon, Abraham Hepi, Ngahiwi Tomoana, [[Tureiti Moxon]], [[Aroha Reriti-Crofts]], John Harré, Rangi McLean, Tell Kuka, Bill Puru, Mere Rawiri-Tau, Richard Orzecki, Maraea Ropata, Robert Hosking, Daryl Gregory, Rangi Tawhiao, Andre Meihana, Solomon Matthews, Adell Dick, Georgina Haremate-Crawford, Raewyn Harrison, Cecilia Hotene, Alice Hudson, Reimana Johnson, Rahuia Kapa, David King, Aaron Makutu, Kelvin Martin, Merehora Taurua, Frances Waaka, Henrietta Walker
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''United Future'''
| style="width:67%; background:#f9d9f9;"|[[Judy Turner]]<br />[[Gordon Copeland]]
|-
| style="background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': [[Marc Alexander]], [[Larry Baldock]], [[Murray Smith (New Zealand politician)|Murray Smith]], [[Paul Check]], Janet Tuck, [[Bernie Ogilvy]], [[Graeme Reeves]], Russell Judd, Hannah Baral, Joy Lietze, Neville Wilson, Richard Barter, Stephen Taylor, Ian McInnes, Ross Tizard, Fiona McKenzie, Andrew Barr, John Walker, Ram Parkash, Ralph Kennard, Jayati Prasad, Vanessa Roberts, Gerald Telford, Robin Loomes, Robyn Jackson, Anthony Gordon, Gregory Graydon, Martyn Seddon, Bernard McClelland, Beth Stone, Robin Westley, Rosemary Drake, Gordon Hinton, Michael Satur, Diane Brown, Steven Dromgool, Andrea Deeth, Mark Peters, Mary Moffat, Dennis Wells, Milton Osborne, Garry Pedersen, William Pickering, Adam Archer, Neil Linscott, Barry Hayes, Janita Stuart, Dianne Wilson, James Rudd, Peter Mountain, Stuart Robertson, John van Buren, Jeffrey Leigh, Matthew Collier
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''ACT'''
| style="width:67%; background:#ffff80;"|[[Heather Roy]]
|-
| style="background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': [[Muriel Newman]], [[Stephen Franks]], [[Graham Scott (public servant)|Graham Scott]], [[Ken Shirley]], [[Kenneth Wang (politician)|Kenneth Wang]], [[Gerry Eckhoff]], Lindsay Mitchell, Bronwyn Jacobsen, Simon Ewing-Jarvie, [[Jo Giles]], Willie Martin, David Olsen, Hamish Stevens, Andrew Jollands, Hardev Singh Brar, Lech Beltowski, Ian Beker, Christopher Brown, Kevin Gill, John Waugh, Dianne Dawson, Kevin Murray, Stephen Langford-Tebby, Gavin Middleton, John Fraser, Frances Denz, Elizabeth Barkla, Nigel Chetty, Scott Clune, Michael Collins, Tetauru Emile, [[Andrew Falloon]], Michael Heine, Kerry O'Connor, [[David Seymour]], Helen Simpson, Philip White, Alan Wilden, Andrew Stone, Barbara Steinijans, John Riddell, Carl Peterson, Andre Peters, Julie Pepper, Thomas McClelland, Alexander Mann, Michelle Lorenz, Nigel Kearney, Nicholas Kearney, Mark Davies, Stephen Cox, Raymond Bassett, Brian Davidson, Rebekah Holdaway, Shirley Marshall, Patrick O'Sullivan, [[Garry Mallett]]
|-
| style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''Progressive'''
| style="background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': [[Matt Robson]], [[Grant Gillon]], [[Megan Woods]], [[John Wright (New Zealand politician)|John Wright]], Sione Fonua, Vivienne Shepherd, Ngov Ly, Fatima Ashrafi, Barry Wilson, Fale Leleisiuao, Russell Franklin, Paula Gillon, Philip Clearwater, Trevor Barnard, Raghbir Singh, Brenda Hill, Fiona Beazley, Russell Caldwell, David Reeks, John Maurice, Seyed Kazemi Yazdi, Heka Heker, Veronique Stewart-Ward, Zemin Zhang, Julian Aaron, Sukerna Amirapu, Annette Anderson, Sukhdev Bains, Peter Banks, James Boyack, Ian Donald, Lewis Holland, Karandeep Lall, Jacqueline McAlpine, Claire Main, Philippa Main, James Palmer, Max Panirau, David Parkyn, Elizabeth Patchett, Talatala Po'e, Pavitra Roy, Elspeth Sandys, Anthony Sharrock, Barry Silcock, Karen Silcock, David Somerset, [[Petronella Townsend]], Martin Vaughan, Jennifer Wilson
|-
| style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''Destiny'''
| style="width:67%; background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': [[Richard Lewis (New Zealand politician)|Richard Lewis]], David Jesze, Elaine Herbert, Hayden Solomon, Nigel Heslop, Etuate Saafi, Anita Breach, Charles Te Kowhai, David Knight, Hawea Vercoe, Neils Jensen, Sophie Hemahema-Tamati, Rodney Gabb, James Te Wano, Stephen Sinnott, Frances Williamson, Kerin Roberts, Peter Johnston, John Kotoisuva, Karen Penney, Colin Ranby, [[Tala Leiasamaivao]], Paul Hubble, Roberta Maxwell, Tony Harrison, David Daglish, Jason Thomson, Maru Samuel, Stephen Brown, William Sadler, Patrick Morton, Ned So'e, David Isaachsen, Mason Lee, Stanley Green, Patrick Komene, Anthony Ford, Maureen Vincent, Albert Wipani, Brian Ane, Tauha Te Kani, Douglas Keven
|-
| style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''Legalise Cannabis'''
| style="width:67%; background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': [[Michael Appleby (politician)|Michael Appleby]], Michael Britnell, Judy Daniels, Paula Lambert, Irinka Britnell, Kevin O'Connell, Paul McMullan, Steven Wilkinson, Judy Matangi, Jason Baker-Sherman, Peter Green, Neville Yates, Phillip Pophristoff
|-
| style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''Christian Heritage'''
| style="width:67%; background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': [[Ewen McQueen]], Derek Blight, Nicholas Barber, Betty Jenkins, Mark Jones, Joy Jones
|-
| style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''Alliance'''
| style="width:67%; background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': [[Jill Ovens]], [[Paul Piesse]], Andrew McKenzie, [[Julie Fairey]], Kane O'Connell, Leonard Richards, [[Jim Flynn (academic)|Jim Flynn]], [[Victor Billot]], Margaret Jeune, Robert van Ruyssevelt, Thomas Dowie, Christopher Ford, Quentin Findlay, Kelly Buchanan, Joseph Hendren, Gail Marmont, Alexander Protheroe, Gregory Kleis, Sandra Ethell, Colin Pounder, Robert Harrison, Peta Knibb, Marvin Hubbard, Shirley Haslemore, Norman MacRitchie, Eric Gamble, Lynda Boyd, Jocelyn Brooks, Nicholas Corlett, Nicolas Scullin
|-
| style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''Family Rights Protection'''
| style="width:67%; background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': Tafe Williams, Tapu Po-Wihongi, Christine Reid, Lale Ene-Ulugia, John Ulberg, Anne Kerisome Zekaria Strickland, Siniva Papali'i, Amelia Fepulea'i, Tangata Greig, Te Paeru Browne-Knowles, Papali'i Malietoa, Edward Ulberg, Etevise Fuiava, Souvenir Sanerivi, Manogitulua Livapulu-Head, Kearlene Ulberg, Christie Greig, Rafaele Vaifale
|-
| style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''Democrats for Social Credit'''
| style="width:67%; background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': [[Stephnie de Ruyter]], John Pemberton, David Wilson, [[Richard Prosser]], John Steemson, Katherine Ransom, John Kilbride, Graham Atkin, Heather Smith, David Tranter, Edgar Goodhue, Malcolm Murchie, Ross Weddell, David Espin, Ross Hayward, Bruce Stirling, Karl Hewlett, Ronald England, Kelly Pemberton, Robert Warren, David Wood, Mary Weddell, Allen Cookson, Barry Pulford, Hessel van Wieren, Alida Steemson, Edward Fox, Coralie Leyland, John Rawson
|-
| style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''Libertarianz'''
| style="width:67%; background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': [[Bernard Darnton]], Julian Pistorius, Timothy Wikiriwhi, Susan Ryder, Peter Cresswell, Colin Cross, Helen Hughes, Russell Watkins, Peter Linton, Michael Webber, Robin Thomsen, Philip Howison, Michael Murphy, Faustina White, Andrew Bates, Richard Goode, Luke Howison, Christopher Robertson, Peter Osborne, Barry Cole, Donald Rowberry, Willem Verhoeven, Elliot Smith, Nikolas Haden, Terence Verhoeven, Keith Patterson, Kenneth Riddle, Robert Palmer
|-
| style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''Direct Democracy'''
| style="width:67%; background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': [[Kelvyn Alp]], Paul Teio, Dilip Rupa, Patrick Fahy, Michael Francis-Roberson, Simon Guy, Gary Burch, Kevin Smith, Kevin Moore, [[Kyle Chapman (New Zealand activist)|Kyle Chapman]], Rex Newey, Gregory Trichon, Alona Covich, Eugene Opai, Seira Perese, Tin Yau Chan, Helen Koster, Craig Stratton, Alastair Anderson, Anton Foljambe, Robert T Atack, Leanne Martinovich, Grant Burch, Howard Ponga, Edward Sullivan, Colin Punter, Mel Whaanga, Jason Anderson, Jason Orme, Barry Scott, Scott Burch, Craig Guy
|-
| style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''99MP'''
| style="width:67%; background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': Margaret Robertson, Ramasmy Ramanathan
|-
| style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''One NZ'''
| style="width:67%; background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': Ian Brougham, Richard Fisher, James White, John Porter, Janet Walters, Lanya Murray
|-
| style="background:#e5e5e5; width:33%; text-align:center;"|'''Republic of NZ'''
| style="width:67%; background:#eee;font-size:87%;"|'''Unsuccessful''': Kerry James, Wayne Hawkins, Debra Potroz, Jack Gielen, Steven Hart, Gilbert Parker
|}
;Notes:
# These party list members later entered parliament in the term as other list MPs elected resigned from parliament.
# These party list members later resigned during the parliamentary term.
==Changes during parliamentary term==
{| class=wikitable
|-
!width=100 colspan=2|Party !! width=150| New MP !! width=150| Term started !! width=100| Seat !! width=150| Previous MP
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand}}
|[[Nándor Tánczos]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{dts|format=dmy|2005|11|6}}
|List
|[[Rod Donald]]<sup>1</sup>
|-
| {{Party name with colour|New Zealand Labour Party}}
|[[Charles Chauvel (politician)|Charles Chauvel]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{dts|format=dmy|2006|8|1}}
|List
|[[Jim Sutton]]
|-
| {{Party name with colour|New Zealand National Party}}
|[[Katrina Shanks]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{dts|format=dmy|2007|2|7}}
|List
|[[Don Brash]]
|-
| {{Party name with colour|New Zealand Labour Party}}
|[[Lesley Soper]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{dts|format=dmy|2007|2|15}}
|List
|[[Georgina Beyer]]
|-
| {{Party name with colour|New Zealand First}}
|[[Dail Jones]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{dts|format=dmy|2008|2|15}}
|List
|[[Brian Donnelly (New Zealand politician)|Brian Donnelly]]<sup>2</sup>
|-
| {{Party name with colour|New Zealand Labour Party}}
|[[Louisa Wall]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{dts|format=dmy|2008|3|4}}
|List
|[[Ann Hartley]]
|-
| {{Party name with colour|New Zealand Labour Party}}
|[[William Sio]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{dts|format=dmy|2008|3|29}}
|List
|[[Dianne Yates]]
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand}}
|[[Russel Norman]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{dts|format=dmy|2008|6|26}}
|List
|[[Nándor Tánczos]]
|-
| {{Party name with colour|New Zealand National Party}}
|(vacant)
| style="text-align:right;" |{{dts|format=dmy|2008|8|31}}
|{{NZ electorate link|Rakaia}}
| [[Brian Connell]]<sup>3</sup>
|-
|width=650 style="padding:1em" colspan=6|
<sup>1</sup> Rod Donald died before being sworn in as MP.<br>
<sup>2</sup> Brian Donnelly was appointed as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the [[Cook Islands]].<br>
<sup>3</sup> Brian Connell retired from Parliament effective 31 August 2008, leaving his seat of Rakaia vacant.<br>
|-
|width=650 style="padding:1em" colspan=6|
[[Taito Phillip Field]], Labour MP for [[Māngere (New Zealand electorate)|Māngere]], quit the Labour party after being threatened with expulsion on 16 February 2007. He continued to serve as an MP, and formed the [[New Zealand Pacific Party]] in January 2008.
[[Gordon Copeland]], a United Future list MP, left the party to become an independent MP in May 2007, and contested the 2008 election as a candidate for [[The Kiwi Party]].
|}
== Party vote by electorate ==
{{further|List of electorates in the 2005 New Zealand general election by party vote}}
== Analysis of results ==
Going into the election, Labour had assurances of support from the Greens (six seats in 2005, down three from 2002) and from the Progressives (one seat, down one). This three-party bloc won 57 seats, leaving Clark four seats short of the 61 seats needed for a majority in the 121-seat Parliament (decreased from the expected 122 because the final results gave the Māori Party only one [[overhang seat]], after it appeared to win two overhang seats on election night). On 5 October the Māori Party began a series of [[Hui (Māori assembly)|hui]] to decide whom to support. That same day [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3432999a8153,00.html reports] emerged that a meeting between Helen Clark and Māori co-leader [[Tariana Turia]] on 3 October had already ruled out a formal coalition between Labour and the Māori Party. Māori Party representatives also held discussions with National representatives, but most New Zealanders thought the Māori Party more likely to give confidence-supply support to a Labour-dominated government because its supporters apparently heavily backed Labour in the party vote.
Had Turia and her co-leader [[Pita Sharples]] opted to join a Labour-Progressive-Green coalition, Clark would have had sufficient support to govern with support from a grouping of four parties (Labour, Green, Māori and Progressive). Without the Māori Party, Labour needed the support of New Zealand First (seven seats, down six) and United Future (three seats, down five) to form a government. New Zealand First said it would support (or at least abstain from opposing in confidence-motions) the party with the most seats. Clark sought from New Zealand First a positive commitment rather than abstention. United Future, which had supported the previous Labour-Progressive [[minority government]] in confidence and supply, said it would talk first to the party with the most seats about support or coalition. Both New Zealand First and United Future said they would not support a Labour-led coalition which included Greens in Cabinet posts. However, United Future indicated it could support a government where the Greens gave supply-and-confidence votes.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10346236">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/election-2005/news/article.cfm?c_id=1500891&objectid=10346236 |title=United's 'Mr Reasonable' makes withering attack on Green Party |author=Thomson, Ainsley |date=19 September 2005 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=30 October 2011 |archive-date=4 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804221945/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/election-2005/news/article.cfm?c_id=1500891&objectid=10346236 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Brash had only one possible scenario to become Prime Minister: a centre-right coalition with United Future and [[ACT New Zealand|ACT]] (two seats, down seven). Given the election results, however, such a coalition would have required the confidence-and-supply votes of both New Zealand First and the Māori Party. This appeared highly unlikely on several counts. New Zealand First's involvement in such a coalition would have run counter to Peters' promise to deal with the biggest party, and Turia and Sharples would have had difficulty in justifying supporting National after their supporters' overwhelming support for Labour in the party vote. Turia and Sharples probably remembered the severe mauling New Zealand First suffered in the [[1999 New Zealand general election|1999 election]]. (Many of its supporters in 1996 believed they had voted to get rid of National, only to have Peters go into coalition ''with'' National; New Zealand First has never really recovered.) Even without this to consider, National had indicated it would abolish the [[Maori seats]] if it won power.
The new government as eventually formed consisted of Labour and Progressive in coalition, while New Zealand First and United Future entered agreements of support on confidence and supply motions. In an unprecedented move, Peters and Dunne became Foreign Affairs Minister and Revenue Minister, respectively, but remained outside cabinet and had no obligatory [[cabinet collective responsibility]] on votes outside their respective portfolios.
[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/event/media.cfm?c_id=1500891&objectid=10346266&media=3 Possible government setups]
==
[[File:NZ election billboards.jpg|thumb|Election [[billboards]] advertise the parties and candidates standing nationwide and in each electorate]]
The governing [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] retained office at [[2002 New Zealand general election|2002 election]]. However, its junior coalition partner, the [[Alliance (New Zealand political party)|Alliance]], lost most of its support after internal conflict and disagreement and failed to win parliamentary representation. Labour formed a coalition with the new [[New Zealand Progressive Party|Progressive Coalition]], formed by former Alliance leader [[Jim Anderton]]. The Labour-Progressive coalition then obtained an agreement of support ("confidence and supply") from [[United Future New Zealand|United Future]], enabling it to form a stable minority government. The [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]], Labour's main opponents, suffered a major defeat, winning only 21% of the vote (22.5% of the seats), its weakest showing in an election.
The collapse of National's vote led ultimately to the replacement of its Parliamentary party leader [[Bill English]] with parliamentary newcomer [[Don Brash]], the former governor of the [[Reserve Bank of New Zealand]], on 28 October 2003. Brash began an aggressive campaign against the Labour-dominated government. A major boost to this campaign came with his "[[Orewa speech]]" (27 January 2004), in which he attacked the Labour-dominated government for giving "special treatment" to the [[Māori people|Māori]] population, particularly over the [[New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy|foreshore and seabed controversy]]. This resulted in a surge of support for the National Party, although most polls indicated that this subsequently subsided. National also announced it would not stand candidates in the [[Māori electorates]], with some smaller parties following suit.
The foreshore-and-seabed controversy also resulted in the establishment of the Māori Party in July 2004. The Māori Party hoped to break Labour's traditional (and then current) dominance in the Māori electorates, just as [[New Zealand First]] had done in the [[1996 New Zealand general election|1996 election]].
A large number of so-called "minor" parties also contested the election. These included [[Destiny New Zealand]] (the political branch of the [[Destiny Church (New Zealand)|Destiny Church]]) and the [[Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand|Direct Democracy Party]].
== Polls ==
[[File:Opinion_polls_New_Zealand_2005.svg|thumb|275px|[[Local regression]] of poll results from 27 July 2002 to 17 September 2005, with each line corresponding to a political party.
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
{{Legend-line|{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}} solid 5px|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]}}
{{Legend-line|{{party color|New Zealand National Party}} solid 5px|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]}}
{{Legend-line|{{party color|New Zealand First}} solid 5px|[[New Zealand First|NZ First]]}}
{{Legend-line|{{party color|ACT New Zealand}} solid 5px|[[ACT New Zealand|ACT]]}}
{{Legend-line|{{party color|Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand}} solid 5px|[[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green]]}}
{{Legend-line|{{party color|United Future New Zealand}} solid 5px|[[United Future New Zealand|United Future]]}}
{{Legend-line|{{party color|Māori Party}} solid 5px|[[Māori Party|Māori]]}}
}}]]
{{main|Opinion polling for the 2005 New Zealand general election}}
A series of opinion polls published in June 2005 indicated that the National Party had moved ahead of Labour for the first time since June 2004. Commentators speculated{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} that a prominent billboard campaign may have contributed to this. Some said{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} the National Party had peaked too early. The polls released throughout July showed once more an upward trend for Labour, with Labour polling about 6% above National. The release by the National Party of a series of [[tax reform|tax-reform]] proposals in August 2005 appeared to correlate with an increase in its ratings in the polls.
Direct comparisons between the following polls have no statistical validity:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!poll
!date
!Labour
!National
Line 103 ⟶ 1,086:
!Greens
|-
|[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/story.cfm?c_id=1500936&ObjectID=10342917 One News Colmar Brunton] ||
|-
|[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10343461 3 News TNS] ||
|-
|[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10343631 Herald DigiPoll] ||
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013231/http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3398256a14095,00.html Fairfax NZ/
|-
|[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10344059 One News Colmar Brunton] ||
|-
|[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10344486 3 News TNS] ||
|-
|[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10344765 Herald Digipoll] ||
|-
|[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10345035 Herald Digipoll] ||
|-
|[http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3406961a10,00.html ACNielsen-Sunday Star-Times] ||
|-
|[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/576182/610367 One News Colmar Brunton] ||
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20051203082928/http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3409630a14095,00.html Fairfax ACNielsen] ||
|-
|[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0509/S00238.htm 3 News TNS] ||
|-
|[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0509/S00239.htm TVNZ Colmar Brunton] ||
|-
|[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10345819 Herald Digipoll] ||
|}
== Candidates ==
For lists of candidates in the 2005 election see:
* [[Candidates in the 2005 New Zealand general election by electorate|Candidates grouped by electorate]]
* [[Candidates in the 2005 New Zealand general election by party|Candidates grouped by party list]]
== Major policy platforms ==
=== Labour Party ===
The Labour Party platform<ref>[http://labour.org.nz/Campaign-2005/C05-policies/index.html Labour web site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051031140951/http://labour.org.nz/Campaign-2005/C05-policies/index.html |date=31 October 2005 }}</ref> included:
* [[student loan]]s: writing off interest if the recipient stays in New Zealand
* [[health]]: a pledge of extra [[public hospital|public-hospital]] operations
* [[Treaty of Waitangi]]: accepting no lodgements for Treaty-claims after 1 September 2008
* increasing [[rates (tax)|rates]]-rebates
* a "[[KiwiSaver]]" program, aimed at getting first homeowners into their own homes
* sponsoring 5,000 new [[apprenticeship]]s
* increasing community police-force numbers by 250.
* a "[[Working for Families]]" tax-relief/benefit programme aimed at lower to middle-income families
=== National Party ===
The National Party campaigned on the platform of ([http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0509/S00247.htm National Party Press Release]):
* [[taxation]]: lowering income-tax rates. The party ran a television advertisement parodying the [[telethon]]s aired by TVNZ in the 1980s, rewording the telethon theme song "Thank you very much for your kind donation" (itself a cover of the 1967 The Scaffolds song "Thank U Very Much") to "Thank you very much for your high taxation"<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2005 |title=New take on old jingle to push tax message |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-take-on-old-jingle-to-push-tax-message/OAARY55JQ2HX3NKF3LUHT3NDHI/ |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Tara |date=2021-08-19 |title=Telethon was a glorious shambles that never slept |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/tv/19-08-2021/telethon-was-a-glorious-shambles-that-never-slept |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=The Spinoff}}</ref>
* removing references to the [[Treaty of Waitangi]] from existing legislation; and resolving all [[Treaty of Waitangi|treaty]] claims amicably by 2010
* by 1 April 2006, make [[student loan|student-loan]] repayments and $5000 of pre-school childcare costs recoupable to mainstream New Zealanders
* "reworking" the New Zealand [[Resource Management Act 1991]] to make [[economic development|development]] easier
* "removing excessive [[bureaucracy]]" in the education system, in particular by overhauling the [[National Certificate of Educational Achievement|NCEA]], and by re-introducing "bulk funding" of schools
* abolishing early [[parole]] for violent criminals. (As of 2005 most prisoners became eligible for parole after serving one-third of their sentence)
* a return to "market rents" for [[State housing in New Zealand|state-housing]] tenants, including a system of paying housing-subsidies (for the poorest tenants) directly to private landlords
* increase Nationwide Maths and English standards
* welfare Reform – reduce the waste of having 300,000 working age New Zealand adults on benefits and to ensure all of those on benefits really need the help
* a "work-for-the-[[Unemployment benefit|dole]]" scheme
* abolishing the [[Maori seats|Maori electorates]]
==
Postal voting for New Zealanders abroad began on 31 August. Ballot voting took place on Saturday 17 September, from 9{{nbsp}}am to 7{{nbsp}}pm. The Chief Electoral Office released a provisional result at 12:05{{nbsp}}am on 18 September.
== Party funding ==
New Zealand operates on a system whereby the Electoral Commission allocates funding for advertising on television and on radio. Parties must use their own money for all other forms of advertising, but may not use any of their own money for television or radio advertising.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:97%; width:350px;"
! Party !! Funding in 2005 Election
|-
|Labour || $1,100,000
Line 209 ⟶ 1,194:
| Patriot Party* || $10,000
|-
|[[The Republic
|}
<nowiki>*Must register for funding</nowiki><br />
Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20050422091056/http://www.elections.org.nz/broadcasting_decision_05.html#gen0 Electoral Commission]
== Controversies ==
{{main|2005 New Zealand election funding controversy}}
Police investigated six political parties for alleged breaches of election-spending rules relating to the 2005 election, but brought no prosecutions,<ref name="NZ_Herald_10373214">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10373214 |title=Labour escapes charges on pledge card but case found |author=Thomson, Ainsley |date=18 March 2006 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=30 October 2011 |archive-date=5 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805131544/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10373214 |url-status=live }}</ref>
determining that "there was insufficient evidence to indicate that an offence under s214b of the Electoral Act had been committed."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/2345.html |title=No prosecutions for electoral complaints |publisher=New Zealand Police |date=2006-03-17 |access-date=2017-09-07 |archive-date=19 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019094831/http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/2345.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
The [[Office of the Controller and Auditor-General|Auditor-General]] has also investigated publicly funded party-advertising for the 2005 election, with a leaked preliminary finding of much of the spending as unlawful. Observers expected the release of a final report in October 2006.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10400726">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10400726 |title=Report on election spending almost complete |author=Oliver, Paula |date=11 September 2006 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=30 October 2011 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055805/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10400726 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==Further reading==
* {{cite book |editor-first=Stephen |editor-last=Levine |editor2-first=Nigel S. |editor2-last=Roberts |year=2007 |title=The Baubles of Office: The New Zealand General Election of 2005 |___location=Wellington |publisher=Victoria University Press |isbn=978-0-86473-539-3}}
== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://
* [http://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2005/ 2005 General Election Results] from the Chief Electoral Office, Ministry of Justice
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050811001025/http://www.nzvotes.org/ nzvotes.org], comparative information on parties, candidates and electorates
* [
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050924060400/http://www.stuff.co.nz/election_2005.html Stuff.co.nz Election 2005 website]
* [http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/election2005.html Scoop Election 2005 website]
* [http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/E05CampaignDiary.html Scoop Election 2005 campaign diary]
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