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"Seats in the House of Representatives, 1996–2023"						
					
Election year	Government parties	Seats	Other parties	Seats	Seats total 
1996	National	44	Labour	37	120
	New Zealand First	17	Alliance	13	
			United NZ	1	
			ACT	8	
					
Election year	Government parties	Seats	Other parties	Seats	Seats total 
1999	Labour	49	National	39	120
	Alliance*	10	ACT	9	
	Green*	7	United NZ	1	
			New Zealand First	5	
* The Alliance signed a coalition agreement with the Labour Party. The Green Party signed a confidence and supply agreement with the Labour-led government.					
					
Election year	Government parties	Seats	Other parties	Seats	Seats total 
2002	Labour	52	National	27	120
	Progressive*	2	ACT	9	
	UnitedFuture*	8	New Zealand First	13	
	Green*	9			
* The Progressive Party signed a coalition agreement with the Labour Party. UnitedFuture signed a confidence and supply agreement with the Labour-led government. The Green Party formed a cooperation agreement with the Labour-led government.					
					
Election year	Government parties	Seats	Other parties	Seats	Seats total 
2005	Labour	50	National	48	121
	Progressive*	1	ACT	2	
	New Zealand First*	7	Maori	4	
	UnitedFuture*	3			
	Green*	6			
* The Progressive Party signed a coalition agreement with the Labour Party. New Zealand First and UnitedFuture signed confidence and supply agreements with the Labour-led government. The Green Party signed a co-operation agreement with the Labour-led government.										
Election year	Government parties	Seats	Other parties	Seats	Seats total 
2008	National	58	Labour	43	122
	ACT*	5	Progressive	1	
	UnitedFuture*	1	Green	9	
	Maori*	5			
* Signed a confidence and supply agreement with the National Party.					
					
Election year	Government parties	Seats	Other parties	Seats	Seats total 
2011	National	59	Labour	34	121
	ACT*	1	Green	14	
	UnitedFuture*	1	New Zealand First	8	
	Maori*	3	Mana Party	1	
* Signed a confidence and supply agreement with the National Party.					
					
Election year	Government parties	Seats	Other parties	Seats	Seats total 
2014	National	60	Labour	32	121
	Maori*	2	Green	14	
	UnitedFuture*	1	New Zealand First	11	
	ACT*	1			
* Signed a confidence and supply agreement with the National Party.					
					
Election year	Government parties	Seats	Other parties	Seats	Seats total 
2017	Labour	46	National	56	120
	New Zealand First*	9	ACT	1	
	Green*	8			
* New Zealand First signed a coalition agreement with Labour. The Green Party signed a confidence and supply agreement with the Labour-led government.					
					
Election year	Government parties	Seats	Other parties	Seats	Seats total 
2020	Labour	65	National	33	120
	Green*	10	ACT	10	
			Maori	2	
* The Green Party formed a cooperation agreement with the majority Labour Party.					
					
Election year	Government parties	Seats	Other parties	Seats	Seats total 
2023	National	49	Labour	34	123
	ACT*	11	Greens	15	
	New Zealand First*	8	Te Pati Maori	6	
* National signed coalition agreements with ACT and New Zealand First.					


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