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Parties making up Parliament, 1984–2023

Choose election year:

  • 1984

  • 1987

  • 1990

  • 1993

  • 1996

  • 1999

  • 2002

  • 2005

  • 2008

  • 2011

  • 2014

  • 2017

  • 2020

  • 2023

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Click on the dates to see which parties were represented in New Zealand's parliament from 1984 to 2023. The mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system was introduced in 1996.

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Peter Aimer, Labour Party – Fourth, fifth and sixth Labour governments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/34046/parties-making-up-parliament-1984-2023 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peter Aimer, published 31 October 2011, updated 1 January 2023.