election · 12 October 1996

The first MMP general election

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1996 MMP election: elected parties

Electoral Commission · The first MMP election, paragraph 2

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Election dates and House sizes, 1853–2020

Electoral Commission · Official results table

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1996 official overall results

Electoral Commission · Part I summary and State of the Parties

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1996 official party-vote matrix national totals

Electoral Commission · Part V: Combined Totals; only national totals admitted

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Historical polling dates, enrolment and turnout

Electoral Commission · 1853–2020 election table; historical enrolment and turnout notes. Weekday labels are excluded; the 2020 enrolment cell is superseded by the separate official control.

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Historical election dates and statistical notes

Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage · Notes 1–9: nomination and polling periods, separate Māori polls, registration exclusions, turnout definitions and second ballots

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