Party Lists In The 1999 New Zealand General Election
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This page provides the party lists put forward in New Zealand's 1999 election. Party lists determine (in the light of proportional voting) the appointment of
list MP A list MP is a member of parliament (MP) elected from a party list rather than from by a geographical constituency. The place in Parliament is due to the number of votes that the party won, not to votes received by the MP personally. This occurs ...
s under the
mixed-member proportional Mixed-member proportional representation (MMP or MMPR) is a mixed electoral system in which votes cast are considered in local elections and also to determine overall party vote tallies, which are used to allocate additional members to produce ...
(MMP) electoral system. Only registered parties are eligible for the party vote and are required to submit party lists. Unregistered parties that are only contesting electorates do not have party lists.


Parliamentary parties

The following parties gained representation:


ACT New Zealand ACT New Zealand, known simply as ACT (), is a right-wing, classical-liberal political party in New Zealand. According to former party leader Rodney Hide, ACT's values are "individual freedom, personal responsibility, doing the best for our natur ...


Alliance An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...


Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...


Labour Party

The Labour Party had 60 candidates on their list.


National Party

The National Party had 64 candidates on their list.


New Zealand First New Zealand First ( mi, Aotearoa Tuatahi), commonly abbreviated to NZ First, is a nationalist and populist political party in New Zealand. The party formed in July 1993 following the resignation on 19 March 1993 of its leader and founder, Winst ...


United NZ Party


Unsuccessful registered parties

The following registered parties did not gain representation:


Animals First


Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (ALCP), also known as the Cannabis Party, is a political party in New Zealand. It is dedicated to removing or reducing restrictions on the use of cannabis and similar substances. Party history Cannabis in New ...


Christian Heritage Party


Freedom Movement


Future New Zealand The Christian Democrat Party of New Zealand was a Christian Social conservatism, socially conservative political party established in 1995. It contested the 1996 New Zealand general election, 1996 general election as part of the Christian Coalit ...


Libertarianz Libertarianz was a political party in New Zealand (hence the suffix -nz) that advocated libertarianism, favouring self-government and limiting the power of the government over the individual. Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism was a major in ...


McGillicuddy Serious


Mana Maori Movement


Mauri Pacific Mauri Pacific () was a short-lived political party in New Zealand. It was formed in 1998 by five former members of the New Zealand First party. It has often been described as a Māori party. Officially, Mauri Pacific was a multiculturalist party ...


Natural Law Party The Natural Law Party (NLP) is a transnational party founded in 1992 on "the principles of Transcendental Meditation", the laws of nature, and their application to all levels of government. At its peak, it was active in up to 74 countries; it con ...


NMP


OneNZ Party


Republican Party


South Island Party


The People's Choice Party


Te Tawharau Te Tawharau (roughly translated as "the shelter") was a Māori political party in New Zealand. Te Tawharau briefly had representation in Parliament when Tuariki Delamere, a former New Zealand First MP, transferred his loyalty to it. In the 1999 el ...

In the 1999 election,
Te Tawharau Te Tawharau (roughly translated as "the shelter") was a Māori political party in New Zealand. Te Tawharau briefly had representation in Parliament when Tuariki Delamere, a former New Zealand First MP, transferred his loyalty to it. In the 1999 el ...
stood in affiliation with the Mana Maori Movement, and three Te Tawharau candidates appeared on the Mana Maori Movement list. Te Tawharau therefore had no list of its own. However, the Mana Maori Movement section of this page identifies those candidates attached to Te Tawharau.


References

* * {{cite web , url=http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_1996/pdf/3.4%20Party%20Lists%20of%20Unsuccessful%20Registered%20Parties.pdf , title=Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties (1996) , access-date=9 March 2017 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208054417/http://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_1996/pdf/3.4%20Party%20Lists%20of%20Unsuccessful%20Registered%20Parties.pdf , archivedate=8 February 2013 , df=dmy-all 1999 New Zealand general election Lists of New Zealand political candidates Party lists