This page provides the party lists put forward in New Zealand's 2008 general election. Party lists determine (in the light of country-wide proportional voting) the appointment of list MPs 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) representation electoral system. Electoral law required submission of all party lists for this particular election by 14 October 2008.

Successful parties

ACT

:Sources: Elections New Zealand. ''Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties (2008)'', ''Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties (2005)'', ''Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place (2008)''

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

Māori Party Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

National Party

Progressive Party Progressive Party may refer to: Active parties * Progressive Party, Brazil * Progressive Party (Chile) * Progressive Party of Working People, Cyprus * Dominica Progressive Party * Progressive Party (Iceland) * Progressive Party (Sardinia), Italy ...

United Future United Future New Zealand, usually known as United Future, was a centrist political party in New Zealand. The party was in government between 2005 and 2017, first alongside Labour (2005–2008) and then supporting National (2008–2017). Uni ...

Unsuccessful parties

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 ...

:Sources: Elections New Zealand. ''Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties (2008)'', ''Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties (2005)'', ''Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place (2008)''

Bill and Ben Party The Bill and Ben Party was a New Zealand joke political party formed in 2008 and voluntarily deregistered in 2010. The party's leaders were Jamie Linehan and Ben Boyce ("Bill" and Ben) of the TV3 satirical sports show '' Pulp Sport''. In the 2 ...

:Sources: Elections New Zealand. ''Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties (2008)'', ''Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place (2008)''

Democrats for Social Credit

Family Party

:Sources: Elections New Zealand. ''Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties (2008)'', ''Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place (2008)''

Kiwi Party The Kiwi Party was a political party operating in New Zealand between 2007 and 2011. Briefly known as Future New Zealand, it was a breakaway from the United Future New Zealand party and sought to carry on the tradition of Future New Zealand. The ...

:Sources: Elections New Zealand. ''Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties (2008)'', ''Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place (2008)''

Legalise Cannabis Party

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 ...

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 ...

:Sources: Elections New Zealand. ''Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties (2008)'', ''Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties (2005)'', ''Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place (2008)''

Pacific Party

:Sources: Elections New Zealand. ''Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties (2008)'', ''Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place (2008)''

Residents Action Movement The Residents Action Movement (or RAM) was a political party in New Zealand. RAM described itself as "a mass membership, broad left, grassroots movement of social change". Its national chair was Grant Morgan (activist), Grant Morgan and its co-lea ...

:Sources: Elections New Zealand. ''Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties (2008)'', ''Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place (2008)''

Republic of New Zealand Party The Republic of New Zealand Party (RONZP or RNZP, or "The Republicans") is an unregistered New Zealand political party which seeks to end monarchy in New Zealand. It was a registered party from 2005 to 2009, contesting two general elections in t ...

Workers Party

:Sources: Elections New Zealand. ''Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties (2008)'', ''Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place (2008)''

References

* * {{cite web, url=http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?articleId=28388, title=National Party list, date=8 October 2008, url-status=dead, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014131507/http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?ArticleID=28388, archivedate=14 October 2008, df=dmy-all

External links

Official lists
(with party logos) 2008 New Zealand general election Lists of New Zealand political candidates Party lists