1960 general election
The 1960 general election was held on Saturday, 26 November. A total of 80 Member of parliament, MPs were elected; 51 represented North Island electorates, 25 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates; this was the same distribution used since the . 1,310,742 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.8%.Sessions
The 33rd Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1963), and was prorogued on 25 October 1963.Ministries
The New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party under Walter Nash had been in power since the as the Second Labour Government of New Zealand, second Labour Government, but was defeated by the New Zealand National Party, National Party at the by a twelve-seat margin. Keith Holyoake formed the second Holyoake Ministry on 12 December 1960, which stayed in power until Holyoake stepped down in early 1972. The Second National Government of New Zealand, second National Government remained in place until its defeat at the towards the end of that year.Overview of seats
The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1960 election and at dissolution: Notes *The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.Initial composition of the 33rd Parliament
By-elections during 33rd Parliament
There were a number of changes during the term of the 33rd Parliament.Notes
References
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