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- The 1981 New Zealand general election, held on 28 November 1981, was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 40th New Zealand Parliament. It saw the governing National Party, led by Robert Muldoon, win a third term in office, but the opposition Labour Party, led by Bill Rowling, won the largest share of the votes cast. Social Credit also won over 20% of the vote- their best result ever- but received no new seats. This was the second consecutive election in which National lost the popular vote to Labour. More electorates were rural and right-leaning than urban and progressive, and therefore National benefitted under the first-past-the-post electoral system. The fact the unpopular Muldoon was able to continue to govern anyway was a major catalyst for the growing public desire to reform New Zealand's electoral system. This happened within fifteen years, when the 1996 election was the first to use mixed-member proportional representation. Notable MPs first elected at this election include future Labour Party leader and current Mayor of Auckland Phil Goff, the first Māori Speaker of the House Peter Tapsell, future Finance Minister Michael Cullen, and future Prime Minister Helen Clark. Future Minister of Foreign Affairs and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters lost his seat of Hunua at this election to Colin Moyle of the Labour Party, whom Robert Muldoon had aggressively accused of being gay as part of a McCarthyist smear campaign in 1977. (en)
- Les Élections législatives néo-zélandaises de 1981 ont lieu le 28 novembre 1981 pour élire 92 députés de la Chambre des représentants. (fr)
- Le elezioni generali in Nuova Zelanda del 1981 si tennero il 28 novembre per il rinnovo della Camera dei rappresentanti. (it)
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- 1981 New Zealand general election (en)
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- New Zealand National Party (en)
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- New Zealand National Party (en)
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- Albany (en)
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- Results of the election. (en)
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- Les Élections législatives néo-zélandaises de 1981 ont lieu le 28 novembre 1981 pour élire 92 députés de la Chambre des représentants. (fr)
- Le elezioni generali in Nuova Zelanda del 1981 si tennero il 28 novembre per il rinnovo della Camera dei rappresentanti. (it)
- The 1981 New Zealand general election, held on 28 November 1981, was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 40th New Zealand Parliament. It saw the governing National Party, led by Robert Muldoon, win a third term in office, but the opposition Labour Party, led by Bill Rowling, won the largest share of the votes cast. Social Credit also won over 20% of the vote- their best result ever- but received no new seats. This was the second consecutive election in which National lost the popular vote to Labour. More electorates were rural and right-leaning than urban and progressive, and therefore National benefitted under the first-past-the-post electoral system. The fact the unpopular Muldoon was able to continue to govern anyway was a major catalyst for the growing public desire to refo (en)
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- 1981 New Zealand general election (en)
- Elecciones generales de Nueva Zelanda de 1981 (es)
- Élections législatives néo-zélandaises de 1981 (fr)
- Elezioni generali in Nuova Zelanda del 1981 (it)
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