New Zealand general election, 1925

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4 November 1925 (1925-11-04)

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All 80 seats in the House of Representatives
41 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout

90.02%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Gordon Coates	Harry Holland	George Forbes
Party	Reform	Labour	Liberal
Leader since	1925	1919	1925
Leader's seat	Kaipara	Buller	Hurunui
Last election	37 seats, 39.4%	17 seats, 23.7%	22 seats, 26.3%
Seats won	55	12	11
Seat change	18	5	11
Popular vote	324,462	184,650	152,697
Percentage	47.79%	27.20%	22.49%
Swing	8.39%	3.50%	3.81%

Prime Minister before election

Gordon Coates
Reform

Prime Minister-designate

Gordon Coates
Reform

The New Zealand general election of 1925 was held 4 November (the Māori vote had taken place the previous day) to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 22nd session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 678,877 (90.02%) voters turned out to vote. In one seat (Bay of Plenty) there was only one candidate.

In 1922, registration as an elector was made compulsory for all those eligible (except Māori).

Gordon Coates continued as Prime Minister, with his Reform Party winning an outright majority of 30. Leonard Isitt and George Witty were both appointed to the Legislative Council by Gordon Coates on 28 October 1925; shortly before the election on 4 November. Both were Liberals but their retirement removed "a source of some bitterness from the Party's ranks".Gordon Coates was Reform, and both of their former seats went to Reform candidates.

After the election both Labour and Liberals held 11 seats. A tie at 4,900 votes each in Lyttelton (between the Labour and Reform candidates) was eventually settled in Labour's favour on 13 March 1926. After winning the 15 April 1926 by-election in Eden, Labour became the official opposition.

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