2023 New Zealand general election

The 2023 New Zealand general election to determine the composition of the 54th Parliament of New Zealand is planned to be held on 14 October 2023, after the currently elected 53rd Parliament is dissolved or expires. Voters will elect 120 members to the unicameral New Zealand House of Representatives under the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, a proportional representation system in which 72 members will be elected from single-member electorates and 48 members from closed party lists.

2023 New Zealand general election

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All 120 seats in the House of Representatives 61 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader Chris Hipkins Christopher Luxon James Shaw Marama Davidson Party Labour National Green Leader since 22 January 2023 30 November 2021 30 May 2015 8 April 2018 Leader's seat Remutaka Botany List Last election 65 seats, 50.01% 33 seats, 25.58% 10 seats, 7.86% Current seats 62 34 9 Seats needed 27 52   ma‾-o•ri Leader David Seymour Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Rawiri Waititi Party ACT Te Pāti Māori Leader since 4 October 2014 15 April 2020 28 October 2020 Leader's seat Epsom List Waiariki Last election 10 seats, 7.58% 2 seats, 1.17% Current seats 10 2 Seats needed 51 59
Incumbent Prime Minister Chris Hipkins Labour

At the 2020 election, the centre-left Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, won an outright majority in the House, the first time under MMP that a party has been able to form a government without needing the support of another party. Nonetheless, Labour formed a co-operation agreement with the Green Party. The main opponent to the Labour government is the centre-right National Party, led by Christopher Luxon, along with ACT New Zealand and Te Pāti Māori.