Electoral history of David Lange
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This is a summary of the electoral history of David Lange, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1984–89), Leader of the Labour Party (1983–89), Member of Parliament for Mangere (1977–96).
Parliamentary elections
1975 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Neill Austin | 9,559 | 51.7 | ||
Social Credit | Howard Manning | 5,458 | 29.5 | +0.5 | |
Labour | David Lange | 2,703 | 14.6 | ||
Values | Richard Alspach | 774 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 4,101 | 22.2 | +15.8 | ||
Turnout | 21,965 | 84.5 | +3.6 |
1977 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lange | 9,766 | 58.27 | ||
National | Clem Simich | 5,107 | 30.48 | ||
Social Credit | Bill Owens | 1,026 | 6.10 | ||
Values | Frank Grayson | 789 | 4.71 | ||
Worker's Labour | Barry Moss | 28 | 0.17 | ||
Alpha | P B Magoffin | 18 | 0.11 | ||
Independent Labour | Barry Shaw | 17 | 0.10 | ||
Socialist Action | Brigid Mulrennan | 7 | 0.04 | ||
Majority | 4,659 | 27.80 | |||
Turnout | 16,758 | 64.31 | |||
Registered electors | 26,058 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
1978 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lange | 9,104 | 66.2 | +4.07 | |
National | Peter Saunders | 2,841 | 20.7 | ||
Social Credit | H J Meiklejohn | 1,655 | 12.0 | ||
Values | V A Strachan | 144 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 6,263 | 45.5 | +18.3 | ||
Turnout | 21,499 | 64.4 | -18.8 |
1981 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lange | 8,739 | 62.2 | -4.0 | |
Social Credit | John Petit | 2,933 | 20.9 | ||
National | David Perry | 2,366 | 16.9 | ||
Majority | 5,806 | 41.3 | -4.2 | ||
Turnout | 17,001 | 85.0 | +20.6 |
1984 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lange | 10,676 | 72.8 | +10.6 | |
National | Peter Saunders | 2,301 | 15.7 | ||
NZ Party | John Meyer | 1,096 | 7.5 | ||
Social Credit | T J Brooks | 584 | 4.0 | ||
Majority | 8,375 | 57.1 | |||
Turnout | 17,001 | 92.1 | +7.1 |
1987 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lange | 8,804 | 70.6 | -2.2 | |
National | Ron Jeffery | 2,785 | 22.3 | ||
Democrats | Ken Harris | 724 | 5.8 | ||
Mana Motuhake | K K Pene | 156 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 6,019 | 48.3 | -8.7 | ||
Turnout | 15,326 | 89.7 | -3.4 |
1990 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lange | 7,184 | 51.1 | -19.5 | |
National | Bryan Archer | 3,145 | 22.3 | ||
NewLabour | Len Richards | 1,658 | 11.7 | ||
Green | Brian Edwards | 832 | 5.9 | ||
Democrats | Ken Harris | 148 | 1.0 | ||
Independent | Joshua Deane | 55 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 4,039 | 28.7 | -19.6 | ||
Turnout | 14,058 | 79.7 | -10.0 |
1993 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lange | 8,345 | 55.1 | +4.0 | |
Alliance | Len Richards | 2,387 | 15.7 | +4.0 | |
NZ First | Bryan Archer | 2,037 | 13.4 | -8.9 | |
National | Hinu Te Hau | 1,120 | 7.3 | ||
Christian Heritage | Clark Nemeth | 135 | 0.8 | ||
Communist League | Karen Davis | 84 | 0.6 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Alister Webb | 77 | 0.5 | ||
Natural Law | Grant Bilyard | 53 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 5,958 | 39.3 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 15,137 | 70.4 | -9.3 |
Leadership elections
1979 Deputy-leadership election
Name | Votes | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
David Lange | 20 | 52.64% | |
Bob Tizard | 18 | 47.36% |
1980 Leadership election
Name | Votes | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Bill Rowling | 19 | 51.35% | |
David Lange | 18 | 48.64% |
1983 Leadership election
Name | Votes | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
David Lange | 33 | 78.57% | |
Russell Marshall | 9 | 21.43% |
1988 Leadership election
Name | Votes | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
David Lange | 38 | 69.09% | |
Roger Douglas | 15 | 27.27% | |
Informal | 2 | 3.63% |
Notes
- ↑ Norton 1988, p. 247.
- 1 2 3 4 Norton 1988, p. 267.
- ↑ Norton 1988, p. 268.
- ↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
- ↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
References
- Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
- Bassett, Michael (2008). Working with David: Inside the Lange Cabinet. Auckland: Hodder Moa. ISBN 978-1-86971-094-1.
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