35th New Zealand Parliament

The 35th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1966 general election on 26 November of that year.

1966 general election

The 1966 general election was held on Saturday, 26 November. A total of 80 MPs were elected; 52 represented North Island electorates, 24 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates; this was the same distribution used since the . 1,409,600 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 86.0%.

Sessions

The 35th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 24 October 1969.

Ministries

The National Party had come to power at the , and Keith Holyoake had formed the second Holyoake Ministry on 12 December 1960, which stayed in power until Holyoake stepped down in early 1972. The 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 1966 election and at dissolution:

Notes

• The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.

Initial composition of the 35th Parliament

By-elections during 35th Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 35th Parliament.

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