Notice Type
Departmental
Declaration of Result of Electoral Referendum Pursuant to section 19 (5) of the Electoral Referendum Act 1993 I hereby declare that the results of the Referendum held on Saturday 6 November 1993, pursuant to the Electoral Referendum Act 1993, were as follows: Electorate Name First Past the Post Mixed Member Proportional [tn,3] Albany 9 240 12 371 Auckland Central 6 465 14 224 Avon 7 819 11 523 Awarua 10 131 7 973 Birkenhead 8 883 12 301 Christchurch Central 6 939 10 776 Christchurch North 10 358 11 141 Clutha 12 537 7 179 Dunedin North 8 747 12 160 Dunedin West 10 478 10 272 East Coast Bays 10 356 11 521 Eastern Bay of Plenty 7 861 9 505 Eastern Hutt 8 166 9 974 Eden 8 567 11 879 Far North 7 670 9 768 Fendalton 10 789 10 000 Franklin 8 923 9 016 Gisborne 9 801 9 287 Glenfield 9 268 11 764 Hamilton East 8 725 11 752 Hamilton West 8 444 10 167 Hastings 8 350 11 637 Hauraki 8 981 9 505 Hawkes Bay 8 335 11 154 Henderson 6 706 9 244 Heretaunga 8 726 10 590 Hobson 7 655 10 250 Horowhenua 8 808 11 166 Howick 10 739 11 623 Invercargill 10 344 9 013 Island Bay 7 088 13 564 Kaimai 8 112 11 635 Kaipara 8 521 10 094 Kapiti 11 098 12 703 King Country 9 545 7 149 Lyttelton 10 501 13 172 Manawatu 7 939 11 784 Mangere 6 046 7 956 Manurewa 7 147 9 536 Marlborough 10 489 11 308 Matakana 8 127 10 785 Matamata 10 177 7 341 Miramar 9 918 12 336 Mt Albert 7 236 12 015 Napier 7 479 12 122 Nelson 8 730 13 250 New Lynn 6 932 10 902 New Plymouth 9 897 11 331 North Shore 10 173 12 146 Onehunga 8 602 11 505 Onslow 11 110 10 696 Otago 10 695 7 476 Otara 5 930 7 069 Pahiatua 9 991 7 808 Pakuranga 9 997 10 035 Palmerston North 7 351 12 218 Panmure 6 255 9 079 Papakura 8 300 8 939 Papatoetoe 7 989 10 097 Pencarrow 8 181 10 130 Porirua 6 767 9 116 Raglan 9 056 9 330 Rakaia 13 237 8 102 Rangiora 11 253 9 218 Rangitikei 8 977 10 034 Remuera 11 721 9 347 Roskill 8 786 10 465 Rotorua 6 533 10 712 Selwyn 12 272 10 660 St Albans 9 819 11 642 St Kilda 9 859 11 298 Sydenham 8 167 13 292 Tamaki 11 695 9 184 Taranaki97387684 Tarawera 8 195 10 156 Tasman 9 351 12 032 Tauranga 8 549 14 230 Te Atatu 7 674 10 970 Timaru 10 079 11 407 Titirangi 7 125 11 686 Tongariro 8 025 8 227 Waikaremoana 8 753 8 075 Waikato 8 097 9 152 Waipa 9 536 9 002 Wairarapa 10 511 11 066 Waitakere 8 988 10 744 Waitaki 11 447 9 078 Waitotara 9 955 8 660 Wallace 11 466 6 045 Wanganui 8 955 11 135 Wellington-Karori 11 188 12 811 West Coast 9 967 9 244 Western Hutt 10 321 10 280 Whangarei 7 458 11 420 Yaldhurst 11 618 11 156 Eastern Maori 5 324 9 372 Northern Maori 5 503 11 003 Southern Maori 5 172 11 254 Western Maori 5 455 9 736 [tn2,2] Total Valid Votes Cast FPP 884 962 MMP 1 032 941 [tn,3] Pursuant to section 19 (5) of the Electoral Referendum Act 1993, I therefore further declare; (a) that the majority of valid votes cast at the referendum favoured the proposal to introduce the mixed member proportional system of representation, and (b) that the proposal to introduce the mixed member proportional system as provided in the Electoral Act 1993 is carried. Dated at Wellington this 14th day of December 1993. P. WHELAN, Chief Electoral Officer.
Publication Date
16 Dec 1993

Notice Number

1993-go10700

Page Number

3753