Pursuant to the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993,
I have received returns in respect of the 67 writs issued
on 27 October 1999 for the indicative referendum held on 27 December 1999 on the following question, namely:
Should the size of the House of Representatives be reduced from 120 members to 99 members?
The total number of valid votes recorded for each of the two answers to the precise question was as follows:
Yes: 1,678,054 No: 381,934
The total number of valid votes recorded for each of the two answers to the precise question in respect of each electoral district was as follows:
Electorate Name Yes No
Albany 28,903 5,310
Aoraki 28,773 5,346
Auckland Central 22,214 10,046
Banks Peninsula 29,000 8,448
Bay of Plenty 30,444 4,139
Christchurch Central 24,194 8,096
Christchurch East 26,582 5,649
Clutha-Southland 26,634 4,109
Coromandel 29,967 4,643
Dunedin North 22,550 8,672
Dunedin South 29,485 6,316
East Coast 23,611 4,000
Epsom 25,837 7,545
Hamilton East 26,562 6,207
Hamilton West 27,281 4,766
Hunua 27,504 4,266
Hutt South 26,197 5,830
Ilam 26,127 7,528
Invercargill 27,167 4,442
Kaikoura 27,473 4,953
Karapiro 27,422 3,630
Mana 23,967 6,097
Mangere 16,844 6,110
Manukau East 23,967 5,251
Manurewa 22,391 5,042
Maungakiekie 22,521 5,650
Mt Albert 22,493 7,234
Mt Roskill 25,835 6,170
Napier 29,348 3,865
Nelson 27,712 6,995
New Plymouth 28,204 4,272
North Shore 28,798 6,274
Northcote 25,230 5,925
Northland 25,428 4,798
Ohariu-Belmont 28,005 7,657
Otago 26,705 5,028
Otaki 30,633 5,399
Pakuranga 27,713 4,746
Palmerston North 24,758 7,410
Port Waikato 26,560 3,988
Rakaia 28,511 4,772
Rangitikei 26,828 4,928
Rimutaka 26,283 5,236
Rodney 29,361 4,320
Rongotai 23,916 8,913
Rotorua 25,262 4,195
Tamaki 26,439 6,327
Taranaki-King Country 24,102 3,533
Taupo 23,995 4,081
Tauranga 29,890 4,073
Te Atatu 24,444 5,312
Titirangi 23,867 5,724
Tukituki 28,531 4,169
Waimakariri 31,200 6,043
Wairarapa 28,333 4,491
Waitakere 25,119 5,027
Wellington Central 22,595 12,956
West Coast-Tasman 25,624 5,123
Whanganui 26,613 4,492
Whangarei 28,752 4,533
Wigram 27,118 6,763
Hauraki 10,781 5,282
Ikaroa-Rawhiti 11,939 6,479
Te Tai Hauauru 10,335 5,655
Te Tari Tokerau 12,434 5,869
Te Tai Tonga 12,848 5,899
Waiariki 11,895 5,887
Dated at Wellington the 17th day of April 2000.
ROGER BLAKELEY, Clerk of the Writs.