New Zealand general election, 1925

1925 General Election
Leader:	Gordon Coates {{{title}}}	Harry Holland {{{title}}}	George Forbes {{{title}}}
Party:	Reform	Labour	Liberal
Leader Since:	1925	1919	1925
Leaders seat:	Kaipara	Buller	Hurunui
Last election:	37 seats	17 seats	22 seats
Seats Won:	55 seats	12 seats	11 seats
Popular Vote:	324,462	184,650	152,697

The New Zealand general election of 1925 was held 4 November (the Māori vote had taken place the previous day) to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 22nd session of the New Zealand Parliament.

A total number of 678,877 (90.02%) voters turned out to vote. In one seat (Bay of Plenty) there was only one candidate.

In 1922, registration as an elector was made compulsory for all those eligible (except Māori).

Result

Layout of Parliament after the 1922 election.

Gordon Coates continued as Prime Minister, with his Reform Party winning an outright majority of 30.

Leonard Isitt and George Witty were both appointed to the Legislative Council by Gordon Coates on 28 October 1925; shortly before the election on 4 November. Both were Liberal Party members, but their retirement removed "a source of some bitterness from the Party's ranks". Gordon Coates was Reform, and both of their former seats went to Reform candidates.

After the election both Labour and Liberals held 11 seats. A tie at 4,900 votes each in Lyttelton (between the Labour and Reform candidates) was eventually settled in Labour's favour on 13 March 1926. After winning the 15 April Eden By-election in 1926, the Labour Party became the official opposition for the first time.

Party totals

Election results
Party		Total votes	Percentage	Seats won
	Reform Party	324,239	47.18	55
	Labour Party	187,610	27.30	12
	Liberal Party	143,931	20.94	11
	Country Party	2,398	0.35	0
	Others	29,107	4.24	2
Total		687,285		80