2008 New Zealand general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2008_New_Zealand_general_election
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkbp:date 8 November 2008
gptkbp:dissolved 3 October 2008
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2008 New Zealand general election
gptkbp:losses gptkb:New_Zealand_Labour_Party
gptkbp:mainGoverningParty gptkb:New_Zealand_National_Party
gptkbp:mainLeaderACT gptkb:Rodney_Hide
gptkbp:mainLeaderGreenParty gptkb:Jeanette_Fitzsimons
gptkbp:mainLeaderLabourParty gptkb:Helen_Clark
gptkbp:mainLeaderMāoriParty gptkb:Tariana_Turia
gptkbp:mainLeaderNationalParty gptkb:John_Key
gptkbp:mainLeaderNZFirst gptkb:Winston_Peters
gptkbp:mainLeaderProgressiveParty gptkb:Jim_Anderton
gptkbp:mainLeaderUnitedFuture gptkb:Peter_Dunne
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:2011_New_Zealand_general_election
gptkbp:notableEvent Helen Clark resigned as Labour leader
John Key became Prime Minister
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:ACT_New_Zealand
gptkb:Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand
gptkb:Māori_Party
gptkb:New_Zealand_First
gptkb:Progressive_Party
gptkb:United_Future
gptkbp:numberOfIssues gptkb:business
gptkb:tax_law
environment
law and order
leadership change
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:New_Zealand_Labour_Party
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:49th_New_Zealand_Parliament
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:2005_New_Zealand_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Helen_Clark
gptkb:John_Key
gptkbp:resultedIn change of government
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 122
gptkbp:stateElectorate 2,990,759
gptkbp:voterTurnout 79.46%
gptkbp:votingSystem Mixed-member proportional representation
2,376,480
gptkbp:winner gptkb:New_Zealand_National_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:New_Zealand_First
gptkb:49th_New_Zealand_Parliament
gptkb:Fifth_National_Government_of_New_Zealand
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5