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87 seats in the Parliament 44 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 1,340,168 (88.94%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1972 New Zealand general election was held on 25 November to elect MPs to the 37th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Labour Party, led by Norman Kirk, defeated the governing National Party.