Opinion polling for the 1993 New Zealand general election

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Opinion polling was commissioned throughout the duration of the 43rd New Zealand Parliament in the lead up to the 1993 election by various research organisations.

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Graphical summary

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Local regression of polls conducted

Individual polls

Polls are listed in the table below in chronological order. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between survey firms.

Unless otherwise noted the information is sourced from here: [1]

PollDate [nb 1] Labour National Alliance NZ First NewLabour Social Credit
1990 election result [2] 27 Oct 199035.1447.825.160.98
TVNZ Heylen8 Dec 1990325051
TVNZ Heylen2 Feb 1991384642
TVNZ Heylen9 Mar 1991404361
TVNZ Heylen6 Apr 1991423661
TVNZ Heylen6 May 1991433972
TVNZ Heylen8 Jun 1991423573
TVNZ Heylen6 July 1991453763
30 July 1991 – The controversial Mother of all Budgets was delivered by the government
TVNZ Heylen3 Aug 1991433491
TVNZ Heylen31 Aug 1991472793
TVNZ Heylen21 Sep 19914222111
TVNZ Heylen19 Oct 1991433082
TVNZ Heylen23 Nov 199141241092
1 December 1991 – The Alliance party was formally launched
TVNZ Heylen7 Dec 199136262161
TVNZ Heylen1 Feb 199238261852
15 February 1992 – National narrowly wins the Tamaki by-election after Sir Robert Muldoon's resignation.
TVNZ Heylen7 Mar 199236321640
TVNZ Heylen4 Apr 199239311043
TVNZ Heylen29 Apr 199242341032
TVNZ Heylen6 Jun 19924233211
TVNZ Heylen3 Jul 19923737240
TVNZ Heylen8 Aug 19924136201
TVNZ Heylen5 Sep 1992393426
TVNZ Heylen3 Oct 1992423027
TVNZ Heylen7 Nov 1992403028
TVNZ Heylen5 Dec 1992362933
12 December 1992 – Labour wins the Wellington Central by-election after Fran Wilde's resignation.
TVNZ Heylen6 Feb 1993433322
TVNZ Heylen6 Mar 1993462822
TVNZ Heylen3 Apr 1993483019
17 April 1993 – Winston Peters wins the Tauranga by-election as an independent candidate after resigning from both his party and his seat.
TVNZ Heylen1 May 1993452921
TVNZ Heylen29 May 1993402926
TVNZ Heylen3 Jul 1993353721
18 July 1993 – Peters founds the New Zealand First party and is joined by another former National MP Gilbert Myles.
TVNZ Heylen19 Jul 199333401112
TVNZ Heylen8 Aug 199333411015
TVNZ Heylen4 Sep 199336391111
TVNZ Heylen2 Oct 199337371312
TVNZ Heylen17 Oct 199334381610
TVNZ Heylen31 Oct 19933239179
1993 election result [3] 6 Nov 199334.6835.0518.218.40

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Notes

  1. These are the survey dates of the poll, or if the survey dates are not stated, the date the poll was released.

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References

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  2. "New Zealand Elections 1972–1993". New Zealand Election Study. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  3. "Elections to the New Zealand House of Representatives". Election Resources on the Internet. Retrieved 17 December 2011.