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Elections - Voter turnout by electorate and age for the 2017 General Election

Electoral Commission

Definitions

Voters: electors who were eligible to cast a vote and who voted.
Non-voters: electors who were eligible to cast a vote and who did not vote.
Electorate: The electorate reported for a voter is the electorate that the person was enrolled in at the time of election day roll closure. There were 71 electorates in 2017.

Data calculation/treatment

The number of non-voters reported is calculated from the total enrolled population and the number of votes cast by electors enrolled in the electorate.
The difference between the total numbers of voters in this report and in the official results is due to disallowed votes, dual votes and clerical errors in the marking of the master roll.

Inclusions

Total enrolled for each electorate includes all people who were enrolled at the date of election day roll closure (including people on the unpublished roll).

Data provided by

Electoral Commission

Dataset name

General Election Statistics: Voter Turnout Statistics 2017

Webpage:

https://www.elections.org.nz/events/2017-general-election/2017-general-election-results/voter-turnout-statistics

How to find the data

At URL provided, select the hyperlink to the Excel spreadsheet and download.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: General Election Statistics: Voter Turnout Statistics 2017

From the dataset General Election Statistics: Voter Turnout Statistics 2017, this data was extracted:

  • Sheet: Voting by electorate & age
  • Range: D6:H798
  • Provided: 3,965 data points

Dataset originally released on:

April 18, 2018