Of the 67 electorates in the 1999 election, a majority (41) were won by the opposition Labour Party.
Included in Labour's total are the Maori seats, which it managed to regain after losing them to New Zealand First in the previous election.
The governing National Party won 22 electorate seats, slightly less than a third of the total.

Four minor parties managed to win electorate seats.
This proved important for some - neither New Zealand First nor United would have entered parliament if not for Winston Peters and Peter Dunne retaining their seats.
Jim Anderton also retained his seat.
The Greens won their first (and, so far, only) electorate seat when Jeanette Fitzsimons took Coromandel, although since the Greens crossed the 5% threshold, this was of less importance than originally thought.

The table below shows the results of the 1999 general election:
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Of the 67 electorates in the 1999 election, a majority (41) were won by the opposition Labour Party. Included in Labour's total are the Maori seats, which it managed to regain after losing them to New Zealand First in the previous election. The governing National Party won 22 electorate seats, slightly less than a third of the total.
Four minor parties managed to win electorate seats. This proved important for some - neither New Zealand First nor United would have entered parliament if not for Winston Peters and Peter Dunne retaining their seats. Jim Anderton also retained his seat. The Greens won their first (and, so far, only) electorate seat when Jeanette Fitzsimons took Coromandel, although since the Greens crossed the 5% threshold, this was of less importance than originally thought.
The table below shows the results of the 1999 general election:
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1999 New Zealand general election