Opinion polling for elections
Opinion polling was commissioned throughout the duration of the 44th New Zealand Parliament in the lead up to the 1996 election by various research organisations.
Graphical summary
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]
Poll
Date[ nb 1]
Labour
National
Alliance
NZ First
ACT
United
1993 election result [ 2]
6 Nov 1993
34.68
35.05
18.21
8.40
–
–
TVNZ Heylen
4 Dec 1993
25
35
27
10
–
–
TVNZ Heylen
19 Feb 1994
32
35
23
8
–
–
TVNZ Heylen
5 Mar 1994
32
32
27
7
–
–
TVNZ Heylen
26 Mar 1994
29
32
27
7
–
–
TVNZ Heylen
7 May 1994
30
34
24
8
–
–
TVNZ Heylen
28 May 1994
29
32
27
7
–
–
TVNZ Heylen
2 Jul 1994
29
36
24
8
–
–
TVNZ Heylen
30 Jul 1994
27
35
28
7
–
–
13 August 1994 – National narrowly wins the Selwyn by-election after Ruth Richardson 's resignation.
TVNZ Heylen
3 Sep 1994
22
36
32
7
–
–
TVNZ Heylen
1 Oct 1994
24
35
29
8
–
–
TVNZ Heylen
29 Oct 1994
27
39
25
7
–
–
TVNZ Heylen
3 Dec 1994
28
40
22
6
2
–
TVNZ Heylen
9 May 1995
25
38
24
5
4
–
One News Colmar Brunton
15 Jun 1995
27
36
24
6
3
–
28 June 1995 – United New Zealand is formed by 4 former National MPs and 3 former Labour MPs.
One News Colmar Brunton
17 Jul 1995
24
42
20
5
2
2
One News Colmar Brunton
13 Aug 1995
23
42
20
5
2.9
0.7
One News Colmar Brunton
7 Sep 1995
24
46
17
5
1.9
0.3
One News Colmar Brunton
7 Oct 1995
16
49
21
4.5
2.9
0.8
One News Colmar Brunton
14 Nov 1995
20
45
22
5
2.1
1
One News Colmar Brunton
21 Feb 1996
20
44
22
8
1.3
0.8
One News Colmar Brunton
18 Mar 1996
17
42
16
17
3.8
1.3
April 1996 – Two former National MPs and one former Labour MP defected to New Zealand First .
One News Colmar Brunton
18 Apr 1996
18
40
11
22
4.1
0.5
One News Colmar Brunton
16 May 1996
15
35
11
29
3
0.3
27 May 1996 – Labour Party leader Helen Clark survived a leadership challenge with deputy leader David Caygill resigning soon after to be replaced with Michael Cullen .
TV3
9 Jun 1996
16
43
7
28
2.4
–
One News Colmar Brunton
14 Jun 1996
16
41
9
25
1.8
0.6
TV3
7 Jul 1996
16
41
12
24
2.7
-
One News Colmar Brunton
19 Jul 1996
19
43
10
20
3.2
0.2
TV3
21 Jul 1996
19
43
13
20
1.2
–
One News Colmar Brunton
2 Aug 1996
15
40
13
21
2.5
0.4
TV3
4 Aug 1996
19
42
9
21
3.2
–
One News Colmar Brunton
15 Aug 1996
14
39
13
20
4
0.3
TV3
18 Aug 1996
20
37
14
17
3.4
-
One News Colmar Brunton
29 Aug 1996
19
35
12
20
4.6
0.6
TV3
1 Sep 1996
21
38
12
18
2.4
-
One News Colmar Brunton
12 Sep 1996
16
35
15
19
4.3
0.7
One News Colmar Brunton
26 Sep 1996
18
40
15
14
5
0.4
One News Colmar Brunton
3 Oct 1996
24
34
15
15
3.8
0.5
TV3
8 Oct 1996
26
30
17
16
6.4
-
1996 election result [ 3]
12 Oct 1996
28.19
33.87
10.10
13.35
6.10
0.88
See also
Notes
^ These are the survey dates of the poll, or if the survey dates are not stated, the date the poll was released.
References