New Ingrean general election, 1984

New Ingrean general election, 1984

3 March 1984
All 128 seats in the House of Assembly 38 (of the 68) seats in the Senate
First party Second party   Leader Antonia Davidson Phillip Corbett Party Democratic Party National Party Leader since 1975 1981 Leader's seat Whitipōhatu Layton Last election 60 seats 45 seats Seats won 58 50 Seat change 2 5 Popular vote 552,433 534,135 Percentage 33.21% 32.11%
Composition of the House of Assembly chamber after the election. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results
Prime Minister before election Antonia Davidson Democratic Party Elected Prime Minister Antonia Davidson Democratic Party

A general election for the House of Assembly was held across New Ingrea on Saturday, 3 March 1984. The Democratic Party under Antonia Davidson was pushed into a minority but nevertheless defeated the National Party led by Phillip Corbett.

Key dates

Date	Event
25 January 1984	Writs were issued by the Governor-General to proceed with an election.
8 February 1984	Close of nominations.
3 March 1984	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
19 March 1984	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
24 April 1984	49th Parliament assembled.
25 April 1984	State Opening of Parliament