The 2023 New Zealand Election Study

The 2023 General Election was held on Saturday 14 October. The NZES was funded by Victoria University of Wellington, the New Zealand Electoral Commission, and the University of Auckland. The survey was administered by mail and online by COMPASS Research Centre at the University of Auckland.

Principal Researchers

Victoria University of Wellington

Jack Vowles
Mona Krewel
Sam Crawley
Matthew Gibbons

University of Auckland

Jennifer Curtin

Charles Sturt University

Dominic O’Sullivan (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu)

About the 2023 New Zealand Election Study

The 2023 New Zealand Election Study was in the field in the weeks following the 2023 general election. Just under 2000 participants completed the questionnaire. Questionnaires were sent by mail to a sample from the electoral rolls, and were returned in hard copy or online. The online survey also included te reo Māori and Chinese language options. The 2023 NZES is funded by Victoria University of Wellington, the Electoral Commission, and the University of Auckland.

The NZES 2023 datasets will hosted by the Australian Data Archive.

NZES 2023 frequency tables, weighted by Māori/General electorates, age, gender, highest educational qualification, and party vote and turnout, will be made available in 2024 after the data has been prepared and is ready for analysis.

Data & Documents

2023 Survey Data (Coming in 2025)
2023 NZES Mass Survey (PDF)

NZES Data Usage Terms and Conditions (PDF)

VOTE NZ 2023 Electorate Map