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Electoral Act 1993

Registration of electors - Qualification of electors

79: Determination of Māori electoral population

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To work out the Māori electoral population, the Electoral Commission must give the Government Statistician some information after counting day. You need to know what counting day means - it is usually the day of the census, but if there is a census and an election in the same year, it means 1 April the following year. The information the Electoral Commission must give includes the number of people registered to vote in Māori electoral districts, the number of Māori people registered to vote in General electoral districts, and the number of people on the dormant rolls for both Māori and General electoral districts, which are maintained under section 109. The Government Statistician uses this information to calculate the Māori electoral population. When the information is given, it must be what was true on census day, which is the day the last periodic census was done.

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Part 5Registration of electors
Qualification of electors

79Determination of Māori electoral population

  1. For the purpose of enabling the Government Statistician to calculate the Māori electoral population, the Electoral Commission must, as soon as practicable after counting day, supply to the Government Statistician the following information as on counting day:

  2. the total number of persons registered as electors of Māori electoral districts; and
    1. the total number of Māori persons registered as electors of General electoral districts; and
      1. the total number of persons whose names are on the dormant rolls maintained under section 109 for Māori electoral districts; and
        1. the total number of Māori persons whose names are on the dormant rolls maintained under section 109 for General electoral districts.

          1. In this Act,—

            counting day—

            1. means on census day; or
              1. if a periodic census and a general election take place in the same calendar year, means 1 April in the following year

                on census day, in relation to a number or information, means that number or information as determined by the last periodic census.

                Notes
                • Section 79: replaced, on , by section 6 of the Electoral (Māori Electoral Option) Legislation Act 2022 (2022 No 62).