The 2023 New Zealand Election Study
The 2023 Election was held on Saturday, October 14. The 2023 NZ Election Study is funded by Victoria University of Wellington, the New Zealand Electoral Commission, and the University of Auckland. It will be administered by mail and online by the Centre for Methods and Policy Applications in the Social Sciences (COMPASS) at the University of Auckland.
Principal Researchers
Victoria University of Wellington
Jack Vowles
Mona Krewel
Sam Crawley
Matthew Gibbons
University of Auckland
Jennifer Curtin
Victoria Woodman
About the 2023 New Zealand Election Study
The 2023 New Zealand Election Study will be in the field in the weeks following the 2023 general election with a target sample size of about 3000, including 1000 people of Māori descent. Questionnaires are sent by mail to a sample from the electoral rolls, and can be returned in hard copy or online. The online survey also includes 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)
Further Reading
Greaves, L. M., Oldfield, L., Von Randow, M., Sibley, C. G., & Milne, B. (2020). How low can we go? Declining survey response rates to new zealand electoral roll mail surveys over three decades. Political Science, 72(3), 228-244. 10.1080/00323187.2021.1898995
Vowles, J. (2000). The New Zealand election study. Political Science, 52(2), 150-157. 10.1177/003231870005200205