Electoral history of Helen Clark explained

This is a summary of the electoral history of Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999–2008), Leader of the Labour Party (1993–2008) and Member of Parliament for Mount Albert (1981–2008).

Local-body elections

1977 election

Parliamentary elections

2008 election

Leadership elections

1989 deputy-leadership election

Candidate		Votes	%
	Helen Clark	29	53.71
	Roger Douglas	25	46.29
Majority		4	7.40
Turnout		54

1993 leadership election

Candidate		Votes	%
	Helen Clark	26	57.77
	Mike Moore	19	42.23
Majority		7	15.55
Turnout		45

United Nations elections

United Nations Secretary-General selection, 2016

Candidate! colspan="3"

21 July^[1] ^[2]	5 August^[3] ^[4]			29 August^[5] ^[6]			9 September^[7] ^[8]			26 September^[9]			5 October^[10] ^[11]			Final Vote^[12]
E	D	N	E	D	N	E	D	N	E	D	N	E	D	N	E		D	N
Irina Bokova	9	4	2	7	7	1	7	5	3	7	5	3	6	7	2	7 (3P)	7 (2P)	1	Withdrawn
Helen Clark	8	5	2	6	8	1	6	8	1	6	7	2	6	9	0	6 (1P)	8 (3P)	1 (1P)	Withdrawn
Christiana Figueres	5	5	5	5	8	2	2	12	1	5	10	0	Withdrawn^[13]
Kristalina Georgieva	Not yet nominated															5 (2P)	8 (2P)	2 (1P)	Withdrawn
Natalia Gherman	4	4	7	3	10	2	2	12	1	3	11	1	3	11	1	3 (1P)	11 (3P)	1 (1P)	Withdrawn
António Guterres	12	0	3	11	2	2	11	3	1	12	2	1	12	2	1	13 (4P)	0	2 (1P)	Acclaimed
Vuk Jeremić	9	5	1	8	4	3	7	5	3	9	4	2	8	6	1	7 (2P)	6 (3P)	2	Withdrawn
Srgjan Kerim	9	5	1	6	7	2	6	7	2	8	7	0	6	9	0	5 (2P)	9 (3P)	1	Withdrawn
Miroslav Lajčák	7	3	5	2	6	7	9	5	1	10	4	1	8	7	0	7 (2P)	6 (2P)	2 (1P)	Withdrawn
Igor Lukšić	3	7	5	2	9	4	Withdrawn^[14]
Susana Malcorra	7	4	4	8	6	1	7	7	1	7	7	1	7	7	1	5 (2P)	7 (1P)	3 (2P)	Withdrawn
Vesna Pusić	2	11	2	Withdrawn^[15]
Danilo Türk	11	2	2	7	5	3	5	6	4	7	6	2	7	7	1	5 (1P)	8 (4P)	2	Withdrawn

	Candidate received at least one "encouraged" from a veto-wielding P5 member
	Candidate received at least one "discouraged" from a veto-wielding P5 member

References

• Book: Norton, Clifford . New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science . 1988 . Victoria University of Wellington . Wellington . 0-475-11200-8 .
• Book: Edwards, Brian . Helen: Portrait of A Prime Minister . Auckland . Exisle Publishing . 2001 . 0-908988-20-6 .

Notes and References

1. Orestes, Benjamin . boreskes . SOURCE: #NEXTSG straw poll: 1)Guterres 2) Turk 3) Bokova 4) Jeremic/Kerim 5)Clark 6)Lajčák 7)Malcorra 8)Figueres9)Gherman10)Luksic 11)Pusic . 756204158513012736 . 21 July 2016 . 21 July 2016 . no .
2. Web site: On Next SG Straw Poll, Results & Questions of Dual Nationalities, Exclusive . . Lee . Matthew Russell . 21 July 2016 . 22 July 2016.
3. Abi Saab, Nabil . NabilAbiSaab . 1/2 Results of 2nd round of voting on next #UNSG: (Yes, No, no opinion) Guterres 11,2,2 Jeremic 8,4,3 Malcorra 8,6,1 Turk 7,5,3 Clark 6,8,1 . 761608524656967681 . 5 August 2016 . 5 August 2016 . no .
4. Abi Saab, Nabil . NabilAbiSaab . 2/2 Figueres 5,8,2 Kerim 6, 7, 2 Luksic 2,9,4 Bokova 7,7,1 Gherman 3,10,2 Lajcak 2,6,7 . 761608564397969408 . 5 August 2016 . 5 August 2016 . no .
5. WFUNA . As part of our commitment to Transparency and Accountability, here are full results of the 3rd #NextSG Straw Poll: . 770360777165377536 . World Federation of United Nations Associations. 29 August 2016 . 29 August 2016 . no .
6. Web site: Results of latest straw poll to select next #UNSG . . Bryce-Pease . Sherwin . 29 August 2016 . 29 August 2016.
7. WFUNA . As part of our continued push for #Transparency at the #UN Full #NextSG 4th Straw Poll Results:. 774269202328846336 . World Federation of United Nations Associations . 9 September 2016. 9 September 2016 . no .
8. News: Who will lead the United Nations. Reuters. 9 September 2016. 9 September 2016.
9. WFUNA . WFUNA presents the results of 5th #NextSG Straw Poll.. 780425312538652672. World Federation of United Nations Associations . 26 September 2016. 26 September 2016 . no .
10. WFUNA . 783703234485583872 . Full results of the sixth and final #NextSG strawpoll. Formal result tomorrow. (P5 voting intentions excluded). . 5 October 2016. 5 October 2016.
11. News: Security Council Backs António Guterres to Be Next U.N. Secretary General. The New York Times. Sengupta. Somini. 5 October 2016. 5 October 2016.
12. Web site: Portugal's Guterres Wins Unanimous Backing to Lead the UN. Bloomberg News. Foroohar. Kambiz. 5 October 2016. 6 October 2016.
13. News: Figueres ends UN Secretary General bid. 13 September 2016. News.com.au. 7 December 2016. 16 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160916072008/http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/figueres-ends-un-secretary-general-bid/news-story/56113d72bcd12464f3474447d581aa11. dead.
14. News: Montenegro's Luksic drops out of race to be next UN chief. 23 August 2016. Associated Press. 7 December 2016. 27 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160927170527/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c9490f94f3534e7a80e9dde3366b8fe8/montenegros-luksic-drops-out-race-be-next-un-chief. dead.
15. News: Vesna Pusić Withdraws as Candidate for UN Secretary General. 4 August 2016. Total Croatia News.