43rd New Zealand Parliament
The 43rd Parliament was heavily dominated by National, which controlled nearly seventy percent of the seats.Only one minor party, Jim Anderton's NewLabour, was present at the beginning of the 43rd Parliament.Later, NewLabour would join with several unrepresented parties to form the Alliance, which would gain two additional seats when two National MPs defected.Another National MP, Winston Peters, would also break away from his party, becoming an independent.The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1990 election and at dissolution: Notes The tables below shows the results of the 1990 general election: Key National Labour Democrats NewLabour Mana Motuhake Table footnotes: There were a number of changes during the term of the 43rd Parliament.