than National's had risen. MPs retiring in 1960 Five National MPs and four Labour MPs intended to retire at the end of the 32nd Parliament. The election The date for the main 1960 election was 26 November. 1,310,742 people were registered to vote, and turnout was 89.8%. This turnout was slightly lower than what had been recorded in the previous elections. The number of seats being contested was 80, a number which had been fixed since 1902. Results The 1960 election saw the governing Labour Party defeated by a twelve-seat margin, having previously held a two-seat majority. National won a total of 46 seats to Labour's 34 seats, and formed the second National government. In the popular vote, National won 47.59% to Labour's 43.42%. The Social Credit Party won 8.62% of the vote, but no seats. Three of their candidates missed the nomination deadline, and the opening address of the party leader P. H. Matthews was not noteworthy. Three new National members of parliament were called the Young Turks: Peter Gordon, Duncan MacIntyre and Robert Muldoon. The other new National MPs were Esme Tombleson, Bill Brown, Harry Lapwood, Logan Sloane, Bert Walker, and Dan Riddiford. Paddy Blanchfield, Ron Bailey, Norman Douglas and George Spooner entered parliament for Labour. Votes summary The table below shows the results of the 1960 general election: Key |- |colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | General electorates |- |- | Hauraki | style="background-color:;" | | colspan=3 style="text-align:center;background-color:;" | Arthur Kinsella | style="text-align:right;" | 2,635 | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;" | Albert Clifford Tucker |- |- |colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | Māori electorates |- |} Table footnotes: Bibliography The New Zealand Gazette "Members of the House of Representatives Elected – General Election" (20 December 1960) issue 84 page 2002. Notes References November 1960 events in New Zealand