different basis (see the Elections New Zealand official results web-site link below for further details of the changing methods used to calculate the official turnout). The Māori vote, for the remaining four seats, was held on 27 November. Maori electorates did not have electoral rolls so their voting figures and percentages are not included above. Electorate results The following table shows the results of the 1890 general election. Six European members were returned unopposed. Key |- |colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | General electorates |- |- | rowspan=3 | City of Auckland | rowspan=3 colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#ececec;" | New electorate | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;background-color:;" | William Lee Rees | style="text-align:right;" | 260 | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;" | Adam Porter |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;background-color:;" | Thomas Thompson | style="text-align:right;" | 442 | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;" | William Joseph Napier |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;background-color:;" | John Shera | style="text-align:right;" | 1,013 | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;" | James Wallis |- |- | rowspan=3 | City of Christchurch | rowspan=3 colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#ececec;" | New electorate | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;background-color:;" | William Pember Reeves | style="text-align:right;" | 802 | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;" | John Tippett Smith |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;background-color:;" | Westby Perceval | style="text-align:right;" | 945 | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;" | Edward Wingfield Humphreys |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;background-color:;" | Richard Molesworth Taylor | style="text-align:right;" | 2,494 | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;" | Eden George |- |- | rowspan=3 | City of Dunedin | rowspan=3 colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#ececec;" | New electorate | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;background-color:;" | David Pinkerton | style="text-align:right;" | 348 | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;" | James Allen |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;background-color:;" | Henry Fish | style="text-align:right;" | 995 | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;" | Richard Henry Leary |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;background-color:;" | William Hutchison | style="text-align:right;" | 998 | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;" | Alfred Lee Smith |- |- | rowspan=3 | Wellington, City of | rowspan=3 colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#ececec;" | New electorate | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;background-color:;" | George Fisher | style="text-align:right;" | 183 | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;" | Francis Bell |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;background-color:;" | John Duthie | style="text-align:right;" | 561 | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;" | Edwin George Jellicoe |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;background-color:;" | Kennedy Macdonald | style="text-align:right;" | 727 | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:center;" |