The 1960 general election was held on Saturday, 26 November.

[2] 1,310,742 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.8%.

[3] The Labour Party under Walter Nash had been in power since the 1957 election as the second Labour Government, but was defeated by the National Party at the 1960 election by a twelve-seat margin.

The second National Government remained in place until its defeat at the 1972 election towards the end of that year.

[4] The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1960 election and at dissolution: Notes The table below shows the results of the 1960 general election: Key National Labour Social Credit Table footnotes: There were a number of changes during the term of the 33rd Parliament.