The principal researchers are:

Jack Vowles, j.vowles@exeter.ac.uk University of Auckland and the University of Exeter

Gerard Cotterell, g.cotterell@auckland.ac.nz Raymond Miller, rk.miller@auckland.ac.nz Jennifer Curtin, j.curtin@auckland.ac.nz University of Auckland

The 2011 Election Study

The 2011 election was held on November 26. The 2011 New Zealand Election Study (NZES) includes module 4 of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) programme and also includes questions that will be used to analyse the results of the electoral system referendum concurrent with the election. It has been funded by various sources within the University of Auckland, the Electoral Commission, the McDougall Trust, and AUT University. Survey administration is being conducted by the Centre of Methods and Policy Application in the Social Sciences (COMPASS) at the University of Auckland, which is also one of the funders of the project. Dr. Gerard Cotterell, Manager of COMPASS, leads the administration of the survey research.

Data will be available to funders and collaborators at about the end of March 2012. General release of the dataset for independent analysis will be in March 2013. More information about data ownership and data access can be found on the NZES data page.