New Zealand Election Update

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New zealand election update. The prime minister of new zealand jacinda ardern has postponed the country s general election by a month amid a spike in coronavirus cases. Voters will elect 120 members to the new zealand house of representatives under the mixed member proportional mmp voting system a proportional representation system in which 72 members will be elected from single member. Labour party leader jacinda ardern spoke to nine to noon about why labour should be re elected and told morning report she has proved she can work with three parties so she can work with two but also hinted that governing alone might be preferable.

Before saturday more than 1 97 million people had voted the highest advance voting total in new zealand s history. The vote was due to take place on 19 september but. It s the final day of the campaign trail for new zealand s political parties follow live updates with rnz to find out what they are up to.

Welcome to newshub s live updates of the 2020 election results. New zealand first seems to be waving goodbye to support as they are swept up by the rising act party according to the latest newshub reid research poll. Winston peters has frequently been a kingmaker after elections but this time nz first has not made it into parliament.

1 news you can watch the coverage on tvnz1 tvnz ondemand 1news co nz and on 1 news facebook youtube. Meanwhile act on 8 percent will get 10 mps and the green party on 7 8 percent will also bring in 10 mps. Read about 2020 election news updates in the u s.

Jacinda ardern celebrates her win during the labor party election night function at. Recap 1 news coverage as the results for the 2020 general election were announced. Judith collins has conceded defeat but says the national party will make a robust opposition.

One of the number crunchers on the tv coverage of the new zealand election has summed it up as saying the result defies logic. The act new zealand and green party have both snapped up 10 seats while the maori party has gained one seat.