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The preliminary count only includes advance ordinary and election day ordinary votes; it does not include any special votes, which have a deadline ten days later (24 October). [2] Special votes include votes from those who enrolled after the deadline of 10 September, those who voted outside their electorate (including all overseas votes ...
New Zealand’s National Party, which is currently in opposition had about 40 per cent of the votes, while the ACT party had 9 per cent, giving the coalition enough seats to form a government.
The 2023 New Zealand general election was held on 14 October 2023 to determine the composition of the 54th Parliament of New Zealand.Voters elected 122 members to the unicameral New Zealand House of Representatives under the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, with 71 members elected from single-member electorates and the remaining members elected from closed party lists. [1]
The 2023 Port Waikato by-election was held on 25 November 2023. The by-election was triggered by the death of Neil Christensen, who was a candidate for the ACT Party . Christensen's death occurred after the close of candidate nominations for the 2023 New Zealand general election , but before polling day.
The coalition now holds 61 seats in the 121-seat parliament, according to provisional results from the Electoral Commission with the final results due to be announced on 3 November.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has headed the Labour Party since Jacinda Ardern abruptly resigned in January. But even before Hipkins took over, Labour's fortunes had started to shift, as swing ...
ACT New Zealand released their list on 16 July 2023. [3] [4] Anto Coates, 33rd on the list, withdrew in July. [5] Elaine Naidu Franz, 29th on the list, stood down on 23 August due to controversial social media comments. [6] Brent Miles, 57th on the list, and contesting Taranaki-King Country, withdrew in September for "personal reasons". [7]
The Sixth National Government is a coalition government comprising the National Party, ACT Party and New Zealand First that has governed New Zealand since November 2023. The government is headed by Christopher Luxon, the National Party leader and prime minister, along with coalition party leaders David Seymour and Winston Peters.