2020 New Zealand general election

2020 New Zealand general election

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All 120 seats in the House of Representatives 61 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	2,919,073 (82.24%; 2.49 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jacinda Ardern Judith Collins James Shaw Marama Davidson Party Labour National Green Leader's seat Mount Albert Papakura List Last election 46 seats 36.89% 56 seats 44.45% 8 seats 6.27% Seats before 46 56 8 Seats won 65 33 10 Seat change 19 23 2 Electorate vote 1,357,501 48.07% 10.19 pp 963,845 34.13% 9.92 pp 162,245 5.74% 1.17 pp Party vote 1,443,545 50.01% 13.12 pp 738,275 25.58% 18.87 pp 226,757 7.86% 1.59 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   ma‾-o•ri Leader David Seymour John Tamihere Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Winston Peters Party ACT Māori Party NZ First Leader's seat Epsom Ran in Tāmaki Makaurau (lost)[a] List List (lost) Last election 1 seat 0.50% 0 seats 1.18% 9 seats 7.20% Seats before 1 0 9 Seats won 10 2 0 Seat change 9 2 9 Electorate vote 97,697 3.46% 2.45 pp 60,837 2.15% 0.04 pp 30,209 1.07% 4.38 pp Party vote 219,031 7.59% 7.08 pp 33,630 1.17% 0.01 pp 75,020 2.60% 4.60 pp
Map of the general election. Electorate results are shown on the left, Māori electorate results in the centre, and the list members on the right.
Prime Minister before election Jacinda Ardern Labour Subsequent Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Labour

The 2020 New Zealand general election was held after the currently elected 52nd New Zealand Parliament is dissolved or expires. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the election date as Saturday 17 October 2020.^[2]

In the last election, Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, formed a minority coalition government with the New Zealand First party.^[3]

Incumbent Prime Minister Ardern was re-elected with a Labour landslide victory.^[4]

1. ↑ "Māori Party's Rawiri Waititi replaces John Tamihere as co-leader". RNZ. 29 October 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
2. ↑ Deguara, Brittney (17 August 2020). "Live: Jacinda Ardern delays election to October 17 amid coronavirus outbreak". Stuff. Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
3. ↑ Chapman, Grant (19 October 2017). "Full video: NZ First leader Winston Peters announces next Government". Newshub. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
4. ↑ "Jacinda Ardern eyes majority as New Zealand votes". BBC News. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.