The official election results in New Zealand reveal that National will require the support of both ACT and New Zealand First to form a government. These official results, including special votes cast overseas, show that National has lost two seats, reducing their total to 48 seats. The Green Party has gained one seat for a new total of 15. Additionally, Te Pāti Māori has secured two more Māori electorate seats, Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau, which were previously held by Labour. This means that Te Pāti Māori has won six of the seven Māori electorates, resulting in an overhang in the parliament.
This overhang increases the threshold for a majority, and as National and ACT combined have 59 seats, New Zealand First’s eight seats are necessary to form a government. The Labour Party, ACT, and New Zealand First saw no changes to their seat counts compared to preliminary results. However, special votes confirmed the return of some candidates, including Rachel Boyack in Nelson and Phil Twyford in Te Atatū.
In this election, a total of 2,850,527 legitimate votes were cast, with nearly 21% being special votes. Voter turnout among those enrolled was 78%, down from 82% in the previous election. Turnout in Māori electorates was 68%. Among eligible young voters aged 18 to 29, almost 83% were enrolled, compared to 81% in the previous election. National received over a million party votes, while Labour received over 767,000 party votes.
These results follow a three-week-long official count allowed under law and come after a general election in which debates around New Zealand’s future government took center stage. National Party leader Christopher Luxon and ACT leader David Seymour criticized the extended timeline for the official results, suggesting there might be some “upsets.” The final seat count is as follows:
- National: 48 seats
- Labour: 34 seats
- Green: 15 seats
- ACT: 11 seats
- New Zealand First: 8 seats
- Te Pāti Māori: 6 seats
wow that sounds scary what if a sea moster got them and there dead
That’s sick bro, also i’m in the titanic rn i’ll let you guys in.
All I did was get some vocab from this
what thats scery and cool
is it a brake down or what.What if they catch rabies
250,000 that is expensive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
WOW that is cool but i would not want to be down there
hmmmmmm huant much? also WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE 4 DAYS!!!!!!?
lets all pray they can be found
Lets all hope they are alright and saved
Guys say RIP in chat
I think that this is very scary and i hope that they will find the people in the submarine!
I think that the people won’t have much hope of survival because they only have a day left
i hope they survive
That would be scary
I hope those people are ok.
That is so interesting and cool!
I heard about this on the new crazy!
This is so interesting!
RIP there dead they are not coming up
oh no i hope they are found and i hope that there arent any childs on there
I wonder if they will be found in time
Oh my what if they perished!
oh no! thats sad along with the titanic
5 people that died from an implode seems sad, but it could be worse. they were lucky it was quick or they might of sufficated to death. but I will point it out, they did know it wasn’t tested and they knew it was a dangerous decision.
My friend was updating me on it last night and it turns out, they imploded. Rest in pieces. I meant rest in peace.