Curiablog's final results:
National 59 (46.8%)
Labour 44 (34.6%)
Green 10 (8.1%)
ACT 3 (2.6%)
Maori 4 (2.4%)
United Future 1 (0.5%)
Progressive 1 (0.2%)
There will be an overhang so the magic number to chase is a majority of 122 seats.
Most likely formulae are:
Most likely formulae are:
National+ACT+United Future = 63 seatsOther possibilities could happen. The next days will tell.
Labour+Prog+Greens = 55 seats
Of note:
- John Key is New Zealand's new Prime Minister
- Helen Clark is standing down
- Labour will be in opposition with a new leader
- NZ First and Winston Peters are gone
- Roger Douglas is back
- National List MPs include up to Conway Powell number 59
- Labour List MPs include up to Stuart Nash number 36
(Special votes may affect some of the above a little)
Breathing a sigh of relief here. I thought it would happen, but it feels good to have it official: Labour's grip is no more. What we will have is of course very far from ideal, but it is SO obviously a step in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteYeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
ReplyDeleteThe end of the regime indeed!
Glad to hear you folks gave Helen the boot.
ReplyDeleteYeah well it was Matt's birthday and I couldn't think what to get him (he is hard to buy for) so I went, well he does want a change in government....
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