New Zealand Heads Into Election Day with Polls on Knife Edge
Minor parties could decide the next government as voters weigh high prices, unemployment and competing tax and relief plans.
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New Zealand heads into election day with polls on knife edge
Kiwis are struggling to make ends meet -- the price of basic goods remains stubbornly high and unemployment at its highest in over a decade. Polls suggest that neither the ruling conservative National Party nor the opposition centre-left Labour have offered a programme compelling enough to win the seats needed to govern by themselves. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has hoped promises of no new taxes can help his right-wing coalition cling to p…
The polling stations must open at 09:00 local time Saturday (20:00 GMT Friday) and will close at 19:00 (06:00 GMT Saturday), even if voters have had the opportunity to vote for the legislature since last week. Local law imposes strict media silence from 11:00 GMT Friday, until the closing of the polling stations. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon hopes that his promises not to introduce new taxes will help his right-wing coalition to remain in po…
In New Zealand, voters will cast two votes in the November 7 general election under a mixed proportional representation system, in place since 1996: one for a party and one for a candidate in their constituency. According to a Roy Morgan poll, the ruling coalition has 47.5% support, while the opposition has 44%.
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