2020 New Zealand general election
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The 2020 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote that resulted in a landslide victory for Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party, giving it the first single-party majority government under the country’s mixed-member proportional system.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Zealand general election
ⓘ
general election ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MMP ⓘ |
| advanceVotingAvailable | yes ⓘ |
| advanceVotingStartDate | 3 October 2020 ⓘ |
| ballotType | secret ballot ⓘ |
| campaignContext | COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coincidedWith |
2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum
ⓘ
2020 New Zealand euthanasia referendum ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| date | 17 October 2020 ⓘ |
| electionFor | New Zealand House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralSystem | mixed-member proportional representation ⓘ |
| enrolmentEligibility | New Zealand citizens and permanent residents aged 18 or over ⓘ |
| governingArrangementAfterElection | Labour single-party majority government ⓘ |
| governorGeneralAtTime | Patsy Reddy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first single-party majority government under New Zealand MMP system ⓘ |
| includesElectorates |
Māori electorates
NERFINISHED
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general electorates ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | New Zealand ⓘ |
| languageOfBallot |
English
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Māori ⓘ |
| leaderOfMainOppositionAtElection | Judith Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leaderOfMainWinner | Jacinda Ardern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainOppositionParty | New Zealand National Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainWinner | New Zealand Labour Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextElection | 2023 New Zealand general election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfElectorateSeats | 72 ⓘ |
| numberOfListSeats | 48 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeatsContested | 120 ⓘ |
| originalScheduledDate | 19 September 2020 ⓘ |
| otherParliamentaryPartiesReturned |
ACT New Zealand
NERFINISHED
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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ Māori Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oversightBody | Electoral Commission (New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermLength | up to three years ⓘ |
| parliamentDissolutionDate | 6 September 2020 ⓘ |
| partyVoteThreshold | 5% of the nationwide party vote or one electorate seat ⓘ |
| postponedTo | 17 October 2020 ⓘ |
| postponementReason | COVID-19 outbreak in Auckland ⓘ |
| previousElection | 2017 New Zealand general election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterAfterElection | Jacinda Ardern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterBeforeElection | Jacinda Ardern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn | single-party majority government for Labour Party ⓘ |
| supportArrangement | cooperation agreement between Labour and Green Party ⓘ |
| termOfParliament | 53rd New Zealand Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfVote |
electorate vote
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party vote ⓘ |
| voterTurnoutDescription | highest turnout since 1999 ⓘ |
| voterTurnoutPercentage | 82.2% ⓘ |
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