@salingergregor This is only the party vote half of the votes cast in the election. I can’t find a total for the electorate vote anywhere (and I definitely can’t be bothered to count them all up myself!) but National will probably be miles ahead of everyone else.
🇳🇿🗳️2026 New Zealand General Election: DONE!
Well, sort of. These are the preliminary results, final results will be published by the Electoral Commission in just under 3 weeks’ time.
🇳🇿🗳️Voters in New Zealand have been mischievous! Splitting their party and candidate vote creating an unprecedented overhang. I’m gonna need more circles! 🔘🔘🔘
🔝The Opportunities Party have not committed to either coalition group, and leader Qiulae Wong is likely to hold the balance of power after the election. The once struggling centrist party look to have finally broken the 5% threshold needed to win seats in parliament🧵8/8
🔵🔴Two men called Chris failing to achieve a majority
⚖️A radical centrist party holding the balance of power
❌🗳️and a party who doesn’t want you to vote for them!
🇳🇿🗳️It’s election eve in New Zealand!🧵1/8
🪶 The Māori Party are the party who don’t want you to vote for them! Sort of. Every New Zealander gets to cast two votes, one for a party, one for a local MP. The Māori party, set up specifically for the interests of indigenous Māori people have asked their supporters NOT to vote for their party, but to instead vote for their candidates in the 7 Māori electorates in order to create additional“overhang” seats for their left-leaning allies. Confused?🧵7/8