Ardern wins by landslide in New Zealand election

Addis Ababa, October 18, 2020 (FBC) -New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a landslide victory in the country’s general election.

With all votes tallied, Ms Ardern’s centre-left Labour Party won 49.1%, bringing a projected 64 seats and a rare outright parliamentary majority.

The opposition centre-right National Party won 26.8% in Saturday’s poll – just 35 seats in the 120-seat assembly.

The poll was originally to be held in September but was postponed by a month after a renewed Covid-19 outbreak.

Ahead of Saturday’s vote, more than a million people cast ballots in early polling, which opened on 3 October.

Source: BBC