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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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
coincidedWith 2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum
2020 New Zealand euthanasia referendum
country New Zealand
date 17 October 2020
electionFor New Zealand House of Representatives
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
historicalSignificance first single-party majority government under New Zealand MMP system
includesElectorates Māori electorates
general electorates
jurisdiction New Zealand
languageOfBallot English
Māori
leaderOfMainOppositionAtElection Judith Collins
leaderOfMainWinner Jacinda Ardern
mainOppositionParty New Zealand National Party
mainWinner New Zealand Labour Party
nextElection 2023 New Zealand general election
numberOfElectorateSeats 72
numberOfListSeats 48
numberOfSeatsContested 120
originalScheduledDate 19 September 2020
otherParliamentaryPartiesReturned ACT New Zealand
Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
Māori Party
oversightBody Electoral Commission (New Zealand)
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
primeMinisterAfterElection Jacinda Ardern
primeMinisterBeforeElection Jacinda Ardern
resultedIn single-party majority government for Labour Party
supportArrangement cooperation agreement between Labour and Green Party
termOfParliament 53rd New Zealand Parliament
typeOfVote electorate vote
party vote
voterTurnoutDescription highest turnout since 1999
voterTurnoutPercentage 82.2%

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