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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