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Ardern wins landslide in New Zealand election
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a landslide victory in New Zealand’s general election on Oct. 17, leveraging success battling Covid-19 to gain an...
With two thirds of the vote counted, Ardern’s center-left Labour Party was on 49.2 percent and forecast to take around 64 seats in the 120-member parliament.
- WELLINGTON- Agence France-Presse
- Hurriyet
No leader has achieved an absolute majority since New Zealand adopted a proportional voting system in 1996, leading to a succession of multi-party governments.
While the count has not been finalized, the figures were enough for opposition leader Judith…