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National and ACT lose majority in largest ever Parliament (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by Rangelus to c/politics

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National has lost 2 seats, while TMP has gained 2, and the Green party has gained 1. NACT now need NZF to govern.

Rachel Boyack has won Nelson by 21 votes, and Phil Twyford has won Te Atatū by 131 votes.

122 seats because of the overhang, which will rise to 123 after the Port Waikato by-election.

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[–] Dave 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I suspect we have already started to see the splintering. Both National and Labour are much smaller than they have been in previous years.

[–] TagMeInSkipIGotThis 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And of course Labour already went through some of this with Act, Alliance, Greens etc all coming out of their ructions from the end of the 80s. But unfortunately the two brands remain; sucking most of the financial support and media narrative out of our political environment.

[–] Dave 1 points 1 year ago

Greens actually get donations on par with (and sometimes more than) Labour. And the same with Act and National, though their donations are many times what Labour/Greens get. And if you count the unreported donations to their lobbying arm you'd probably find Act gets the largest share of the donation money.