2020 New Zealand general election facts for kids
The 2020 New Zealand general election was held after the currently elected 52nd New Zealand Parliament is dissolved or expires. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the election date as Saturday 17 October 2020.
In the last election, Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, formed a minority coalition government with the New Zealand First party.
Incumbent Prime Minister Ardern was re-elected with a Labour landslide victory.
Candidates
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Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern
(Labour Party)
from Mount Albert -
Deputy Prime Minister
Winston Peters
(NZ First)
from Northland -
Members of Parliament
James Shaw and Marama Davidson
(Green Party)
for List -
Member of Parliament
David Seymour
(ACT)
from Epsom
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Election changes
Electorate boundaries for the next election are due to be redrawn in 2019, after the 2018 census and Māori electoral option. This means that unless a snap election is called before 2019, the next general election will be the first to use boundaries based on the 2018 census.
Opinion polling
Seat projections
| Party | 2017 election result | Roy Morgan 30 Oct – 12 Nov 2017 poll |
1 News Colmar Brunton 19–23 May 2018 poll |
Radio NZ 5 Jun 2018 poll of polls |
Newshub Reid Research 17–24 May 2018 poll |
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| National Party | 56 | 51 | 58 | 57 | 58 | |||||||
| Labour Party | 46 | 49 | 55 | 54 | 55 | |||||||
| New Zealand First | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Green Party | 8 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 8 | |||||||
| ACT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | Seats in Parliament | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 122 | |
| Overall result (majority) | National−NZ First (65) | Labour−Green (62) | Labour−Green (61) | Labour−Green (62) | Labour–Green (63) | |||||||
| Labour−Green−NZ First (63) | ||||||||||||
| Note: Forecasted seats are currently calculated using the Electoral Commission's MMP seat allocation calculator, based on polling results. | ||||||||||||
Images for kids
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Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy (right) issues the writ for the election before the chief electoral officer, Alicia Wright (left), on 13 September 2020.
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Election hoardings lining the Dunedin Northern Motorway, August 2020
See also
In Spanish: Elecciones generales de Nueva Zelanda de 2020 para niños
