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Tauranga by-election preliminary results
Sunday, 19 June 2022, 5:48 am | Electoral Commission
18 June The Electoral Commission has released the preliminary results for the 18 June 2022 parliamentary by-election in the Tauranga electorate. Tauranga by-election preliminary results, 18 June 2022 Candidate Name Party Number of Votes UFFINDELL, ... More >>
Last Chance To Vote In The Tauranga By-election
Friday, 17 June 2022, 12:38 pm | Electoral Commission
Voters in the Tauranga electorate will have the final say tomorrow on who will be their next local member of Parliament. Saturday 18 June is election day and is the last chance to vote in the Tauranga by-election. 20 voting places will be open from ... More >>
Voting Starts In The Tauranga By-election
Friday, 3 June 2022, 12:40 pm | Electoral Commission
Voting gets underway tomorrow in the Tauranga by-election to choose a new local member of Parliament. ‘If you’re enrolled in the Tauranga electorate, you can vote at an advance voting place from Saturday 4 June. You don’t need to wait until ... More >>
Governor-General Issues Writ For The Tauranga By-election
Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 10:14 pm | Electoral Commission
The next step in the preparations for the Tauranga by-election has taken place today with the Governor-General issuing the writ for the by-election to be held. The Rt Hon Dame Cindy Kiro has given the Electoral Commission the formal direction and authority ... More >>
Preparations Begin For Tauranga By-election
Wednesday, 6 April 2022, 3:42 pm | Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is preparing for a by-election in the Tauranga electorate on Saturday 18 June. ‘Voters in Tauranga will be choosing a new local Member of Parliament,’ says Graeme Astle, National Manager of Voting Services. ‘If you ... More >>
25 Years Of MMP
Monday, 11 October 2021, 12:38 pm | Electoral Commission
Tuesday 12 October marks the 25th anniversary of the first MMP election held in New Zealand. After looking through the archives, the Electoral Commission has rediscovered the original Footrot Flats advertisements that explained voting under the Mixed Member ... More >>
Jump In Youth Voting
Monday, 30 November 2020, 4:12 pm | Electoral Commission
There was a big increase in the number of young people turning out to vote at the 2020 General Election. “This election we saw more people enrolling across the general and Māori rolls and more people voting,” says Chief Electoral Officer Alicia Wright. ... More >>
Referendum Results
Friday, 6 November 2020, 2:04 pm | Electoral Commission
End of Life Choice Referendum The referendum asked the question: "Do you support the End of Life Choice Act 2019 coming into force?" 65.1% Yes 33.7% No 1.2% Informal VOTES NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL VOTES Yes 1,893,290 65.1% ... More >>
2020 General Election Official Results
Friday, 6 November 2020, 2:02 pm | Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission has declared the official results for the 2020 General Election and referendums. Party vote - main points National has two fewer seats and Labour and the Māori Party each have one more: The number of seats in Parliament ... More >>
Preliminary Referendum Results Released
Friday, 30 October 2020, 2:13 pm | Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission has released the preliminary results of the end of life choice and cannabis legalisation and control referendums. The preliminary results are based on the count of ordinary votes cast in advance and on election day and ... More >>
Referendum results
Friday, 30 October 2020, 1:57 pm | Electoral Commission
End of Life Choice Referendum The referendum asked the question: "Do you support the End of Life Choice Act 2019 coming into force?" 65.2% Yes 33.8% No 1.0% Informal VOTES NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL VOTES Yes 1,574,645 65.2% ... More >>
Election Night Results For The 2020 General Election
Sunday, 18 October 2020, 6:02 am | Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission has released the election night results for the 2020 General Election. Party Party Votes % Votes Electorate Seats List Seats Total Seats Labour Party 1,169,397 49.1 43 21 64 National Party 638,393 26.8 26 9 35 ACT New ... More >>
Last Chance To Vote
Friday, 16 October 2020, 11:25 am | Electoral Commission
Tomorrow, Saturday 17 October, is election day and the last chance to vote in the 2020 General Election and referendums. “2,567 voting places will be open from 9am until 7pm on Saturday, so there is plenty of opportunity for anyone who hasn’t ... More >>
Update On EasyVote Packs
Friday, 9 October 2020, 2:44 pm | Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is confident that no unofficial material was included in the EasyVote packs that have gone out to 3.3 million voters. The Commission is aware of 24 reports of voters receiving a VoteSafe referendum flyer in their EasyVote pack ... More >>
Bumper Number Of Voting Places Open This Weekend
Friday, 9 October 2020, 9:50 am | Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is urging people to take advantage of a big increase in advance voting places open this weekend to get out and vote early. Chief Electoral Officer Alicia Wright says about 450 voting places were open last Saturday, but the ... More >>
Voting Papers For Port Waikato Reprinted
Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 1:35 pm | Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission has reprinted voting papers from the Port Waikato electorate that had a formatting error. The white circle for people to place a tick by Vision New Zealand’s name was missing on the voting papers. There was space next to the ... More >>
Advance Voting Starts On Saturday
Thursday, 1 October 2020, 10:20 am | Electoral Commission
Voters will head to the polls on Saturday when nearly 450 advance voting places open their doors for this year’s election and referendums. Chief Electoral Officer Alicia Wright says the popularity of advance voting has been rising steadily – ... More >>
Overseas Voting Starts On Wednesday
Monday, 28 September 2020, 11:03 am | Electoral Commission
Voters who are overseas will be able to vote in the 2020 General Election and referendums from this Wednesday. About 67,000 New Zealand voters are enrolled at an overseas address. Overseas voters can vote from Wednesday 30 September until 7pm on election ... More >>
More Time To Register For Postal Voting
Monday, 21 September 2020, 2:17 pm | Electoral Commission
The deadline to register for a postal vote for the upcoming election and referendums has been extended by five days to give people more time to apply. Postal voting is available for people who cannot go to a voting place to vote in person, for example ... More >>
Electoral Commission: Candidate And Party Lists Released
Saturday, 19 September 2020, 2:06 pm | Electoral Commission
17 registered political parties and 677 candidates will be contesting the 2020 General Election Nominations have now closed and the Electoral Commission has released the electorate and party list candidates for 2020 online at vote.nz . Advance voting ... More >>
