The Conservative Party wins the New Zealand election, returning to power after 6 years in opposition

Conservative National Party of New Zealand This Saturday, he won a legislative election in the maritime nation that would allow him to resume six years of rule by the opposition Wellington administration.

With nearly 80% of the survey completed, the National Party, led by Christopher LuxonIt led numerically with 39.98% of the vote, while the centre-left Labor PartyNew Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins won 26.34% of the vote, according to the Electoral Commission.

It's about a A radical turn With respect 2020 electionIn which the former Prime Minister of New Zealand took over the leadership of the Labor Party. Jacinda ArdernHe resigned last January.

“Unfortunately, the results show that it is not enough,” Hipkins said this Saturday, admitting the election defeat and calling Lacson to congratulate him on his victory. “From the bottom of my heart, thank you very much,” Hipkins told his worshipers in a speech reported by Radio New Zealand.

For its part, the Libertarian Party ACT, which is allied with the Conservatives in a minority government, won 9.18% of the vote, while Labour's traditional allies, the Green Party and the Maori Party, received 10.53% and 2.52% of the vote. %, respectively. The nationalist NZ First party currently has 6.35% of the vote, while other parties and null and void votes are at 5.06%, according to first results.

A comfortable majority

This means the Conservatives will win 51 of the 120 seats in Parliament, so, along with the ACT's 12, they can form a coalition to govern with a majority rather than resorting to NZ First as originally predicted. Low percentage support for National Party.

More than 3.8 million New Zealanders voted this Saturday at more than 2,300 polling stations across the country between 9:00am and 7:00pm, although almost a million more voted in advance.

In the campaign, the Conservatives promised to cut taxes and cut public spending to fight inflation in the country, while Labor, battered by six years in power, vowed to fight cost-of-living increases. Most vulnerable families.

Elections in New Zealand, home to nearly 5.1 million people, are marked mainly by its influence. Strong inflation (6%) China's emphasis on cost of living, housing affordability, crime, climate crisis and its foreign policy.