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2026 election results in full | RNZ (www.rnz.co.nz)
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It's also after 7pm election day, voting has closed so it's fair game to speak opinions now.

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[–] 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Well currently we have an 11 seat overhang.

Not going to be enough seats in the house...

I'm really stuck between, happy opportunity good in, worried about our democracy with engineered overhangs and three more years of the country going backwards.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 days ago* (3 children)

    Yeah it's a bit shit that the current result has the right bloc leading by 1.5 seats yet they got 49.9% of the vote...

    I don't think this was part of electoral reform recommendations though. How do other countries with similar systems protect against this sort of thing? I'm worried that manipulating the system will become commonplace from here on.

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