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Full Coverage: NZ Election Night 2008

Published: Mon 10 Nov 2008 09:23 AM
Post-Election wrangling and official results - Full Coverage: Post-Election NZ 2008 Election 08: Key Urges NZ To Work Together - Clark Stands Down - ACT in Box Seat - Winston Is Gone & Roger Douglas Returns

Alastair Thompson blogs: 1am - At the end of the night tonight the MP count is National 59 : Labour 43 : Green 8 : ACT 5 : Maori 5 : Progressive 1 :United Future 1 - in a 122 seat Parliament. The Government elect block looks likely to lose one more seat to the Greens on special votes (of which there are 240,000), after which National, ACT and United will have 64 MPs - two votes over the 62 majority required. United's Peter Dunne has indicated his concerns around working with Roger Douglas already. Clearly the new opposition are also alarmed at the return of Roger. All of which begs a few questions: While this is an electoral landslide in MMP terms, is it a mandate for radical change? More >>
ALSO:Chief Electoral Office - Preliminary Results For The 2008 General ElectionElection Results 2008: Electorate Status TableEarlier - National's 100-day action planElection 08: Gordon Campbell Counts Down To The PollRoy Morgan Poll - Nats 42% Lab 34.5%Lyndon Hood - The Campaign In PicturesLabour - Where Is English In The last Week Of Campaign?Maori Party - Sharples takes issue with media advice on votingMaori Party - Party reports further electoral irregularitiesGreens - Fitzsimons visits the future at campaign's endLibertarianz Party - Why Vote Libertarianz?MetService - Sunny And On The Cool Side For Election DayKiwiFM Audio - Wammo & Helen Clark & David Slack: On The Eve...TV3 Video - Full interview with John Key following victory speechMaori Party hopes for cabinet postsKey pledges National Govt will work for all NZersFull news conference with Helen ClarkWinston Peters and NZ First gone from parliamentClark concedes the election, stands down as Labour leaderGreens pick up two extra seatsPeter Dunne responds to United Future's election resultsWatch United Future leader Peter Dunne's full interviewRoger Douglas back in Parliament
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