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Labour/Alliance Have 59 Seats

By: Alastair Thompson
Published: Sun 28 Nov 1999 12:44 PM
The victory celebrations have begun. And Winston is back.
But With Winston and Jeanette Fitzsimons now ahead again in the Coromandel (174 ahead) and Tauranga (471 ahead – nearly closed) we have another picture.
On a night of contrasts.
Labour and the Alliance now have 59 seats. They need Peter Dunne or the Greens to form a govt.
MMP is a rollercoaster – but only because it is stupid.
Get rid of the threshold.
Alastair Thompson
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