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Last weekend, the final results of the New Zealand general election were declared, following the counting of special votes. The results saw a minor shift...

Two Australian states are in the process of electing their local councils for the next four years. Unfortunately due to the large volume of...

Since the New Zealand election just over one week ago, you may have noticed the blog go quiet, but I haven't slowed down. I have...

I've previously blogged about the overall result - which parties gained and lost seats, and the regional variations in the vote. In this post,...

This map shows the main parties' performance on both the electorate and party vote in each general electorate. Read on below for a summary...

This post was written yesterday about Thursday's Scottish independence referendum. Come back later today for a summary of the New Zealand results. There was a...

Final update for Saturday night Party Votes % Swing Electorate seats List seats Total seats National 1,010,464 48.06 0.75 41 20 61 Labour 519,146 24.69 -2.79 27 5 32 Green 210,764 10.02 -1.04 0 13 13 New Zealand First 186,031 8.85 2.26 0 11 11 Conservative 86,616 4.12 1.47 0 0 0 Māori Party 27,074 1.29 -0.14 1 1 2 Internet Mana 26,539 1.26 0.18 0 0 0 ACT 14,510 0.69 -0.38 1 0 1 United Future 4,533 0.22 -0.38 1 0 1 Others 16,994 0.81 0.21 0 0 0 11:48pm - I'm going to check...

Voters are now going to the polls in New Zealand to elect the next Parliament - and therefore their new government - for the...

Results summary - 32 out of 32 councils reporting Votes % Yes 1,617,989 44.68 No 2,001,926 55.28 Total 3,621,107 Turnout 84.49% 3:14pm - With the declaration of the result in Fife, it is now mathematically impossible for...

East Coast Bays is a National Party electorate in the northern suburbs of Auckland. East Coast Bays covers a very conservative area, and on paper...