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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...

Te Tai Tonga is a Māori electorate covering all of the South Island and most of the Wellington region. The electorate was won by the Māori...

Te Atatū is a marginal Labour seat in the western suburbs of Auckland, covering the Te Atatu Peninsula and the suburbs of Glendene Henderson, Lincoln, Ranui, Swanson...

West Coast-Tasman is a large marginal Labour seat covering most of the western coast of the South Island, including Greymouth, Westport, Murchison, Takaka and Motueka. West...

Mana is a marginal Labour electorate covering suburbs north of Wellington, which is held by Labour MP Kris Faafoi by a 6.6% margin. Faafoi won...