New Zealand General election results 2017 live Voting Dates Opinion Exit Poll Candidates
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New Zealand General election results 2017 live Voting
New Zealand General election Dates 2017
New Zealand General election Date: 23 September 2017
The 2017 New Zealand general election is scheduled to be held on Saturday 23 September 2017 to determine the membership of the 52nd New Zealand Parliament. The current Parliament was elected on Saturday 20 September 2014 and expires if not dissolved earlier on 10 October 2017.
The National Party has governed since 2008, in a minority government with confidence and supply from the Māori, ACT and United Future parties. The National Party will be seeking a fourth term in government against opposition parties Labour (the official opposition), Green and New Zealand First. It will be the first election for Bill English as Prime Minister, after he replaced John Key on 12 December 2016.
New Zealand General Parliamentary election Opinion Poll 2017
Opinion polling for the 2017 New Zealand general election has been commissioned throughout the duration of the 51st New Zealand Parliament by various organisations. The five main polling organisations are Fairfax Media (Fairfax Media Ipsos), MediaWorks New Zealand (3 News Reid Research/Newshub Reid Research), The New Zealand Herald (Herald Digipoll), Roy Morgan Research, and Television New Zealand (One News Colmar Brunton). The sample size, margin of error and confidence interval of each poll varies by organisation and date.
New Zealand General Parliamentary election Opinion Poll Party Wise
| Poll | Date | National | Labour | Green | NZ First |
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One News Colmar Brunton
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1–5 July 2017 | 47 | 27 | 11 | 11 |
| Roy Morgan Research | 26 June – 9 July 2017 | 43 | 30.5 | 13.5 | 8 |
New Zealand General Parliamentary election Preferred PM
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Poll
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Date | Bill English | Andrew Little | Winston Peters |
| Newshub Reid Research | 15-Jun | 26.2 | 7 | 9.7 |
| One News Colmar Brunton | 1–5 July 2017 | 26 | 5 | 11 |
New Zealand General election Contesting Parties and Candidates
Political parties registered with the Electoral Commission on Writ Day can contest the general election as a party. Each such party can submit a party list to contest the party vote, and can have a party election-expenses limit in addition to limits on individual candidates' campaigns. As of 6 March 2017, fourteen political parties are registered and can contend the general election
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Party
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Leader(s) | Ideology | Last election | |
| % party vote | Seats | |||
| National | Bill English | Conservatism; Classical liberalism | 47.04 | 60 |
| Labour | Andrew Little | Social democracy | 25.13 | 32 |
| Green | James Shaw / Metiria Turei | Green politics | 10.7 | 14 |
| NZ First | Winston Peters | Conservatism; Nationalism; Populism | 8.66 | 11 |
| Māori | Te Ururoa Flavell / Marama Fox | Indigenous rights | 1.32 | 2 |
| ACT | David Seymour | Classical liberalism; Libertarianism; Conservatism | 0.69 | 1 |
| United Future | Peter Dunne | Social liberalism; Centrism | 0.22 | 1 |
| Conservative | Leighton Baker | Conservatism; Fiscal conservatism; Social conservatism | 3.99 | – |
| Internet | Suzie Dawson | Collaborative e-democracy; Internet freedom; Privacy; Copyright reform | 1.42 | – |
| Mana | Hone Harawira | Tino rangatiratanga; Socialism; Māori rights | 1.42 | – |
| Legalise Cannabis | Jeff Lye | Cannabis legalisation | 0.46 | – |
| Ban 1080 | Mike Downard / Bill Wallace | Opposition to 1080 poison | 0.21 | – |
| Democrats | Stephnie de Ruyter | Social Credit; Economic democracy; Left-wing nationalism | 0.07 | – |
| Opportunities | Gareth Morgan | Big tent; Radical centrism; Environmentalism; Geolibertarianism | not founded | – |
sources: wikipedia.org
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