Ardern wins landslide in New Zealand election

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a landslide victory in New Zealand's general election Saturday, leveraging success battling Covid-19 to gain an unprecedented outright majority and the chance to implement her reform agenda.

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to the media at the Labour Election Day party after the Labour Party won New Zealand's general election in Auckland on October 16, 2020. (Photo by MICHAEL BRADLEY / AFP)

2020-10-17 15:45:04

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a landslide victory in New Zealand's general election Saturday, leveraging success battling Covid-19 to gain an unprecedented outright majority and the chance to implement her reform agenda.

With two thirds of the vote counted, Ardern's centre-left Labour Party was on 49.2 percent and forecast to take around 64 seats in the 120-member parliament.

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