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Hamilton East. National's Christchurch City Councillor Catherine Chu and Labour's senior vice-president Tracey McLellan are facing off for the seat - but it's another three-horse race with Green Party MP and Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage also contesting the electorate. Going head-to-head in this electorate are Labour's Duncan Webb and National's Dale Stephens. A chairperson (often a judge) nominated by the other members (with the exception of Chairperson of the Local Government Commission). Data is provided with tohutō/macrons (UTF-8 format). The highest-profile seat in the country is even more interesting than normal following the retirement of National's former deputy leader Nikki Kaye, who successfully overcame current Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern twice to retain it in her 12-year stint as the area's MP. About elections. 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COVID-19 Resource hub. [4], Although the New Zealand Parliament is intended to have 120 members,[citation needed] recent iterations have exceeded this quantity. Kaye's absence has opened Auckland Central right up - and it's now looking like a three-horse race between Labour's Helen White, National's Emma Mellow and the Green Party's Chlöe Swarbrick. The general electoral population of Papakura exceeds the quota by the largest percentage of 14.8 percent. This Māori electorate has a strong contender for a seat that's been held by Labour's Adrian Rurawhe for the last six years, in the form of Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. 14 Oct, 2020 11:56 PM 17 minutes to read. There is one new electorate in 2020, Takanini, and seven have changed their names or boundaries significantly, as noted below. National will hope Simon Bridges' former advisor Liam Kernaghan is up for the task, while Labour have pinned their hopes on former lawyer and journalist Ingrid Leary, who moved there from Auckland in 2019. Tāmaki Makaurau. For candidates. But while his 2017 result was ultimately a win, it would've been a major cause for concern - his personal popularity took a 4283-vote hammering compared to 2014, and National lost the party vote. [9] Another new North Island seat was added for the 2014 general election. Wellington has a lot of safe red seats, but there are still a couple of exciting electorates to watch this year- Hutt South and Ōhāriu. The electorate boundary review released its proposed changes to New Zealand’s electorates ahead of the 2020 election last November. Rurawhe's key messages this election are to create employment and training opportunities that lead to jobs for Māori, create opportunities in trade, business development and tourism, and remove health inequities for Māori. and the number of Māori electorates remains unchanged at seven. Now it’s a three-way race between the Labour Party’s Helen White, the National Party’s Emma Mellow and the Green Party’s Chlöe Swarbrick. Four government officials—the Government Statistician, the Surveyor-General, the Chief Electoral Officer, and the Chairperson of the Local Government Commission. People who are enrolled to vote can vote at the 2020 general election. A Newshub Nation-Reid Research poll last month had White well in the lead on 42 percent, with Mellow on 26 and Swarbrick on 24. This dataset was first added to Stats NZ Geographic Data Service on 08 Apr 2020. to follow the correct line of a river or road. The number of Māori electorates is influenced by the Māori Electoral Option where Māori voters can opt to be in either a Māori electorate or a general electorate. The 71 electorates are made up from 64 general and seven Māori electorates. For starting a political party. Going up against Bishop is Labour's Ginny Andersen, who lost out to him three years ago by a small margin of just 1530 seats. There is one new electorate in 2020, Takanini, and seven have changed their names or boundaries significantly, as noted below. The 2020 general election looks set to dish up some tightly contested battles when it comes to electorate voting. [7] From 1881, a special country quota meant that rural seats could contain fewer people than urban seats, preserving improportionality by over-representing farmers. The number of general electorates in the South Island, by law, is held constant at 16. Te Tai Tokerau. Rachel Boyack, who wrestled the party vote back in Labour's favour last time out, is a genuine threat to Dr Smith's 24-year reign. For more information and mapping to street level, go to vote.nz In 1967 the reserved status of the Maori seats was removed, allowing non-Maori to stand in the Maori electorates, thus removing any guarantee that Maori would be elected to Parliament. This, coupled with the joining of the old Dunedin South electorate with rural, traditionally blue voters further south, means the seat is well and truly up for grabs. Te Tai Tonga. The Māori electorate - covering an area that includes the Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and Taupō - is currently held by Labour MP and former children's TV personality Tamati Coffey. This page was last edited on 16 October 2020, at 15:58. The Representation Commission determines the names of each electorate following the most recent census. The images below show which electorates are exceeding the population quota and which ones are falling below it. Allan is buoyed by a poll commissioned by her party of 831 residents, which shows her sitting on 40.5 percent, with National's Tania Tapsell just behind on 35 percent. Choose a topic to compare the parties' election policies . He's polling on 26 percent, way ahead of Vision NZ's Hannah Tamaki on 2 percent.

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