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New Munster provincial election, 2019
I'm on a bit of an election spree at the moment (for hopefully obvious reasons).
Given that there is not an election happening in Australasia this weekend (and besides, that would be far too large an undertaking for me to handle at this point), here's the map of the results of last Saturday's provincial election in New Munster.
New Munster elects their unicameral parliament using STV, electing five members each from eight electoral districts.
The main parties are as follows:
New Munster Labour Party (Rōpū Reipa o Te Waipounamu): Labour, but on a provincial level. Does most of the things you'd expect a labour party to do.
New Munster Party (Rōpū o Te Waipounamu): Centrist to centre-right. Formed after the reunification of New Munster Democrats and Nationals in 1996.
People's Party of New Munster (Rōpū Iwi o Te Waipounamu): A splinter party from the NMP. Economically left-wing and socially conservative, they mainly appeal to the rural population as an agrarian-populist party.
Green Party of New Munster (Rōpū Kākāriki o Te Waipounamu): Your garden-variety green party. Won a seat in the Legislative Assembly for the first time at this election.
And the map!
(The background colour of each electoral district shows the largest party in said district on first preferences.)
The election was a defeat for the incumbent Labour government, who after two terms and a series of unpopular policies, lost their majority in Parliament. However, the result was a hung parliament, with New Munster First holding the balance of power. After a week of negotiations, on Friday it was announced by Opposition Leader Gerry Brownlee that a coalition agreement had been reached with the NMP, and as such the NMP and PPNM would be forming the next provincial government of New Munster.
Given that there is not an election happening in Australasia this weekend (and besides, that would be far too large an undertaking for me to handle at this point), here's the map of the results of last Saturday's provincial election in New Munster.
New Munster elects their unicameral parliament using STV, electing five members each from eight electoral districts.
The main parties are as follows:
New Munster Labour Party (Rōpū Reipa o Te Waipounamu): Labour, but on a provincial level. Does most of the things you'd expect a labour party to do.
New Munster Party (Rōpū o Te Waipounamu): Centrist to centre-right. Formed after the reunification of New Munster Democrats and Nationals in 1996.
People's Party of New Munster (Rōpū Iwi o Te Waipounamu): A splinter party from the NMP. Economically left-wing and socially conservative, they mainly appeal to the rural population as an agrarian-populist party.
Green Party of New Munster (Rōpū Kākāriki o Te Waipounamu): Your garden-variety green party. Won a seat in the Legislative Assembly for the first time at this election.
And the map!
(The background colour of each electoral district shows the largest party in said district on first preferences.)
The election was a defeat for the incumbent Labour government, who after two terms and a series of unpopular policies, lost their majority in Parliament. However, the result was a hung parliament, with New Munster First holding the balance of power. After a week of negotiations, on Friday it was announced by Opposition Leader Gerry Brownlee that a coalition agreement had been reached with the NMP, and as such the NMP and PPNM would be forming the next provincial government of New Munster.
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