Polls Closed in The New Zealand 2005 General Election

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Saturday, September 17, 2005

The New Zealand General Election
New Zealand
Preliminary Election Results:
Labour NZ First National 40.72 5.84 39.63 Greens United Future ACT 5.07 2.72 1.52 Progressive Maori Party Others 1.21 1.98 1.29 100 % Counted:5 hrs in to the Count Polling Places Counted: 6,094 of 6,094 (100.0%) Total Votes Counted: 2,052,813 Special Votes: 193,348 Official Results
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At 07:00 UTC today (19:00 NZST, local time), the polls closed in the New Zealand general election, 2005.

Nearly three million people were eligible to vote.

Turn out was strong, turnout results are predicted to be to be higher than the 2002 turn out (77%)

Under New Zealand's MMP system, parties must win either a electorate seat or 5% of the party vote to win a seat in the 120-seat, parliament.

Preliminary election results will be on Wikinews as they come through [1] it is expected that all votes will be counted by 11:30 UTC (23:30 NZST)

The official results are expected to be available by Saturday, 1 October 2005, on the Chief Electoral Office 2005 General Election Results website [2]

Sources

• "Polling stations report good turnout". One News, September 17, 2005

• "I Hour Left in the New Zealand 2005 General Election". Wikinews, Sept, 17, 2005

• "Leaders cast votes, turnout appears strong". NEWSTALK ZB, Sept, 17, 2005
  

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