This marked an end to nine years under the Fifth National Government, and the beginning of the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand. The data files below provide complete election results by constituency and candidate. The National Party won a plurality of the seats with 56, down from 60 in 2014. [127] The leadership change saw a large boost in the Labour Party's support – the party had received $250,000 in donations and signed up 1000 volunteers within 24 hours of the leadership change, according to party secretary Andrew Kirton. [13] This is the first Government in New Zealand under MMP where the most popular party is not part of the Government. Robertson's announcement reversed the position taken by leader Jacinda Ardern who had reserved the right to implement changes before obtaining a mandate at the 2020 election, and came as a Newshub-Reid Research poll showed National rising at the expense of Labour. The Liberal Democrats won 12 seats, a net gain of 4 seats, and 7.4% of the vote. Four-laning the Hawke's Bay Expressway, a solution for the Manawatu Gorge road (closed after rock falls in April 2017 and a long history of such falls),[119] and a highway from Wellsford to Whangarei were included. Metiria Turei stepped down as co-leader of the Green Party during the campaign period and the party did not elect a replacement before the election. The party's policies on kāwanatanga focused on protecting freshwater as tāonga[156] and growing iwi economic resources. Labour candidate and former television presenter Tamati Coffey claimed Waiariki off Māori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell; Flavell's defeat saw the Māori Party without an electorate seat and with the party polling below 5% in the party vote, saw the party voted out of Parliament. The 2017 United States elections were held, in large part, on Tuesday, This briefing paper contains detailed results and analysis of the 2017 General Election, held on 8th June. The commission would supervise large infrastructure projects, such as the building of new schools, roads, and hospitals, which would be built as PPPs. [84], On 27 August 2017, National pledged a $379 million education package. The Green Party proposed that migration should be capped to 1 per cent of population growth, but later abandoned that policy due to the perception that the Greens were pandering to anti-immigrant rhetoric. Prior to the election, the centre-right National Party, led by Prime Minister Bill English, had governed since 2008 in a minority government with confidence and supply from the Māori, ACT and United Future parties. As part of the agreement, NZ First received four portfolios inside Cabinet and one outside. General Election 2017. Teachers' pay would be boosted by $20,000 on average, and the payments would reward good teachers and attract "our brightest graduates" to careers in teaching. The Cabinet Office issues guidance for civil servants on their conduct during this period. The Labour ministers outside cabinet were Kris Faafoi, Peeni Henare, Willie Jackson, William Sio, and Meka Whaitiri. [3] Advance voting proved popular, with 1.24 million votes cast before election day, more than the previous two elections combined.[4][5]. The Scottish National Party won 35 seats, down from 56 seats in 2015. 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Counting of advance votes may now start earlier at 9:00 am (previously 2:00 pm), to take into account the increase in people voting in advance. Last sitting day for the 51st Parliament. The debate was moderated by Newshub political editor Patrick Gower. [164] The party considered the existing tax regime to favour owners of capital and to over-tax wage earners, to favour home-owners and to disadvantage those who rent their home, and to encourage investment in real estate rather than productive businesses. The data may change as it is revised and updated by local authorities during the coming weeks and months. The contact information of sitting MPs, such as business cards and signage on out-of-Parliament offices, has been clarified as not constituting election advertising. The party would establish the line by 2027, and it could form the spine of an extended network north to Epuni via central Lower Hutt and south to Island Bay. [99], National Party leader and Prime Minister Bill English announced on 6 August 2017 that there would be a $267 million investment in Auckland and Wellington commuter rail, which would include (in Auckland) electrification of the line between Papakura and Pukekohe, a third line between Westfield and Wiri, and (in Wellington) double-tracking the line between Trentham and Upper Hutt, and several other improvements. The preliminary count only includes advance ordinary and election day ordinary votes; it does not include any special votes. For example, after Peter Dunne announced his retirement, projections stopped assuming United Future would retain Ōhāriu. [7][8], The election saw five parties return to Parliament, down from seven in 2014 and the lowest number since the introduction of MMP in 1996. [143], The party announced plans on 2 September 2017 to counter pollution by introducing a tax on farmers of $2 per kilogram of nitrate (fertiliser), which it said would raise about $136 million per year. It was the first election for English as incumbent Prime Minister, having replaced John Key on 12 December 2016 and the first since 1975 where both major parties had leadership changes. The regulated election advertising period begins. Theresa May stayed as prime minister. ACT announced policies including tax cuts, with the top personal tax bracket reducing from 33% to 25%,[160][161][non-primary source needed] and raising the age of superannuation[162] from 65 to 67 gradually every 2 months starting in 2020. [126], On 1 August 2017, party leader Andrew Little resigned on the back of poor opinion polling performance. The party also wanted to abandon the requirement for highly-skilled migrants to have a job to come to. 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