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Jacinda Ardern on track for ‘once in a lifetime’ election landslide

“I think people are really grateful with the way Jacinda has handled Covid; she is leading the world. We are able to live our lives normally with very few restrictions - it is just a blessing," one voter said.

Henry Goodwin by Henry Goodwin
2020-10-17 09:34
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New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern is on track to win a “mind-blowing”, landslide election victory, handing her three more years in power.

Early returns have Ardern’s Labour Party scooping more than 50 per cent of the vote – a remarkable return that could mean it is able to govern on its own, without the support of a coalition partner.

The centre-right National Party, New Zealand’s main opposition party, is on course to win just 25 per cent of the vote – the second-worst tally in its 84-year history.

‘Mind-blowing’

“This is once in a lifetime,” a Labour voter told a Guardian reporter outside the town hall in Auckland, where Ardern’s supporters are gathering to celebrate. “Mind-blowing.”

Another added: “Science and clear communication around Covid-19 have won the day against Trumpery and fake news – people have clearly seen how the government looked after us.

“I think people are really grateful with the way Jacinda has handled Covid; she is leading the world. We are able to live our lives normally with very few restrictions – it is just a blessing.”

New Zealand has largely returned to normality, with many pointing to 40-year-old Ardern’s handling of the pandemic as a model for other nations to follow.

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The popular prime minister instigated a sharp, harsh lockdown and closed the countries borders – limiting New Zealand to just 1,883 cases and 25 deaths.

‘Super-majority’

It is possible that Labour may form a coalition with the Green Party, in order to secure a left-wing ‘super-majority’.

The Greens and Labour are currently in a three-way coalition with right-wing New Zealand First – which looks set to lose all its seats and take only two per cent of the votes.

Labour Party Deputy Leader Kelvin Davis said: “It’s looking positive but we won’t count our chickens before they hatch.”

More to follow.

Related: This is how New Zealand combated coronavirus

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