Conservative National Party New Zeland He won the elections in the ocean country this Saturday, which gives him Will be allowed to run for office again after six years in opposition The reins of the Wellington Manager.
When the review was almost complete (98%), the National Party led by Christopher Luxon leads the count 39.1% of votesIf center left labor partyFrom the outgoing Prime Minister of New Zealand, Chris Hipkinsyou are a 26.8% Your votes according to the Election Commission.
About A radical change regarding the 2020 electionsNew Zealand’s former prime minister swept the Labor Party leadership, Jacinda Ardernwho resigned last January.
Luxon thanked the “vote for change” cast by the ocean nation, which will bring its conservative formation to power after six years of opposition.
“Tonight’s numbers show that. National (Party) will be able to lead the next government“We’re getting back on track,” Luxon chanted in front of a crowd of fans in the city of Auckland, according to New Zealand public broadcaster TVNZ.
Luxon, who entered parliament three years ago, promised: “To all of you who voted National, we won’t let you down and we won’t let those who didn’t vote for us down either.” He served as CEO of New Zealand airline Air New Zealand from 2012 to 2019.
For your part, Hipkins admits election defeat and claims he called Luxon to congratulate him.
“Unfortunately, the results show that these are not enough,” Hipkins said. “Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart,” he told fellow believers in a speech reported by Radio New Zealand.
These results beat forecasts, giving the National Party 34% supportand the end of the six-year Labor government, whose charismatic leader Jacinda Arden, who won a landslide victory with nearly 50% of the vote in 2020, resigned at the beginning of the year, leaving Hipkins in charge.
The ultra-liberal ACT formation, which would in principle ally with the conservatives in a minority government, won 9% of the voteWhile traditional allies of the Labor Party, Green Party and Maori Party poll at 10.8 percent and 2.6 percentrespectively.
The nationalist New Zealand First Party currently has 6.5% of the vote your votes.
This means conservatives can form An alliance that will rule the country with a slim majorityUnlike Arden’s historic victory in 2020, they will not have to initially appeal to NZ First as predicted.
Luxon, Supporter of tough line against street gangsHe has promised to reduce inflation, reduce public spending and stimulate the economy by attracting investment by sanctioning Chinese capital for infrastructure and low taxes, among other promises.
More than 3.8 million New Zealanders voted this Saturday Between 9:00am and 19:00pm (20:00 GMT on Friday and 06:00 GMT on Saturday) at more than 2,300 polling stations across the country, although nearly a million people had already done so.
The elections in New Zealand, with a population of about 5.1 million, were mainly marked by strong inflation (6%), crime, the climate crisis and the importance of China in its foreign policy.