OPINION
Some more election 2014 stats:
Labour won the party vote in only five general electorates, down from 14 last time
National beat Labour by 23.4% nationwide, 22.7% in Auckland, 13.7% in Wellington, 24.9% in Christchurch, 25.0% in provincial NZ and 40.9% in rural NZ
Labour’s party vote dropped by 3.4% in Auckland and Wellington and 2.4% in Christchurch
Greens got 16.6% party vote in Wellington. Conservatives got 5.2% in rural NZ
Internet Mana went up 0.5% the three main cities but dropped 3.3% party vote in the Maori seats. Maori did not like selling out to Kim Dotcom.
The best party vote for National was Tamaki at 66.6%
National got over 50% party vote in 35 seats while Labour were below 20% in 23 seats and unbelievably below 15% in 13 seats!
NZ First got over 5% in 66 of 71 seats
Greens got 28.1% party vote in Wellington Central
The Conservatives got over 5% party vote in five 19 seats (typo)
Labour came third in the party vote in four seats – Bay of Plenty, Helensville, Tauranga and Wellington Central
- Political commentator David Farrar posts at Kiwiblog.
David Farrar
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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