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John Key's National ahead in New Zealand election
AFP - Sunday, November 9
WELLINGTON (AFP) - - Counting after New Zealand's national election indicated a big swing towards John Key's centre-right National Party, official figures showed on Saturday.
Electoral office figures showed National had 46 percent of the country-wide vote compared with 33 percent for Prime Minister Helen Clark's Labour Party, after 78.2 percent of the total vote had been counted.
Among the minor parties, the Green Party had 6.4 percent and former foreign affairs minister Winston Peters' New Zealand First had 4.3 percent.
Political analysts said Labour's tally was likely to be boosted later, as major city polling stations were counted.
The swing was roughly in line with opinion polls before the election showing Clark's Labour Party facing likely defeat after nine years in power.
The pre-election polls predicted multi-millionaire former investment banker Key could take power with the help of the tiny conservative parties ACT and United Future.
Since the complex mixed member proportional (MMP) electoral system was introduced in 1996, no single party has won over 50 percent of the vote and been able to control the parliament without the help of minor parties.
Under the MMP system, every party winning at least five percent of the total vote is allocated seats on a proportional basis in the parliament of about 120 seats.
Some parties are also represented by winning some of the 63 general electorates and seven seats set aside for the indigenous Maori population.
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National Party leader John Key waves to motorists during a visit to the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill on November 7. Electoral figures showed Key's party had secured 46% of the vote after 78.2% of the total votes had been counted.
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