2020 New Zealand general election

The 2020 New Zealand general election was held after the currently elected 52nd New Zealand Parliament is dissolved or expires. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the election date as Saturday 17 October 2020.

In the last election, Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, formed a minority coalition government with the New Zealand First party.

Incumbent Prime Minister Ardern was re-elected with a Labour landslide victory.

Candidates

Election changes
Electorate boundaries for the next election are due to be redrawn in 2019, after the 2018 census and Māori electoral option. This means that unless a snap election is called before 2019, the next general election will be the first to use boundaries based on the 2018 census.

Opinion polling


Seat projections
 Party 2017 election result Roy Morgan30 Oct – 12 Nov 2017 poll 1 News Colmar Bruntonhttps://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/1-news-colmar-brunton-poll-budget-fails-deliver-boost-labour-but-ardern-up-four-per-cent-preferred-pm 1 News Colmar Brunton19–23 May 2018 poll Radio NZ5 Jun 2018 poll of polls Newshub Reid Research17–24 May 2018 poll National Party  56  51  58  57  58 Labour Party  46  49  55  54  55 New Zealand First  9  6  0  0  0 Green Party  8  13  6  8  8 ACT  1  1  1  1  1* Seats in Parliament 120  120  120  120  122 Overall result (majority) National−NZ First (65) Labour−Green (62)  Labour−Green (61) Labour−Green (62)  Labour–Green (63) Labour−Green−NZ First (63)Note: Forecasted seats are currently calculated using the Electoral Commission's MMP seat allocation calculator, based on polling results.

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References

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