2023 New Zealand general election

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A general election took place in New Zealand on 14 October 2023 to determine the composition of the 54th New Zealand Parliament. Voters elected 122 members to the unicameral New Zealand House of Representatives under the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, with 71 members elected from single-member electorates and the remaining 51 members elected from closed party lists. Of the 72 electorates, only 71 seats were filled, with the remaining electorate MP determined in the 2023 Port Waikato by-election, due to the death of one of the general election candidates. Two overhang seats were added due to Te Pāti Māori winning six electorate seats when the party vote only entitled them to four seats, with an additional overhang seat added after the National party won the Port Waikato by-election, making for 123 members of parliament. The incumbent centre-left Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, were defeated at the polls, with the centre-right National Party, led by Christopher...

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