The 2017 New Zealand General Election is scheduled to be held on Saturday Sep 23, 2017 to determine the membership of the 52nd New Zealand Parliament.
The previous parliament was elected on 20 September 2014 and was set to expire on 10 October 2017 if not dissolved earlier. It was dissolved on 22 August 2017
Around 3.57 million people were registered to vote in the election, 91.1% of all eligible New Zealanders
Voters will elect at least 120 members to the House of Representatives, with 71 electorate members and 49 list members.
New Zealand uses the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, which gives voters two votes: one for a political party and one for their local electorate MP.
Parties receive seats in Parliament in proportion to their party vote share; seat are filled firstly by winning electorate candidates and secondly by candidates on the party's list.
This election is the most volatile and hard-fought race in recent history, which could usher in a change in openness to migration and trade and the central bank's approach to monetary policy.
Volatile opinion polls have shown a neck-and-neck race, although the ruling National Party of Prime Minister Bill English has led in recent polls, with two giving it a lead of nearly 10 points.
A change in the Labour Party leadership last month turned what had been expected to be a dull campaign into a nail-biting event, with 37-year old Jacinda Ardern vying to become the third woman prime minister and the youngest of recent times.
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