2020 election results: who wins and who will rule for the next three years

A sea of ​​red, with a tint of green? Or has New Zealand turned blue?

Your votes are in. The shape of New Zealand’s political and social landscape for the next three years will be revealed tonight.

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Tonight, two women, both born in Hamilton and raised in rural Waikato farming towns, just 14 miles away, face off. Who will serve as Prime Minister in New Zealand’s 53rd Parliament and who will occupy the opposition seats?

And while Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins know their fate, five critical questions will be answered for their parties:

• The Labor Party and Ardern have skyrocketed in pre-election polls: have they done enough to govern, and perhaps even govern alone?

• Or did Collins, the newly appointed National Party leader, crushed the pundits to send Labor back to the crusader benches after just one term?

• Is this the end of Winston Peters after 35 years in Parliament and the NZ First party that he formed in 1993? Have you paid the price for your coalition decision three years ago?

• Law enforcement leader David Seymour will arrive in Parliament riding his Epsom constituency, but how many MPs could join him?

• And perhaps one of the most intriguing questions: Will the Greens pass the party’s 5 percent vote threshold first and then hold the key to opening a second term for Labor? And what price will they put on power?

New Zealanders also voted today in two landmark referendums: the legalization of cannabis and euthanasia. But the results of these polls will not be known until the end of October.

Tonight, it’s about politics. Tonight we get the answers.

We will arrive live from our world-class NZ Herald-Newstalk ZB multipurpose newsroom in central Auckland, from the election night venues of major parties, and from NZME newsrooms throughout New Zealand.

With Hosking and Barry Soper at the Newstalk ZB studio and du Plessis Allan leading a panel of expert commentators and analysts, we’ve got you covered from every angle and on every news platform.

Stay with us as we bring you full coverage, breaking news, in-depth analysis and all the aftermath of an election campaign like no other, delayed and heavily influenced by a global pandemic that has killed more than a million people.