Haberler      English      العربية      Pусский      Kurdî      Türkçe
  En.Haberler.Com - Latest News
SEARCH IN NEWS:
  HOME PAGE 29/03/2024 10:50 
News  > 

New Zealand Opposition Leader Concedes Defeat

20.09.2014 18:06

David Cunliffe, leader of New Zealand's main opposition Labour Party on Saturday conceded defeat in the general election. Cunliffe said in a televised address to party faithful that he had called Prime Minister John Key and congratulated him on winning a third term in office. The Labour Party would.

David Cunliffe, leader of New Zealand's main opposition Labour Party on Saturday conceded defeat in the general election.
Cunliffe said in a televised address to party faithful that he had called Prime Minister John Key and congratulated him on winning a third term in office.
The Labour Party would on Sunday begin a three-year campaign to win government benches in Parliament in 2017, said Cunliffe.
The campaign had been unique in New Zealand's history, "beset by dirty politics and sideshows that will take months and months to unravel," he said in reference to allegations of smear tactics and mass surveillance of the public.
Key's governing center-right National Party was returned in a much stronger position than either of its first two terms in power.
National had 48.2 percent with almost all the votes counted enough to take 62 seats in the 120-seat Parliament and to govern alone, according to preliminary results.
However, it is likely to enter into confidence and supply agreements with the libertarian Act and the center-right United Future parties, which each have one member of Parliament (MP) and supported the National since it first came to power in 2008.
The future of National's other minor partner, the Maori Party, looked much less certain after it dropped from three to two MPs.
Labour had 24.52 percent and its Green Party allies 10.02 percent, giving them a total of 44 seats.
The centrist New Zealand First party was in fourth place on 8. 87 percent, giving it a possible 11 seats.
About 2.07 million of the 3.1 million registered voters cast their ballots, according to the Electoral Commission. (Xinhua/Cihan)



 
Latest News





 
 
Top News