-National (center right party) has a clear majority of 61 seats out of 121 (first time a major party has governed without the help of minor parties under the MMP system). National can pass whatever law they want on their own, without the support of minor parties, which means that their more radical policies could more easily be implemented.
-Green (left party) support dropped from 14 seats down to 13 seats, and Labour (center left) from 34 to 32... Apparently our country doesn't care about Tertiary education, the environment, or closing the poverty gap much.
-The Internet-Mana Party didn't win any seats... So basically our population doesn't care about being spied on, being lied to by our government, and government corruption, and don't want their voices heard on these issues in Parliament.
-The Conservatives (far right party) won 4.1% of the party votes, but didn't get into Parliament. At least this is one positive thing to come from the election A National/Conservative government would have been the worst thing imaginable for our country...
At the end of the day, this election means very little... Just thought I'd rage a little bit over politics and be boring
The NZ 2014 election is over and the results are:
-National (center right party) has a clear majority of 61 seats out of 121 (first time a major party has governed without the help of minor parties under the MMP system). National can pass whatever law they want on their own, without the support of minor parties, which means that their more radical policies could more easily be implemented.
-Green (left party) support dropped from 14 seats down to 13 seats, and Labour (center left) from 34 to 32... Apparently our country doesn't care about Tertiary education, the environment, or closing the poverty gap much.
-The Internet-Mana Party didn't win any seats... So basically our population doesn't care about being spied on, being lied to by our government, and government corruption, and don't want their voices heard on these issues in Parliament.