NewsWorld Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party scores landslide win in New Zealand by Barbados Today 17/10/2020 written by Barbados Today Updated by Desmond Brown 17/10/2020 1 min read A+A- Reset Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 292 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a landslide victory in the country’s general election. With most ballots tallied, Ardern’s centre-left Labour Party has won 49% of the vote and she is projected to win a rare outright parliamentary majority. The opposition centre-right National Party, currently on 27 per cent, has admitted defeat in Saturday’s poll. The vote was originally due to be in September, but was postponed by a month after a renewed COVID-19 outbreak. The polls opened at 9 am local time and closed at 7 pm. More than a million people had already voted in early polling, which opened up on Oct. 3. New Zealanders were also asked to vote in two referendums alongside the general election. BBC Barbados Today Stay informed and engaged with our digital news platform. The leading online multimedia news resource in Barbados for news you can trust. You may also like Pentagon says US doesn’t want to pursue war with Iran after bombing 22/06/2025 Trump to be nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 21/06/2025 Seven acquitted in 2015 murder of schoolteacher 20/06/2025
