2026-11-7 7ac1dfbaff1210c5a327d8fbff3c6b8aadd9b2b5 /feed/2026/11/7/new-zealanders-vote-to-elect-120-members-of-the-house-of-representatives-with-additional-overhang-seats-national-leade New Zealanders vote to elect 120 members of the House of Representatives, with additional overhang seats. National leader Christopher Luxon and Labour leader Chris Hipkins both seek reappointment as the country's prime minister. 1794061327 2026-11-7 cf2b0cfd5804b88ede69803dc5cd5d4074eb12fb 2 2026 New Zealand general election 1 /wiki/2026%20new%20zealand%20general%20election Chris Hipkins 239 /wiki/chris%20hipkins Christopher Luxon 116 /wiki/christopher%20luxon House of Representatives 14 /wiki/new%20zealand%20house%20of%20representatives Labour 172 /wiki/new%20zealand%20labour%20party National 71 /wiki/new%20zealand%20national%20party New Zealanders 2 /wiki/new%20zealanders overhang seats 37 /wiki/overhang%20seat popular vote 406 /wiki/popular%20vote prime minister 317 /wiki/prime%20minister%20of%20new%20zealand special vote 506 /wiki/special%20vote 2026 New Zealand general election Chris Hipkins Christopher Luxon House of Representatives Labour National New Zealanders overhang seats popular vote prime minister special vote 2026 New Zealand general election 2026-04-21 fa899d2cfee4dd477adcf55d6282ed4b71f470cd 40 Christopher Luxon National prime minister 3 /feed/2026/04/21/new-zealand-prime-minister-christopher-luxon-secures-the-support-of-his-caucus-after-initiating-and-winning-a-confidence New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon secures the support of his caucus after initiating and winning a confidence vote on his leadership within the National Party. 2025-09-1 8374b8a2661e93d9543a1e75bef099a291e03193 5 Christopher Luxon prime minister 2 /feed/2025/09/1/new-zealand-prime-minister-christopher-luxon-announces-that-holders-of-investor-residence-visas-may-buy-or-build-a-singl New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon announces that holders of investor residence visas may buy or build a single home valued above NZL:5000000 cursign=NZ$}}, following changes to the visa rules previously preventing such investments. /feed/2026/11/7/new-zealanders-vote-to-elect-120-members-of-the-house-of-representatives-with-11-additional-overhang-seats-national-le AP 7 46598b343cc1f7b68e3bc541e06ca9b549be39a1 11 https://apnews.com/article/new-zealand-election-results-luxon-hipkins-voting-8c1728ae2533201f68d5a5e75fc9e907 2026 RNZ 7 00afe7ffc4f572307b5c0c540f25dbbb308e3782 11 https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/2420113/too-close-to-call-wait-begins-for-special-votes-after-cliffhanger-election-night 2026 New Zealanders vote to elect 120 members of the House of Representatives, with 11 additional overhang seats. National leader Christopher Luxon and Labour leader Chris Hipkins both seek reappointment as the country's prime minister. Preliminary results see Labour lead in the popular vote and the Nationals having the most amount of seats, with special votes yet to be counted.