Today is election day. It is very civilised with voting starting at 9am and finishing at 7pm. All election posters and advertising banners have to be removed the night before the election so the day itself is very eerie with not obvious signs of an election!
We have 2 votes, one for a local candidate and one for a party... the party vote goes towards adding extra MP's to those parties with the highest proportion of the national vote. The election system is more racist than I expected with those designated as Maori being part of a separate electorate from the restof us. They have their own constituencies and candidates.
By 11pm they know the winning parties. National Party have won the highest proportion of the vote and John Key will be the new Prime Minister. Helen Clark and Labour have been turfed out!
I expect Labour will be happy to leave National with the economy going down the drain!
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