The New Zealand Election

On September 19, 2020, New Zealand will hold a general election. The incumbent government is led by prime minister Jacinda Ardern of the NZ Labour Party, in coalition with the centrist NZ First Party, and supported by the Green Party.

The main opposition is the centre-right National Party which happens to hold the largest number of seats of any party.

New Zealand’s parliamentary system means that the head of government, the prime minister, is not directly elected. Governments are formed from the majority in the House of Representatives after the election.