NEW ZEALAND: WELLINGTON: NATIONAL GOVERNMENT RETURNED TO POWER AT GENERAL ELECTION

Record ID: 909924

  • Title: NEW ZEALAND: WELLINGTON: NATIONAL GOVERNMENT RETURNED TO POWER AT GENERAL ELECTION
  • Date: 3rd December 1963
  • Summary: 1. LV EXT. POLLING BOOTH. 0.07 2. CU SIGN "POLLING BOOTH". 0.09 3. CU TWO PAIRS OF LEGS BEHIND POLLING BOOTH. 0.13 4. MV CLERKS HANDING OUT FORMS (2 SHOTS). 0.24 5. CU CLERK FILLS UP FORM. 0.29 6. CU VOTE INTO BALLOT BOX. 0.30 7. MV MAORI WOMAN RECEIVES VOTING PAPERS AND INTO BOOTH. 0.43 8. CU VOTE INTO BALLOT BOX. 0.45 9. CU MEN'S LEGS. 0.47 10. CU VOTE INTO BALLOT BOX. 0.49 11. CU GIRLS' LEGS. 0.52 12. CU MANS' LEGS: 0.55 13. CU VOTE INTO BALLOT BOX. 0.57 14. MV NUN PLACES VOTE INTO BALLOT BOX. 1.05 15. MV MR HOLYOAKE ARRIVES AT POLLING STATION. 1.08 16. MV MR HOLYOAKE TALKING TO CLERK. 1.15 17. MV MR HOLYOAKE VOTING. 1.24 Initials DS/S/BHH/PB DS/S/BHH/LW Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 3rd July 2016 14:05
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  • Location: WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
  • Country: New Zealand
  • Reuters ID: LVA6ILHBHCD99UKBR2NQOB0CHV08
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL PARTY HAS BEEN RETURNED TO POWER FOLLOWING LAST SATURDAY'S (NOVEMBER 30), GENERAL ELECTION WITH A CLEAR MANDATE TO GOVERN FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. IN A POLL WHICH DREW MORE THAN 82 PER CENT OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS, THE NATIONAL PARTY WON 44 SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    THE OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY WON 35-SEATS IN THE 80 SEAT SINGLE CHAMBER PARLIAMENT, WHILE THE SOCIAL CREDIT PARTY WON A SINGLE SEAT; ITS FIRST EVER IN THE NEW ZEALAND LEGISLATURE.

    COMMENTING ON THE POLL, NEW ZEALAND'S CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER SAID THAT VOTING HAD BEEN ABOUT AVERAGE, BUT ADDED THAT THE COUNTING OF ABSENTEE AND POSTAL VOTES BY THE END OF THIS WEEK WOULD LIFT THE PERCENTAGE VOTE TO ABOUT 90 PER CENT.

    IN THE ELECTION, THE NATIONAL PARTY LOST TWO SEATS, WHILE THE LITERAL AND COMMUNIST PARTIES FAILED IN ALL 23 CONSTITUENCIES THEY CONTESTED.
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