Roosting chorus Friday Nov 6
Labour got 50.0% of the vote and 65 seats in 120 seat Parliament; Marijuana Legalisation 'No' vote won with 50.7%; National lose two seats to have 33; Gerry Brownlee resigns as National Deputy
Labour’s landslide and a wafer-thin marijuana vote
So it really was a landslide of historic proportions, and the ‘Yes’ vote for Marijuana legalisation would have won if just 33,831 voters had switched from ‘No’ to ‘Yes’ out of a total over over 2.9 million votes.
The Electoral Commission released the final vote counts from the October 17 election this aft…
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