WELLINGTON -- The ongoing New Zealand election vote counts showed the ruling Labor Party won a landslide victory on Saturday, with Jacinda Ardern set to serve a second term as prime minister, preliminary results showed.
With more than 98 percent of the votes counted, the Labor Party won 49 percent of the vote, which transfer to 64 seats in the 120-member Congress in a Mixed-Member Proportional voting system, with the opposition National Party lagging behind at 27 percent, or 35 seats, according to the Electoral Commission. (New Zealand-Election)
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