Overseas voters change two seats in Parliament

Overseas voters in New Zealand’s 2008 General Election changed the outcome of two seats in Parliament, analysis by the overseas network Kea New Zealand shows.

Votes by Kiwis based overseas were decisive in giving the Greens their ninth seat in Parliament, and took a seat away from Labour.

Kea’s analysis shows that without the record-breaking 32,000 overseas votes: 

- the Greens would have eight seats in the new Parliament instead of nine
- Labour would have 44 seats instead of 43.

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