The debate around voters deliberately casting their electorate vote for a party other than their preferred one in order to secure an additional seat in Parliament under MMP, including party-level decisions about whether to contest or concede certain electorates.
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voting strategy for cabinet access
Working with 'whoever' doesn't include Opportunity, Luxon's office saysvoters weigh political strategy over loyalty
As it happened: 13 October on the Election 2026 campaign trailStacked weekly counts; colour by editorial lean. Stuff and The Spinoff lean centre-left, NZ Herald centre-right, others centre.
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