Guardian ‘too close to call’, TeleSUR ‘tied election’: who is ahead in New Zealand?
New Zealand's election ended almost level between Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's National party and the Labour opposition. The sources differ on who leads in votes and on how secure a continued governing coalition is.
What Western media report
The Guardian (UK) says results are ‘too close to call’, that forming a government could take weeks, and that on preliminary results National secured enough seats to govern with Act and New Zealand First. Tagesschau (Germany) reports that after all votes were counted National and Labour are almost level at about 29% each, with National a few thousand votes ahead. According to Tagesschau, the governing coalition has 67 of 130 seats, Labour 35, the Greens 16, Te Pāti Māori about five and the liberal Opportunity party seven. Tagesschau adds that Luxon had ruled out working with Opportunity.
What media from these countries report: Venezuela
TeleSUR (Venezuela; the network is funded by the Venezuelan government) describes the election as ‘tied’ and calls National ‘conservatives’. It states that the difference is just 976 votes in favour of Labour, although National gained six more seats, with 98.8% of votes counted. The available TeleSUR text is truncated and gives no details on coalitions.
Differences
- Who leads on votes: Tagesschau says National is a few thousand votes ahead, while TeleSUR says Labour is ahead by 976 votes.
- Word choice: The Guardian speaks of a ‘centre-right’ and ‘rightwing’ coalition and a ‘nail-biting’ election, Tagesschau of a ‘rechtsgerichtet’ (right-leaning) party, and TeleSUR of ‘conservatives’ and a ‘tied’ election.
- Focus: The Guardian stresses weeks of uncertainty and the possible continuation of the right-wing coalition, Tagesschau the seat numbers and the role of small parties, TeleSUR the vote gap and seat count.
- Count status: Tagesschau refers to all votes counted (preliminary), TeleSUR to 98.8%.
Where they agree
- All sources describe an extremely close result between National and Labour.
- Neither of the two largest parties has a majority alone and both need coalition partners.
Sources: read the originals
Western media
- New Zealand
- election
- Luxon
- Hipkins
- coalition
Russia & Ukraine
North America
Europe
Europe
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