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This placed them behind the New Zealand National Party, New Zealand Labour Party, Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand First, Maori Party, Mana Party and ACT New Zealand, all of which won electorate representation whether due to party lists and/or electorate seats.

In addition, they polled behind the religious social conservative-backed Conservative Party of New Zealand, which polled 2.65% of total voter share, but won no electorate seats, unlike ACT New Zealand, United Future New Zealand and the Maori Party and Mana Party, all of which won a single constituency seat apiece.

List MP

In New Zealand, there have been several controversies regarding list MPs who left their parties — Alamein Kopu, elected from the Alliance list, controversially defected and gave her support to the Alliance's enemies, and Donna Awatere Huata, elected from the ACT list, became an independent.


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