Polls Closed in The New Zealand 2005 General Election
{{date|September 17, 2005}}    

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* [[w:New Zealand Parliament|New Zealand House of Representatives]]
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At 07:00 UTC today (19:00 NZST, local time), the polls closed in the [[w:New Zealand general election 2005|New Zealand general election, 2005]].

Nearly three million people were eligible to vote. 

Turn out was strong, turnout results are predicted to be to be higher than the 2002 turn out (77%)

Under [[w:New Zealand's|New Zealand's]] [[w:Additional Member System|MMP system]], parties must win either a electorate seat or 5% of the party vote to win a seat in the 120-seat, parliament.

Preliminary election results will be on Wikinews as they come through [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Results_of_2005_New_Zealand_General_Election] it is expected that all votes will be counted by 11:30 UTC (23:30 NZST) 

The official results are expected to be available by Saturday, 1 October 2005, on the Chief Electoral Office 2005 General Election Results website [http://www.electionresults.govt.nz]

== Sources ==
*{{source|url= http://www.tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/611858
|title= Polling stations report good turnout
|author=
|pub= One News
|date=September 17, 2005}}

*{{source|url= http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/I_Hour_Left_in_the_New_Zealand_2005_Gereral_Election
|title= I Hour Left in the New Zealand 2005 General Election 
|author=
|pub= Wikinews 
|date=Sept, 17, 2005}}

*{{source|url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10346022
|title= Leaders cast votes, turnout appears strong
|author=
|pub= NEWSTALK ZB
|date=Sept, 17, 2005}} 

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'The New Zealand General Election'

New Zealand

 'Preliminary Election Results':


 'Other Wikinews election coverage':

category=New Zealand
category=Elections
count=10


 'Background':

 Wikipedia

 Wikipedia, Wikinews' sibling project, has in-depth background articles on:

 
* Political parties in New Zealand
* New Zealand House of Representatives
* Politics of New Zealand
* Mixed Member Proportional voting system
* Previous New Zealand General Elections

At 07:00 UTC today (19:00 NZST, local time), the polls closed in the New Zealand general election, 2005.

Nearly three million people were eligible to vote. 

Turn out was strong, turnout results are predicted to be to be higher than the 2002 turn out (77%)

Under New Zealand's MMP system, parties must win either a electorate seat or 5% of the party vote to win a seat in the 120-seat, parliament.

Preliminary election results will be on Wikinews as they come through  it is expected that all votes will be counted by 11:30 UTC (23:30 NZST) 

The official results are expected to be available by Saturday, 1 October 2005, on the Chief Electoral Office 2005 General Election Results website 

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