How did the 11 parties that didn’t gain MPs go?
11 parties failed to gain MPs in Parliament at all. How did they go?
- NZ First 2.7%. Prognosis: On life support
- New Conservative 1.5%. Prognosis: They’ll be back so long as there is evil to smite
- TOP 1.4%. Prognosis: As healthy as a cat in the living room of their former leader
- Advance NZ 0.9%. Prognosis: World famous due to dismemberment by Tova. Advance NZ will probably go away but expect Billy TK and NZ Public Party to continue and thrive
- ALCP 0.3%. Prognosis: On the assumption the referendum is lost, they’ll carry on.
- ONE Party 0.12%. Prognosis: There isn’t room for two Christian parties.
- NZ Outdoors Party 0.11%. Prognosis: Will be subsumed by NZ Public Party
- TEA Party 0.08%. Prognosis: They should join ACT.
- Sustainable NZ 0.06%. Prognosis: Hugely embarrassing for a party with such promise. May try again if Greens fail to deliver on issues such as Kermadecs despite no NZ First in Government
- Social Credit 0.06%. Prognosis: They will never go away. I mean never. They should retire though as the Reserve Bank seems to be implementing their manifesto.
- Heartland NZ 0.04% Prognosis: Not many votes in opposing healthier waterways