New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern wins second term in landslide election victory

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WELLINGTON: In New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's party has won a landslide victory in the country's general election.

With most ballots tallied, Ms Ardern's centre-left Labour Party has won 49 percent of the vote and she is projected to win a rare outright parliamentary majority.

The opposition centre-right National Party, currently on 27 percernt, has admitted defeat in today's poll.

 

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