Ardern Storms to Historic Election Win After Crushing Covid
- Seeking to form new government with two to three weeks
- Ardern’s Labour Party has big mandate to tackle inequality
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern swept to an historic election victory and said she will use her mandate to rebuild an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic and tackle social inequality.
Ardern’s Labour Party secured the first outright majority in parliament since the introduction of proportional representation in 1996 and, if preliminary results stand, its biggest share of the vote in more than 70 years. Ardern said Sunday she wants to form a government within two to three weeks and plans to talk to the Green Party in coming days -- without indicating what role they could play in her new administration.