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Sepuloni too toxic for Greens

by Whaleoil on December 24, 2011

Despite the attempts at a stitch up in Waitakere it seems that Carmel Sepuloni was just too toxic for some Greens:

A big group of Green Party supporters voting for National’s Paula Bennett in Waitakere effectively cost Labour’s Carmel Sepuloni the chance of winning the seat.

But Labour MP Damien O’Connor has both the Greens and National Party voters to thank for his victory in West Coast-Tasman.

Statistics on split voting in the general election show that half of the 3308 Green Party voters in Waitakere ticked Ms Sepuloni but 13 per cent voted for Ms Bennett – the 429 votes more than enough to give her the win.

Ms Bennett only just held on to the seat with a majority of nine after a judicial recount.

That was higher than in 2008, when Ms Bennett got the support of 9 per cent of the Green voters.

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  • Paulus

    Why can I not hear the cry for a full recount from Sepuloni and Labour. Its gone dead hush. Why ? Of what are they afraid ? What a recount might really find ?

    • Anonymous

      They can’t afford it. If Carmel wants a recount she will need to raise the $200k or so herself.
       

      • Peter Wilson

        I don’t actually think it should be that expensive; it should be a vital part of democracy to question the intergrity of an election result; not just who can afford to pay.

        Of course there might be limits as to who can mount a challenge; if you lost by less than 100 votes, say. Or you had evidence as to why you thought a result was tainted.

    • Chris

      Yes, interesting that.  Should be a nothing to lose everything to gain situation, shouldn’t it?  Something going on.  The silence is deafening., 

  • An observer

    Is her name Sepuloni.or septicimea. Seems the latter.

  • RAS

    Carmel is too toxic for everyone!!

  • Mattyman

    I find it funny that 10% of United Future voters in Ohariu didn’t vote for Dunne. What’s even the point of that?!

  • Anonymous

    Damien O’Conner is a good kiwi bloke. How does he put up with all the self serving unionists and the Gaggle of Gays.