Jacinda Ardern credits virus response for election win

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has described her landslide election victory as an endorsement of her government’s efforts to stamp out the coronavirus and reboot the economy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A day after winning a second term – with her Labour Party now able to govern without a coalition partner – Ms Ardern said she expected to form a new government within three weeks and to prioritise work on the virus response&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re cracking on very quickly with the work we need to do as a new team&comma;” Ms Ardern said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Ardern’s liberal Labour Party received 49&percnt; of the vote&comma; crushing the conservative National Party&comma; which had 27&percnt;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Ardern said the margin of the victory exceeded her party’s expectations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The result will give Labour an outright majority in Parliament&comma; the first time any party has achieved that since New Zealand implemented a proportional voting system 24 years ago&period; Typically parties have formed alliances to govern but this time Labour can go it alone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Asked what she would say to those Americans who may draw inspiration from her win ahead of the US elections&comma; Ms Ardern said she hoped people globally could move past the partisan divisions that elections often accentuate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That can be damaging for democracy&comma; regardless of the side of the House that you sit on&comma;” she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Ardern’s popularity soared earlier this year after she led a successful effort to halt the spread of the virus by implementing a strict lockdown in late March&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 40-year-old won the top job at the 2017 election&period; 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