Nearly 1 million ballots have been cast in the first week of early voting for New Zealand’s general election, the country’s electoral commission said.

The commission recorded 913,762 votes between October 26 and November 1, a 28% jump compared with the same period in the 2023 election, and the busiest day was Saturday, with more than 190,000 votes cast. Six days of voting remain before the November 7 election.