The Electoral Commission has officially approved the registration of the Alliance Party of Aotearoa New Zealand and its logo, clearing the way for the party to contest the nationwide party vote in the General Election on Saturday 7 November 2026. – Advertisement –“Official registration confirms that the Alliance is back and will be campaigning for the party vote nationwide,” Mr Billot says. “A party vote for the Alliance on 7 November will send a clear message that business as usual is unacceptable. It entered Parliament in 1993 and served as the junior partner in the Labour–Alliance coalition government formed following the 1999 General Election. After a prolonged period of extra-parliamentary political activity, the party relaunched and is contesting the 2026 General Election as a democratic socialist alternative.