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National releases 2017 Party list: Parmar promoted, Bakshi retains same spot

The National Party has released their much-awaited Party List for the 2017 elections with current Kiwi-Indian MPs either retaining the same spot or getting a promotion.

Dr Parmjeet Parmar has surprised many by getting an 11 place promotion from the last election position of 45th position to the new high of a 34th position.

Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, the first India born Kiwi-Indian MP in New Zealand has maintained his spot at 32 from the last general elections.

There are two more entrants from the Kiwi-Indian community in the National Party list with Bala Beeram at 57th position and Rahul Sirigiri at 73rd ranking in the list.

In 2014, National Party had 60 seats in the parliament with 41 electorate and 19 List candidates.

Bala Beeram is also an electorate candidate from Kelston, which appears to be a safe Labour seat thus making highly unlikely for Mr Beeram to enter the parliament purely on the list.

In 2014, National Party had 60 seats in the parliament with 41 electorate and 19 List candidates.

Following the projections from the 2014 elections and before, Mr Bakshi and Dr Parmar are all set to enter in the parliament once again despite their respective electorate seats Manukau East and Mt Roskill are Labour safe seats.

Dr Parmjeet Parmar's mammoth elevation in the Party list raises hopes about the prospects getting the first Kiwi-Indian Minister if another National-led government is formed in Wellington.

Party lists determine (in the light of country-wide proportional voting) the appointment of list MPs under the mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation electoral system.

National’s 2017 List

			Winnable seat	Effective List
1	Bill English	List		1
2	Paula Bennett	Upper Harbour	Y
3	David Carter	List		2
4	Steven Joyce	List		3
5	Gerry Brownlee	Ilam	Y
6	Simon Bridges	Tauranga	Y
7	Amy Adams	Selwyn	Y
8	Jonathan Coleman	Northcote	Y
9	Chris Finlayson	Rongotai	N	4
10	Michael Woodhouse	Dunedin North	N	5
11	Anne Tolley	East Coast	Y
12	Nathan Guy	Otaki	Y
13	Nikki Kaye	Auckland Central	Y*
14	Todd McClay	Rotorua	Y
15	Nick Smith	Nelson	Y
16	Judith Collins	Papakura	Y
17	Maggie Barry	North Shore	Y
18	Paul Goldsmith	Epsom	N	6
19	Louise Upston	Taupo	Y
20	Alfred Ngaro	Te Atatu	N*	7
21	Mark Mitchell	Rodney	Y
22	Nicky Wagner	Christchurch Central
23	Jacqui Dean	Waitaki	Y
24	David Bennett	Hamilton East	Y
25	Tim Macindoe	Hamilton West	Y
26	Scott Simpson	Coromandel	Y
27	Jami-Lee Ross	Botany	Y
28	Barabara Kuriger	Taranaki-King Country		8
29	Matt Doocey	Waimakariri		9
30	Brett Hudson	Ohariu	N	10
31	Melissa Lee	Mt Albert	N	11
32	Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi	Manukau East	N	12
33	Jian Yang	List		13
34	Parmjeet Parmar	Mt Roskill	N	14
35	Jonathan Young	New Plymouth	Y
36	Joanne Hayes	Christchurch East	N	15
37	Ian McKelvie	Rangitikei	Y
38	Simon O'Connor	Tamaki	Y
39	Andrew Bayly	Hunua	Y
40	Chris Bishop	Hutt South	N*	16
41	Sarah Dowie	Invercargill	Y
42	Nuk Korako	Port Hills	N*	17
43	Todd Muller	Bay of Plenty	Y
44	Maureen Pugh	West Coast Tasman	N	18
45	Shane Reti	Whangarei
46	Alastair Scott	Wairarapa	Y
47	Stuart Smith	Kaikoura	Y
48	Nicola Willis	Wellington Central	N
49	Agnes Loheni	Mangere	N
50	Paulo Garcia	New Lynn	N
51	Matt King	Northland
52	David Hiatt	Wigram
53	Matthew Gregory	Dunedin South
54	Adrienne Pierce	Palmerston North
55	David Elliot	Napier
56	Katrina Bungard	Manurewa
57	Bala Berram	Kelston		?????
58	Carolyn O'Fallon	Rimutaka
59	Euon Murrell	Mana
60	Simeon Brown	Pakuranga
61	Andrew Falloon	Rangitata
62	Harete Hipango	Whanganui
63	Denise Lee	Maungakiekie
64	Chris Penk	Helensville
65	Erica Stanford	East Coast Bays
66	Tim Van de Molen	Waikato
67	Lawrence Yule	Tukituki
68	TO BE CONFIRMED	Clutha-Southland
69	Sarah Jo Barley	List
70	Lisa Whyte	List
71	Linda Cooper	List
72	Dan Bidois	List
73	Rahul Sirigiri	List		????
74	Hadleigh Reid	List
75	Graham Collins	List

The National Party has released their much-awaited Party List for the 2017 elections with current Kiwi-Indian MPs either retaining the same spot or getting a promotion.

Dr Parmjeet Parmar has surprised many by getting an 11 place promotion from the last election position of 45th position to the new...