National and Act will need the support of NZ First to form the next government, based on the final election results released today.
The final results see National losing two seats compared to election night on October 14 – and with it the slim one-seat majority it held with Act.
In other major results, Te Pati Maori recorded its best-ever result, taking another two Maori electorate seats off Labour in Te Tai Tokerau and Tamaki Makaurau, meaning they won six of the seven electorates.
Their result means Parliament will have a two-seat overhang, as they won more electorate seats than through their share of the party vote (3 per cent), with another seat to be added after the Port Waikato by-election making up 123 seats.
This would mean 62 seats would be needed to form a majority.
On the final election results released today National dropped two seats from 50 on election night to 48, while Act remained on 11. This gave the two parties 59 seats together, meaning another three seats would be needed to form a government.
Act leader David Seymour said he hoped the new government could be finalised within a “matter of days” or within a week.
“Ultimately the voters have asked three parties to work together and the voters are king.”
NZ Herald
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