New Zealand faces weeks of uncertainty with election ‘too close to call’
On preliminary results, the centre-right National party, led by the prime minister, Christopher Luxon, managed to secure enough seats to govern alongside its traditional coalition partners, the libertarian Act and populist New Zealand First parties.
Key points
- National party will be largest in parliament but ultimate shape of next government won’t be settled for some time New Zealand could be facing a weeks-long wait to know the shape of its next government, after its nail-biting election failed to hand a decisive victory to either the incumbent rightwing coalition or opposition left bloc.
Initial results in New Zealand show the two main parties neck-and-neck with fewer than 4,000 votes separating them.
Official results aren't expected until later this month once special votes have been counted.
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