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Centre-right party loses two seats in final tally and will need to rely on traditional partner Act as well as NZ First to form coalition
Final vote count reveals National and Act won’t be able to govern without New Zealand First
National loses 2 electorate seats to Labour. Te Pāti Māori picked up two electorate seats from Labour which means that parliament will have a 2 seat overhang. Greens gain a seat. Nact needs a coalition buddy. Now we're looking at the coalition phase of the long wait. Time to pull out the popcorn.
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Labour leader Chris Hipkins says there are likely to be some recounts after final election results today showed some slim winning margins.