Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s centre-right coalition leads on Saturday’s election-night count, though special votes could yet unseat it. In a bruising night for Luxon’s National Party, Finance Minister Nicola Willis is out, along with Justice and Defence Minister Paul Goldsmith; Attorney-General and Housing and Transport Minister Chris Bishop; and Speaker Gerry Brownlee.
On the night, Labour won 3650 more party votes than National but six fewer seats. Preliminary results give National and its coalition partners – ACT, a classical liberal party, and New Zealand First, a populist one – 67 seats, one more than they need in a parliament of 131 MPs.
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