The National Party has lost one seat to the Green Party in the official election results announced this afternoon.
The party can no longer govern alone, but will form a government with the support of ACT and United Future. It is also expected to make a similar agreement with the Maori Party.
With its percentage of the vote dropping from 48.06 percent to 47.04 percent, National has fallen from 61 seats to 60, which means the former Westland mayor Maureen Pugh has missed out on becoming an MP.
The Green Party has edged up from 10.02 percent to 10.7 percent, giving them 14 seats, with list MP Steffan Browning now re-elected.
Labour has also edged up from 24.69 percent to 25.13 percent of the vote, securing the seat of its former party president, Andrew Little, but not enough to bring in another MP. Labour will have 32 seats in the House.
Thanks to Stella Blake-Kelly, here’s what parliament will look like when it is sworn in on October 20.
