Will New Zealand Join Voters’ Global Revolt Over Soaring Costs?
What happened
New Zealand's general election ended in a near deadlock, with the governing National Party and opposition Labour each on just under 30% of the vote with about 95% of ballots counted, DW reported.
On preliminary results, National and its partners ACT and New Zealand First hold 67 seats between them, a majority of just three over the left bloc.
Special votes, which include overseas ballots and made up 21% of the total in 2023, will decide whether that majority survives.
Those votes tend to favour the left, and official results are due on 27 November.
If the right-wing bloc loses its majority, the centrist Opportunity Party, projected to win seven seats in its first term in parliament, could become kingmaker.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said National remains the largest party in parliament and has a pathway to forming the next government.
“New Zealand has spoken. It may take us a little bit longer to figure out exactly what it is that you've said”
DW
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- 2026-11-06 20:51 UTCNYT · nytimes.com ↗
- 2026-11-07 08:19 UTCArab News · arabnews.com ↗
- 2026-11-07 08:31 UTCThe Hindu same text as Arab News · thehindu.com ↗
- 2026-11-07 11:54 UTCDW · dw.com ↗
- 2026-11-07 13:00 UTCSky News · news.sky.com ↗
- 2026-11-07 13:48 UTCGuardian · theguardian.com ↗
- 2026-11-07 14:03 UTCAl Jazeera · aljazeera.com ↗
- 2026-11-07 14:33 UTCCNA · channelnewsasia.com ↗
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