National wait for special votes to be counted
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English - October 15, 2023 18:14 - 6 minutes - 6.16 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Triumphant and dejected MPs, along with their leaders, are making their way back to Parliament, as National starts to put plans in place to form a new government.
National and ACT together have 61 seats in a 121-seat Parliament, but under the preliminary results can't rely on being able to forge ahead with their favoured option - a two party coalition.
Political editor Jane Patterson spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss