PARTY

National 45.5%
Labour 33.8%
Green 6.4%
NZ First 4.2%
Act 3.7%
Maori 2.2%
United Future 0.9%
Progressives 0.9%

SEATS

National 59
Labour 43
Green 8
Act 5
Maori 5
Progressive 1

United Future 1

Coalition talks begin this week and we can expect an official Government arrangement within 2 weeks. However, it has been made pretty clear by National party leader John Key that National will team up with Act, and talk with both United Future and the Maori Party to create a Government.

While the above are just the preliminary results – special votes must be counted in order for the Government to be officially sworn in – political commentators do not expect the results to change significantly. While the stated confirmation of Government date is November 18, Prime Minister-elect Key wants to fast track this in order to best deal with the current world financial crisis.