New Zealand PM sees path back to office but vote 'too close to call'

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Neither New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's National Party nor the centre-left Labour won enough seats in parliament to form a government without minor parties.

Neither New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's National Party nor the centre-left Labour won enough seats in parliament to form a government without minor parties.

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Sunday (Nov 8) his right-wing coalition had a path back to office, while conceding the vote was too close to call definitively and compromise would be needed after a hard-fought campaign dominated by cost of living issues.

Neither Luxon's National Party nor the centre-left Labour won enough seats in parliament to form a government without minor parties in an election that put the two main parties neck and neck at 29 per cent - just a few thousand votes separating them.

Preliminary results had National winning the most seats, which would give them a very slim majority of just two if combined with their coalition partners - the populist NZ First and the…

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