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National will need New Zealand First's Winston Peters alongside Act's 11 seats to form a government after the special votes come in. ��

National has lost two seats, taking its 50 seats down to 48. ��

Labour's Te Atatu MP Phil Twyford avoided being another victim of the so-called "bluenami", holding onto his seat by just 131 votes. ��

Labour's Rachel Boyack also clawed back Nelson by 29 votes, while its Mt Albert candidate Helen White managed to hold on to her seat by just 20 votes.�� ��

��һ�ǿ�����talk ZB Political Editor Jason Walls says some of the seats were even closer to the wire. ��

He told James Daniels and Tyler Adams Te Pati Maori's Takutai Tarsh Kemp won the Tamaki Makaurau seat by a razor-thin margin.��

“And she won it by a majority of just four votes. Not 40, not 400, just four votes. I mean it’s incredibly thin.”

The Maori Party took two seats from Labour - Tamaki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau.

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