# New Zealand facing weeks of uncertainty with election ‘too close to call’

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-11-07T13:48:18+00:00
- Category: Local
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/07/new-zealand-election-too-close-to-call-vote-count
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/new-zealand-facing-weeks-of-uncertainty-with-election-too-close-to-cal-e5980b/

National party will be largest in parliament but ultimate shape of next government won’t be settled for some time New Zealand could be facing a weeks-long wait to know the shape of its next government, after its nail-biting election failed to hand a decisive victory to either the incumbent rightwing coalition or opposition left bloc. On preliminary results, the centre-right National party, led by

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