Early results in New Zealand election indicate Christopher Luxon poised to become prime minister
National Party led by Christopher Luxon held a strong lead in New Zealand's general election on Saturday, with 20% of the vote counted.
The National Party, which is currently in opposition, had 41.4% of the votes to 26% for the current governing party Labour, according to the Electoral Commission.
The conservative National Party's preferred coalition partner, the ACT party, had 9.2%.
New Zealand's Electoral Commission said that National and ACT would have 63 of the usual 120 seats in parliament, sufficient for them to form a government without the help of a third minor party.
However, the number of seats in New Zealand's parliament can go above 120 if a party wins more electorate seats than is proportional to its share of the party vote.
Te Pati Maori is currently winning in five electorates, which would give it more seats than its 2.4% party vote.
This could mean the right bloc will need more than 61 seats to attain a majority.
The provisional count of votes is expected to be completed later this evening but the official vote count, which includes overseas votes, is not due until Nov.
