The Greens have added a ninth MP to their caucus while National lose one on today's final election results announcement.
There were 270,965 special votes -- that is people who voted in advance, from outside their electorate or overseas.
The results were released by Chief Electoral Officer Robert Peden this afternoon.
The Greens picked up about 0.3 percent, or about 70,000, more party votes.
That gives them a ninth MP -- Kennedy Graham. He has been attending Caucus and preparing to become an MP as it was always likely he would make it in. The Greens traditionally do well on special votes.
Likewise, National's Cam Calder will not be too surprised to lose his spot as the 59th National MP.
Dr Graham, adjunct senior fellow at Canterbury School of Law and a senior lecturer at Victoria University, lives in Ilam in Christchurch with wife Marilyn Moir Graham. He is former National MP Doug Graham's brother.
source: nzpa
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