David Cunliffe and his campaign team will be watching the results unfurl from its base at Auckland's New Lynn Community Centre.

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Labour's been hopeful the strong advance voter turnout will work in the left's favour but has acknowledged it has no way of knowing until the numbers come out.

The Labour leader's signalled he'll try to form a government with the Greens and New Zealand First, and has rejected any possibility of Internet Mana being in a government he leads.

However he's been coy about accepting its support on confidence and supply - tonight's results could shed more light on that position