AUCKLAND, New Zealand - The center right National Party has taken 50 percent of the ballots cast in the party vote in New Zealand's general election Saturday.

With 4.1 percent of the votes counted, the results from the Electoral Commission showed the main opposition Labour Party took 27 percent, the Green Party 10 percent, and New Zealand First 7 percent.

Under New Zealand's mixed member-proportional representation (MMP) system, the results so far indicate National could take 62 seats in the country's 120-seat parliament, enabling it to be the first party to govern without coalition partners in a decade.

The results would give Labour 33 seats, the Green Party 12 and the New Zealand First party eight seats.

The parliament comprises 70 electorate seats - 63 general electorates and seven indigenous Maori electorates - and 50 party list seats.

Under MMP, every voter has two votes: one for a political party and one for a constituency member of parliament.

Parties need to win at least 5 percent of the party vote or at least one electorate seat to earn parliamentary representation.