New Zealand First's Winston Peters could become the kingmaker after the general election.

The Lib Dem leader had suddenly become the kingmaker.

There is a market for Khoza's movement, and if the future really is coalitions for South Africa, Makhosi could easily become the kingmaker in 2019.

The Pacific Awakening party, which became the kingmaker after this year's provincial elections, abstained.

The smaller parties will be aiming to raise their profiles, hoping to become the kingmakers in the post elect ion arithmetic.

And on Sunday the bespectacled ex-web designer will be not quite 40 when, his supporters hope, he becomes the kingmaker of Swedish coalition politics.