Reform was by far the biggest winner but in a county it was hoping to take control of, did not quite win enough.
Forty seats means they are three short of having a majority which means they should be able to form a minority administration.
However, they will need to seek support from councillors in other parties on policies they want to vote through.
Potentially, the other parties could form a “rainbow coalition” to take control, although that seems unlikely.
The performance of Great Yarmouth First, which won all nine county council seats it contested, is probably what denied Reform an outright majority.
The results were disastrous for the Conservatives who have controlled the county council for most of the last 50 years and also for Labour, which was wiped out in its heartland in Norwich.
But the Greens will be delighted to have trebled their number of seats to 12, while the Liberal Democrats will be happy to have added to their numbers, performing particularly well in north Norfolk.
What happens next is unclear, but it will certainly be interesting.