Coalition pares back losses in late counting, as predicted chaos eventuates in upper house
- Written by Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
On election night, the ABC had Labor winning 58 of the 88 seats, to 20 for the Coalition. After late counting of pre-poll and postal votes, the ABC now shows Labor has won 52 of the 88 lower house seats, the Coalition 24, two Independents and ten seats are undecided, with 71% of enrolled voters counted.
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