Labor is two seats away from forming a majority government.
And four days after Saturday’s election, five seats remain in doubt.
This is how things are at the national level right now.
These are the seats still in doubt
Brisbane, QLD
Trevor Evans of the National Liberal Party is the current member of Brisbane. So far, 64 percent of the vote has been counted and Madonna Jarrett leads with just over 8,000 votes.
ABC’s Casey Briggs explains that what is clear is that Mr. Evans has been defeated.
“His vote in the primaries has dropped more than 11 percent, to less than 37 percent,” he said.
“What is not clear is who will win: it is a race between Green candidate Stephen Bates, who is currently in second place, and Labor candidate Madonna Jarrett, who is in third place. from each other.in the first preferences.
“Whoever is in second place after distributing the preferences of all other candidates will win the seat.”
Deakin, VIC
The headquarters of the outgoing Liberal assistant treasurer, Michael Sukkar, is still nearby.
Mr. Sukkar is ahead of Matt Gregg of the Labor Party by 730 votes.
Gilmore, NSW
Former NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance is ahead of current Labor MP Fiona Phillips by 143 votes.
In this phase, 85.3 percent of the votes have been counted.
Lyons, TAS
The Liberals have risen 4.6 percent toward them, with Susie Bower leading the first-preference votes.
But this is an upcoming call. Yesterday Briggs called this a “close battle.”
Labor MP Brian Mitchell leads with 703 very light votes.
Macnamara, VIC
The ABC is projecting a final count of Green versus Labor preferences, but at this stage it is unclear in what order the top three first-choice candidates will end up.
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When will the counting end?
Australian Electoral Commission staff have been sorting and counting votes since the polls closed on 21 May.
However, in addition to the in-person votes, there has also been a mountain of postal votes to resolve, with many of these taking up to two weeks to arrive before being counted.
That’s why these postal votes could be vital in determining the outcome in some extremely close seats.
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Posted 12 hours ago 12 hours agoWednesday 25 May 2022 at 00:30, updated 7 hours ago 7 hours agoWednesday 25 May 2022 at 05:33