Australian Election Results Thread

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ALP still ahead in Bennelong.

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Anthony Green predicts 14-seat Labor majority.

I think we can all agree that the Energizer Bunny has finally ran out of battery power.

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Liberals gain Swan.

What happened there?

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7109692.stm

The Energizer Bunny has finally switched off.

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Harper must be weeping right now. He lost one of his best friends.

As is the President of the United States...

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Sarkozy, possibly Brown... Shinzo Abe...

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Sarkozy, possibly Brown... Shinzo Abe...

Abe hasn't been a PM for quite some time now.

My mistake. It's Fukuda of course.

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Batman? There's a seat called Batman?

Is it official that Howard is going to collect whatever the Australian equivalent of a P45 is?

(That would be funny with him going into the unemployment office. Sounds like a sketch for a comedy show...)

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When will John Howard's seat be done?

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Dickson, La Trobe, Herbert all slightly tighter, Swan's LIB lead still growing.

Herbert, QLD: LIB ahead by 60 (50.04%)
Dickson, QLD: LIB ahead by 106 (50.07%)
Bowman, QLD: ALP ahead by 116 (50.08%)
Swan, WA: LIB ahead by 239 (50.17%)
Solomon, NT: ALP aheady by 262 (50.27%)
Robertson, NT: ALP aheady by 296 (50.18%)
McEwen, VIC: LIB ahead by 396 (50.23%)
La Trobe, VIC: LIB ahead by 544 (50.34%)
Flynn, QLD: ALP ahead by 636 (50.44%)

This election was almost a week ago. It takes that long to count results? I'd expect it from somewhere like Liberia, but not Australia.

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As of 9:48:18PM:

Bowman, QLD: LIB ahead by 119 (50.07%) - 93.9% counted
Solomon, NT: ALP aheady by 89 (50.09%) - 91% counted
McEwen, VIC: LIB ahead by 194 (50.10%) - 94.2% counted
Dickson, QLD: LIB ahead by 225 (50.14%) - 95.9% counted
Robertson, NSW: ALP ahead by 258 (50.15%) - 95% counted*
Herbert, QLD: LIB ahead by 293 (50.18%) - 92.2% counted
Swan, WA: LIB ahead by 352 (50.24%) - 92.4% counted*
Flynn, QLD: ALP ahead by 430 (50.27%) - 92.5% counted

* Labor's Belinda Neal has claimed victory in Robertson
* Liberal Steve Irons has claimed victory in Swan

Do they not do electronic counting in Australia? I appreciate the size of the country and the remoteness, but it's got a population a third that of the UK and good transport links.

This is not Liberia. Why's it taking so long?