Australian Election Results Thread

[Platypus]

I heart Maxine.

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Nice to see Howard powned.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I heart Maxine.

Yeah; that was a good speech (not right word but thee know what I mean).

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

It would take something MASSIVE for a true blue-ribbon Liberal seat to fall to Labor - Wentworth's numbers, as Al points out were based on Peter King's candidacy in 2004. I would imagine that in reality his margin was closer 6-8%. Even facing that, Labor's candidate had EVERYTHING going for him (Labor surge, Environmental concerns, being Jewish) but the campaign was run appallingly.


Bennelong is very close... we won't know for a couple of days.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Liberals gain Swan.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Fran Bailey - a Liberal minister who seems to have just BARELY survived in her VIC sea of McEwen hit the nail on the head. When asked about the lessons of this election she said this "people think the economy is working well for them... but they wanted more".

[Platypus]

I think it might be a bit more than bare by the end. Coincidentally, she's got an absolutely MASSIVE personal vote-wa could vote ALP when she leaves.tch the seat when she retires; I'd guess as much as 10% of the electorate voted for her personally, and as much as 8% of that

[Silent Hunter]

Liberals gain Swan.

What happened there?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Liberals gain Swan.

What happened there?

WA has hardly swung for various reasons; booming economy and some scandals in the state ALP IIRC.

[micheal_warren]

Massive result as it looks like Howard has also lost his seat of benelong! Huge and shocking news for Howard

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Liberals gain Swan.

What happened there?

WA has hardly swung for various reasons; booming economy and some scandals in the state ALP IIRC.

It only seems to be case in Perth (which is nearly all of WA anyway); Kalgoorlie might just go with the national trend - anyway that seat is more like a much bigger version of some of the seats the Nationals lost in Queensland or Grey in SA (which was a narrow liberal retain.)

[micheal_warren]

Liberals have finally picked up a seat in WA... Currently 84 to Labor, Coalition 55, Independent 2 and Undecided 8....

[Platypus]

Kalgoorlie is the largest electorate in the world; ergo its a bit spesh, but the libs'll win it.

[minionofmidas]

Current ABC tallies with 70.92% of the 2pp vote counted
Labour 72 certain + 14 leading + 14 trailing (+12 to +40)
Of their 60 seats last election, 58 are certain and 2 (both in WA) are trailing.
Liberals 40 certain + 12 leading + 11 trailing
Of their 74 seats last election, 40 are certain, 10 leading, 11 trailing, and 13 are goners.
Nationals 8 certain + 2 leading + 2 trailing
Haven't lost a seat for sure yet
CLP trailing in its lone seat
Both indies reelected

[Silent Hunter]

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

The Energizer Bunny has finally switched off.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Gains and losses (things could still change a wee bit, but not much)...

Labor gain from Liberal

Bass
Bennelong
Blair
Bonner
Bowman
Braddon
Corangamite
Deakin
Dickson
Dobell
Eden-Monaro
Forde
Hasluck
Herbert
Kingston
Leichhardt
Lindsay
Longman
Makin
Moreton
Parramatta*
Petrie
Robertson
Solomon
Wakefield

Labor gain from National

Dawson
Page
Flynn

Liberal gain from Labor

Cowan
Swan

*Parramatta was won by Labor in 2004, but was turned notionally Liberal by boundary changes. Macquarie was won by the Liberals in 2004 but turned notionally Labor by boundary changes (actually it's basically a new seat, though a recreation of Chifley's old seat, with an old name).
Italics mean that ABC still regards seat as in doubt.

[afleitch]

Fran Bailey - a Liberal minister who seems to have just BARELY survived in her VIC sea of McEwen hit the nail on the head. When asked about the lessons of this election she said this "people think the economy is working well for them... but they wanted more".

A word of caution to the UK Labour government.

I'm pleased with the results in Australia; a change was needed.

[Hash]

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

[Silent Hunter]

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

As is the President of the United States...

[Angel of Death]

So which Western allies (read: toadies) does that leave Bush with? Rasmussen and Balkenende?

[Silent Hunter]

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

[ag]

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

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

[Silent Hunter]

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

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

My mistake. It's Fukuda of course.

[Hatman 🍁]

Harper... or do Canadians not count?

[Michael Z]

Marvellous. One less f***wit in charge.