Australian Election Results Thread

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Do Australian districts have precincts like they do in the US or Canada? Or are they like the UK?

Yes, but they call them booth results.

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Ok, so we'll get results fairly soon then.

Trust me, I wouldn't be up yet if this wasn't the case!

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ABC calling Corangamite for Labor.

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ALP gain Page

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Bass is close; keeps flipping betwixted the parties.

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Paterson is very close

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ABC says Bennelong is gone!

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Monster swing in Macarthur; now very, very close.

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I'm confused - they seem to frequently call seats for one side and then change their minds quickly. Are the calls not supposed to be permanent as in Canada and America?

The calls are based on swings. The more booths in, the better the calls come.

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Turnbull has a diddy lead in Wentworth

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Green gives a "cautious prediction" of an ALP win

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Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig swing in Dawson

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Labor gain Kalgoorlie (ABC)

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The swings are much higher in working class seats than elsewhere.

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No way...if thats true, there will be a massive result WA-wise.

Might have been a gremlin. ABC has no figures on the website for Kalgoorlie yet.

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But the true indie hats the Nats and the ex-Nat has QLP heritage.

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Bennelong called for ALP again

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Well, Wentworth had a false margin due to Peter King's independent candidacy in 2004.

And because of the bits coming in from Sydney; where the Liberals had run dead in 2004 in the hope of finishing behind the Greenies.

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I heart Maxine.

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

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Liberals gain Swan.

What happened there?

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

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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.

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What's the deal with the Senate? Why do the Greens have five seats, but no representation in the House?

The Senate is elected by proportional representation. The House is elected by IRV in single seat constituencies.

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Current status of the really close seats...

McEwen: ALP lead by 570 votes
Herbert: ALP lead by 506 votes
Dickson: ALP lead by 473 votes
La Trobe: ALP lead by 400 votes
Bowman: ALP lead by 379 votes
Sturt: Lib lead by 79 votes
Macarthur: Lib lead by 225 votes
Swan: ALP lead by 285 votes
Cowper: Nat lead by 687 votes

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Current status of the really close seats...

McEwen: ALP lead by 570 votes
Herbert: ALP lead by 506 votes
Dickson: ALP lead by 473 votes
La Trobe: ALP lead by 400 votes
Bowman: ALP lead by 379 votes
Sturt: Lib lead by 79 votes
Macarthur: Lib lead by 225 votes
Swan: ALP lead by 285 votes
Cowper: Nat lead by 687 votes

Where did you get this info?

AEC website

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and in Franklin (TAS) Libs largest swing (+2.99) merely means a slightly less safe Labor hold.

Retirement of an extremely popular incumbent means that normal service has resumed their. If the original candidate hadn't been resigned, which happend in part due to various things the retiring incumbent did, Labor would probably have lost the seat.