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
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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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