Australian General Election: Coalition victory that defied the opinion polls
2019 Australian Federal General Election Results
Majority 76 Seats required
Party |
Vote count |
Vote % |
%Swing |
Seats Changed |
Seats |
Coalition |
4,794,801 |
41.6 |
-0.7 |
3 |
73 |
Labor |
3,940,393 |
33.3 |
-0.8 |
-4 |
65 |
Greens |
1,168,226 |
10.3 |
-0.2 |
0 |
1 |
United Australia Party |
390,436 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
0 |
0 |
One Nation |
346,902 |
3 |
1.7 |
0 |
0 |
Others |
966,775 |
8.4 |
-2.3 |
5 |
5 |
Projected totals 19/05/19
The Liberal / National Coalition, after being behind in the polls for years, have won the general election. At the time of writing the Federal Parliament is hung with the Coalition being three short of a majority, on 73 seats, and Labor on 65 seat, with 7 seats too close to call. There is a strong possibility of the Coalition returning to the government benches with a small majority and not having to rely on the cross benches to get through their legislation.