US EditionAustralia election live updates: Anthony Albanese emerges on top as Peter Dutton concedes
- Anthony Albanese won the 2025 Australian federal election, with Peter Dutton conceding defeat on the night of May 4th across multiple states and territories.
- The election resulted from declining primary votes for both major parties, reaching a record low combined total of 67 percent, down 1.3 percent from 2022.
- Supporting details include Labor leading 55.5 to 44.5 percent on a two-party basis, significant seat changes from Liberals to Labor in several regions, and losses for key Liberal frontbenchers.
- Labor received about 86 seats, improving from 78 previously, while the Coalition fell from 57 to 41 seats, with a 3.4 percent two-party swing favoring Labor according to late counts.
- The result implies a Labor majority government with Albanese positioned as prime minister, marking the first re-election of a Labor leader since John Howard twenty years ago.
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Albanese increases majority and Dutton loses seat in stunning election landslide
The Albanese government has been re-elected with a substantially increased majority, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has lost his seat, in a crushing defeat of the Coalition. As of late Saturday night, there was a two-party swing to Labor of about 3.4%, with two-party vote of 55.5%-44.5% It was sitting on about 86 seats (up from 78), and in the hunt for more. The Coalition, which went into the election with 57 seats, has won 41, and may pick …
How the experts on Nine's decision desk will call the election
Vote counting for the 2025 federal election is now underway so how do we crunch the numbers?Information on the vote count will be sent out by the Australian Electoral Commission.Then, Nine's decision desk has data experts ready to pass the word on to the broadcast teams.LIVE UPDATES: 2025 Federal Election results as they happenThese expert analysts will help us call the seats, and will ultimately call the results of the entire election.Nine will…
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