Labor leader Anthony Albanese will become Australia’s 31st prime minister and the fourth person to lead Labor to government since World War II after outgoing Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat on May 21.
With 69.9 percent of the votes counted by Sunday 5 p.m., 72 of the 151 House of Representatives seats were called for Labor, 52 for the Coalition, 14 for minor parties and independents, according to an election results summary by the ABC.
Both major parties, centre-left Labor and centre-right Liberals, secured less votes than in the 2019 election, although Labor saw a smaller projected swing of 0.5 percent, while the Liberals saw a projected swing of 5.5 percent against them. These votes went instead to minor parties and independents, with the anonymously-funded “Climate 200” independents, conservative One Nation, and progressive Greens being the biggest winners….