Australian Elections: After nine years of conservative rule - Labor is expected to win
Parties need a 76-seat majority out of 151 seats in parliament to form a majority government.
According to partial results, Labor achieved about 72 seats, Morrison's coalition achieved 52, the Independents and the Greens with 11
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21/05/2022
Saturday, 21 May 2022, 17:37 Updated: 17:41
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The Australian Prime Minister today (Saturday) admitted defeat in the election, while the opposition party, the Labor Party, is expected to end almost a decade of conservative rule.
According to partial results, the Labor Party and its leader Anthony Albanese will almost certainly be given the right to form a minority government, although it is not yet clear whether the party will have enough seats to win a majority in parliament, as the vote count is still ongoing.
Parties need a 76-seat majority out of 151 seats in parliament to form a majority government.
Labor has so far won about 72 seats, according to the Australian Electoral Commission.
Morrison's coalition has achieved 52, the Independents and Greens 11, and 16 more seats are still unknown, according to estimates by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Despite the partial results, it is already clear that voters have punished the Liberal National Coalition of incumbent Prime Minister Scott Morrison, particularly in Western Australia and affluent areas.
The Green Party and a group called the Blue Independents, vying for a platform of integrity, sectoral equality and climate change, have so far achieved strong results, also due to public outrage over the inaction on the climate crisis, following recent floods and deadly fires in Australia.
So the new parliament seems to be much less skeptical about the climate compared to the administration supporting Morrison's coal mining.
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Morrison said in the losing speech: "Tonight, I spoke with the opposition leader and incoming prime minister, Anthony Albanese. I congratulated him on his victory in tonight's election," adding that he was resigning from his party leadership.
Albanese said he wanted to unite the country.
"I think people want to unite, to look for a common denominator, to look towards a common goal. I think people are tired of division, and they want to unite as a nation, and I intend to lead that."
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