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Australia may have a hung parliament
after voters swung away from Prime
Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Coalition
in a closely contested general election,
which may force him to seek help from
Independents and minor parties, who
have emerged as kingmakers, to stay
in power.
The people cast ballots on Saturday to
decide the fate of over 1,600
candidates, including five of Indian-
origin, contesting from over 55 political
parities.
Voters dumped more than 10 Coalition
MPs with the government suffering a
2.8 per cent swing against it.
Twelve out of 150 lower house seats
remain in doubt, with counting of pre-
poll, postal and absentee votes to
resume on Tuesday.
The official Australian Electoral
Commission (AEC) tally has Labor on
71 seats and the ruling Liberal-
National coalition on 67 seats.
Independents and minor parties gained
an unprecedented share of the vote.
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Read More: Oz faces possible hung Parliament
after voters swung away from Prime
Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Coalition
in a closely contested general election,
which may force him to seek help from
Independents and minor parties, who
have emerged as kingmakers, to stay
in power.
The people cast ballots on Saturday to
decide the fate of over 1,600
candidates, including five of Indian-
origin, contesting from over 55 political
parities.
Voters dumped more than 10 Coalition
MPs with the government suffering a
2.8 per cent swing against it.
Twelve out of 150 lower house seats
remain in doubt, with counting of pre-
poll, postal and absentee votes to
resume on Tuesday.
The official Australian Electoral
Commission (AEC) tally has Labor on
71 seats and the ruling Liberal-
National coalition on 67 seats.
Independents and minor parties gained
an unprecedented share of the vote.
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Read More: Oz faces possible hung Parliament
