So...Australia had a federal election today, and no-one won - Edit 2
Before modification by Colonel Logain at 22/08/2010 02:58:24 AM
Although Australia's Federal election was today, the final outcome may not be known for another week.
A party needs 76 seats to form a government. As it stands, the Liberal (Conservative) Party has 72 seats, the Labor (left-wing) Party has 71, the Greens (environment) has 1 and there are 3 held by independents. There are 3 seats that are still too close to call.
The most likely outcome is that Labor and Liberal will both end up with 73 seats, and will need to make deals with the independents to form a minority government.
However, it is very possibles that the Greens candidate and one of the independents will side with Labor, whereas the other 2 independents side with the Liberals, meaning there may have to be a re-election in a few weeks time.
I think this result really surprised everyone, as all the polls predicted a fairly comfortable win for the Labor party, and even most of the Liberal party members were saying that a reduced majority for Labor (they had a 17 seat lead going into today's ballot) would be a great result.
IMO, the Liberals will be able to form a minority government, but we probably won't find out for another 7 days.
Fun times.
A party needs 76 seats to form a government. As it stands, the Liberal (Conservative) Party has 72 seats, the Labor (left-wing) Party has 71, the Greens (environment) has 1 and there are 3 held by independents. There are 3 seats that are still too close to call.
The most likely outcome is that Labor and Liberal will both end up with 73 seats, and will need to make deals with the independents to form a minority government.
However, it is very possibles that the Greens candidate and one of the independents will side with Labor, whereas the other 2 independents side with the Liberals, meaning there may have to be a re-election in a few weeks time.
I think this result really surprised everyone, as all the polls predicted a fairly comfortable win for the Labor party, and even most of the Liberal party members were saying that a reduced majority for Labor (they had a 17 seat lead going into today's ballot) would be a great result.
IMO, the Liberals will be able to form a minority government, but we probably won't find out for another 7 days.
Fun times.