Voting closed in the Australia federal general election at 6pm on 21 May 2022.
It didn't take long to realise that Independent candidates were having an impact on first preference votes and that there was a swing against the Coalition Government developing in Liberal-held electorates.
It was all over bar the shouting by 10pm when it became increasingly evident that the Coalition was never going to gain enough seats to form government in its own right or as a minority government.
It was the Liberal Party itself which suffered the most electoral losses on the night - what looks like 23 seats predominately in New South Wales and Victoria. With the Liberal National Party of Queensland down another 3 seats.
Scott Morrison officially conceded defeat about an hour later.
The Labor MP for Grayndler for the last 28 years, Anthony Norman Albanese, is now the 31st Prime Minister of Australia.
The official Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) seat count at 2:11am on Sunday 22 May 2022 stood at:
Labor - 75 seats
Liberal-Nationals Coalition - 51 seats
Independents - 10 seats
it is not yet certain if Labor will gain enough seats to govern in its own right or will need to form a minority government with the assistance of the Greens and Independents.
This will perhaps become a little clearer as the vote count progresses today and during the coming week.
Interested readers can go to the AEC Tally Room to follow the count at:
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