WITH polling booths in WA closed for just more than 2h the federal election has already been called with Anthony Albanese’s government to be returned.
Just before 7.30pm ABC chief election analyst Antony Green’s analysis was predicting the ALB would win 77 seats, the LNP 33 seats, the Greens three and others 11 with 26 seats in doubt.
At about 7.33pm Mr Dutton conceded the Coalition had lost the 2025 election.
About 8.30pm with 26 per cent of the vote in Pearce counted and based on preference count the ABC was predicting that incumbent Tracey Roberts would end up with 57 per cent of the vote and Liberal candidate Jan Norberger 43 per cent.
The first preference vote count was showing a swing away from both Labor and Liberal with increases in first preference votes for Legalise Cannabis party, One Nation, The Greens and Australian Christians.
In other news the ABC said Opposition leader Peter Dutton was predicted to lose his own seat of Dickson in Queensland, with a 10.7 per cent swing to Labor with a third of votes counted, as of 8.50pm (eastern time).
With 48.7 per cent of the vote counted in Dickson the ABC said Ali France had won the seat at third attempt defeating the Liberal leader.
