Australia Parliamentary Election of July 2

Australia held a parliamentary election on July 2. It appears no party won a majority in the House, although this is not yet certain, because the votes are still being counted. See this wikipedia article about the election.

Also, see this news story, which says that almost one-fourth of the voters voted for a party other than the two major parties. Thanks to Jack Dean for that link.


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Australia Parliamentary Election of July 2 — 2 Comments

  1. Yay! IRV working its magic of representing the will of the voters.

    And I learned a new word. I did not know that Richard Winger is a psephologist.

  2. It is now fairly clear that the center-right coalition (Liberal, National, Liberal National Party, Country Liberal Party) did win a majority, probably of 76-77 House seats out of 150. It is also clear that no party has or will approach a majority in the Senate.

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