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Federal election: Anthony Albanese on track to form majority government with 77 seats

Troy de RuyterThe West Australian
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VideoIn an emotional win, Labor has been elected to Government from opposition for only the fourth time since WWII.

It is looking increasingly likely that Labor will be able to form a majority government.

With Anthony Albanese already claiming victory in the Federal election, his party is on track to hold at 77 seats in the 151 member House of Representatives.

The party is ahead in three of the four seats remaining in doubt.

The latest counting has Labor on 77 seats, the Coalition on 54 seats with a crossbench of 16 including six new teal MPs.

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The Greens could get as many as four seats.

In Bennelong in Sydney, Labor has stretched its lead to 1237 votes, while in Gilmore on the NSW south coast, the Liberals’ Andrew Constance now trails Labor’s Fiona Phillips by 1370 votes.

In the Victorian seat of Deakin, Labor’s Matt Gregg has opened up a 1576 vote lead over the Liberals’ Michael Sukkar, while in the Northern Territory seat of Lingiari, Labor’s Marion Scrymgour leads the CLP’s Damien Ryan by 1192 votes.

The Nationals’ Pat Conaghan appears to have retained the NSW north coast seat of Cowper.

Labor’s swing of 10 per cent in WA was the highest in the country and delivered the key seats of Hasluck, Swan and Christian Porter’s former electorate of Pearce.

Ben Morton’s Tangney seat is also set to fall, being led by Labor.

And the once Liberal stronghold of Curtin is set to go to independent candidate Kate Chaney.

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