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The Associated Press

Opposition Labor Party appears more likely to form Australia's next government

Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese (center) shakes hands with a voter as he and his partner Jodie Haydon (left) arrive at a polling place to cast their ballots in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday. (Rick Rycroft/AP)

CANBERRA, Australia — The opposition Labor Party appeared more likely than Prime Minister Scott Morrison's coalition to form a government after Australia's election on Saturday that could result in a rare hung parliament.

Center-left Labor could still form a majority government, based on early vote counting, lawmakers and analysts said. But the coalition's only hope was to form a minority administration in a hung parliament.

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