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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Josh Nicholas and Nick Evershed

Votes for Labor and the Coalition plummet to all-time low as Australia swings away from major parties

Australian residents fill their ballot papers at a polling station
There are vast differences across Australia in how people voted in the 2022 federal election. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

At the time of writing it seems likely that Labor will soon be able to form a majority government, with wins in at least 75 seats and at least one more a possibility.

But, despite the national swing away from the Coalition, there are vast differences across the country in how people voted. Using data from various sources including our seat explorer and pork-o-meter, Guardian Australia has crunched the numbers to help explain the election result.

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