Federal Election 2025: Bad to worst for the Liberals as the state of the party's electoral wipeout revealed
At the latest count, Labor has secured 86 seats to the Coalition's 37, which will deliver Prime Minister Anthony Albanese a whopping majority of at least 11, while another 17 are too close to call,
The result represents the Liberal Party's worst election result since 1946 when the Coalition picked up just 29 seats to the Chifley government's 43.
But Sky News Chief Election Analyst Tom Connell has revealed the full extent of the Coalition's plight, revealing they will be lucky to end up with 45 seats in the Parliament.
'Right now, 37, they're not going to be happy with that, that's a dire tally,' he said.
'That will tick up, there are a few they are likely to win, but nothing certain just yet. Labor, of course is at 86, that's likely to tick up as well.
'The maximum we are getting to from here on current numbers, barring some sort of a surprise, would be 45 seats - 45 is the maximum from 56, a new record low for the Coalition.'
The Coalition remain in contention in a few seats, as counting continues around the country.
Monash in Melbourne's east is leaning towards the Liberal Party as Mary Aldred looks to retain the seat with a 2.3 per cent swing, leading by 9,973 votes.
Longman in Brisbane's north is too close to call with Liberal's Terry Young narrowly ahead by 220 votes, as Labor's Rhiannyn Douglas has a swing of 3.2 per cent and looks likely to gain the seat.
Flinders on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria looks to be retained by Liberal MP Zoe McKenzie as she leads by 17.584 votes, however, there has been a 4.9 per cent swing to Independent Ben Smith.
Bradfield in Sydney's Upper North Shore is tightly contested with Liberal Gisele Kapterian leading by 9,122 votes, however, Independent Nicolette Boele is still in the race with a swing of 4.3 per cent.
The electorate in Forrest, south of Perth, has seen a slight 1.7 per cent swing to Labor, although the Liberal Party will most likely retain the seat with Ben Small leading by 8,307 votes.
The Coalition will want to retain as many seats as possible in what is already landslide victory for the Albanese government.
Peter Dutton went into the election campaign needing to pick up an extra 19 seats to win government. Instead, Labor gained 13 Coalition-held seats, allowing them to increase their majority government.
It wasn't to be for Mr Dutton in his own seat of Dickson either, which the now former opposition leader conceded to Labor on Saturday evening.
Mr Dutton lost the seat he had held for more than two decades following a double-digit swing to Labor;s Ali France following a double-digit swing.
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