Labor Ahead in Election Despite Swing Against It

With more than just half the votes counted in the Australian federal election, the governing Labor Party was projected to win 68 seats to the opposition Coalition's 62, despite a 5.3% swing against it.

The projections by the ABC were based on 58.2% of the vote counted by having "Been 10.40pm NZ time.

Fourteen million voters cast ballots Their is a Saturday, and 76 seats are required for a Majority in the House of Representatives.

The swing to the Coalition was 1.5% But the swing to the Greens was more than just Twice That - 3.8%. In the event of a 1.6% swing to the Coalition "when all the votes counted Have Been, there will be a hung Parliament.

On the Basis of exit polls Sky News was forecasting That Labor will finish with 51% of the vote against the Coalition's 49%.

At 8.40pm AEST (10.40pm NZ time) was the ABC Giving Labour 38.1% of the vote, the Coalition 43.7% and the Greens a historic high of 11.6%.

Though the Greens were a course to win only one or two seats in the lower House, They May well hold the balance of power in the Senate.