Election map

Each of these little hexagons is a seat, filled with 105,000 or so voters, and to form government the aim is to win a majority — at least 76 seats out of 151 ...

Liberal Bridget Archer looks like she'll hold Bass, after standing up to her party on key issues. Let's have a look at the electorate map. And the final nail in the coffin for the Coalition was a real kicker. If Labor can hold onto the seats of Lingiari and Lyons, where it currently leads, then it will need just two more from the remaining 13 to govern in its own right. (You might notice it looks a little unusual, but that's for good reason. But it's still too close to call in the Tasmanian seat of Lyons, where Brian Mitchell is barely ahead after a swing of nearly 5 per cent. Voters in the outer Sydney seat of Robertson kept their bellwether status by giving the seat to Labor with a swing of nearly 9 per cent. In the territories Labor also looks likely to continue its hold, but the seat of Lingiari where Marion Scrymgour is hoping to take over from veteran MP Warren Snowdon is too close to call. In a sign that the Liberals had lost touch with their base, Labor took a seat off them in Victoria for the first time in decades. Coming into the 2022 election, Labor had to increase its total number of seats by seven in order to govern in its own right. That would still leave it short of the 65 it held when Kevin Rudd led Labor to a crushing victory in 2007. By the end of the night, it was slashed to just 50 certain seats, and ahead in another six.