Federal Election 2025: Winners and Losers after Labor’s landslide

Anthony Albanese has led Labor to a landslide victory, unseating several senior Liberals and decimating the Coalition’s leadership. Here are the winners and losers.

Anthony Albanese has led Labor to a landslide win in the federal election after a nationwide swing toward the party put it on track to comfortable form a majority government.

The path to victory was brutal on the opposition, costing several senior Coalition MPs – including leader Peter Dutton – their seats.

The Greens have also taken a hit, with even the minor party’s leader fighting to retain his seat of Melbourne.

With the vote count continuing, here are the key winners and losers so far.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has led Labor to a landslide victory. Picture: Jason Edwards / NewsWire

Labor senator Murray Watt greets Queensland Labor’rs election winners in Queensland, a state where Labor has struggled, on Sunday morning. Picture Lachie Millard / NewsWire

NSW

Labor’s Zhi Soon defeated senior Liberal MP David Coleman in the Sydney seat of Banks.

Mr Coleman was the opposition’s foreign affairs spokesman.

Jenny Ware also lost Hughes – a Liberal stronghold since 1996 – to Labor’s David Moncrieff, a 29-year-old first time candidate.

At the time of reporting, several other key seats in the state remain too close to call, including Calare, held by Nationals-turned-independent MP Andrew Gee.

Labor’s Jerome Laxale held onto the state’s most marginal seat Bennelong, despite a hard-fought battle with the Liberals Scott Yung.

Sue-Ellen Wrightson won’t be Australia’s next Prime Minister despite Clive Palmer spending millions to get Trumpet of the Patriots candidates into parliament. The Trumpet leader got just 3.4 per cent in the seat of Hunter, retained by Olympian Dan Repacholi for Labor.

In one of Labor’s rare losses, Tu Le has failed to push independent Dai Le out of Fowler, in western Sydney.

Jenny Ware (second from left), who was elected in 2022 to represent Hughes, lost the Liberal stronghold to a 29-year-old first time Labor candidate. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Queensland

The Opposition Leader lost the seat of the Dickson to Labor’s Ali France, bringing an end to Mr Dutton’s 24 years in parliament.

It was Ms France’s third attempt to oust him from the marginal north Brisbane seat.

Other LNP losers in Brisbane included Luke Howarth (Petrie), Ross Vasta (Bonner) and Terry Burt van Manen (Forde).

The Greens also took a hit in the Sunshine State, with one-termers Stephen Bates (Brisbane) and Max Chandler-Mather (Griffith) both succumbing to the red wave.

High profile Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather MP lost his seat as a red wave took over Australia on Saturday night. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Victoria

Michael Sukkar, the Coalition’s housing spokesman and manager of business in the house has conceded his seat of Deakin to Labor’s Matt Gregg.

Liberal colleague Keith Wolahan says “it’s a long shot” for him to hold onto Menzies, expecting Labor’s Gabriel Ng will probably defeat him.

Monique Ryan has retained the Melbourne seat of Kooyong after she first entered parliament in 2022 after beating Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Tony Gough/ NewsWire

Labor’s Lisa Chester in Bendigo is under threat from the Nationals, while Peter Khalil in the inner-Melbourne seat of Wills is fighting off a strong challenge from Greens candidate Samantha Ratam.

Amelia Hamer, a member of the famed Victorian Liberal party family, has failed to best Teal independent Monique Ryan in a tough battle in Kooyong.

Tasmania

Labor’s Jess Teesdale unseated maverick Liberal MP Bridget Archer in the ultra-marginal Tasmanian electorate of Bass, while Labor senator-turned-lower house candidate Anne Urquhart beat the Liberals’ Mal Hingston for Braddon.

Anne Urquhart took the seat of Braddon. Picture: Jason Edwards / NewsWire

Western Australia

Vince Connelly – the former MP for the abolished Perth seat of Stirling – failed in his bid to return to parliament in Moore, with Labor’s Tom French set to take it.

Teal Kate Chaney has held on to Curtin despite a concerted effort by the Liberals to win back the former blue ribbon seat.

South Australia

Rising Liberal star James Stevens lost the Adelaide seat of Sturt to Labor’s Claire Clutterham, while high-profile former Liberal MP Nicolle Flint has failed in her return in the seat of Boothby.

The Liberals have no seats in Adelaide, but have retained the vast rural seat of Grey first time candidate Tom Venning and veteran Tony Passin has been returned in Barker.

ACT

Labor managed to clearly retain two of its three seats in the capital territory.

Counting was still underway in Bean.

More to come.

Originally published as Federal Election 2025: Winners and Losers after Labor’s landslide